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Automatically associated channels: TRP , TRPM , TRPM3

Title: Signal transduction via TRPM3 channels in pancreatic β-cells.

Authors: Gerald Thiel, Isabelle Müller, Oliver G Rössler

Journal, date & volume: J. Mol. Endocrinol., 2013 Jun , 50, R75-83

PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23511953

Abstract
Transient receptor potential melastatin 3 (TRPM3) channels are non-selective cation channels that are expressed in insulinoma cells and pancreatic β-cells. Stimulation of TRPM3 with the neurosteroid pregnenolone sulfate induces an intracellular signaling cascade, involving a rise in intracellular Ca(2)(+) concentration, activation of the protein kinases Raf and ERK, and a change in the gene expression pattern of the cells. In particular, biosynthesis of insulin is altered following activation of TRPM3 by pregnenolone sulfate. Moreover, a direct effect of TRPM3 stimulation on insulin secretion has been reported. The fact that stimulation of TRPM3 induces a signaling cascade that is very similar to the signaling cascade induced by glucose in β-cells suggests that TRPM3 may influence main functions of pancreatic β-cells. The view that TRPM3 represents an ionotropic steroid receptor of pancreatic β-cells linking insulin release with steroid hormone signaling is discussed.