[HTML][HTML] Measurement of glucose uptake and intracellular calcium concentration in single, living pancreatic β-cells

K Yamada, M Nakata, N Horimoto, M Saito… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
There has been no method previously to measure both glucose transport and its effect on
the various intracellular functions in single, living mammalian cells. A fluorescent derivative
of d-glucose, 2-[N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1, 3-diazol-4-yl) amino]-2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-NBDG),
that we have developed has made such measurements possible. COS-1 cells that
overexpress the human glucose transporter GLUT2 show significantly greater 2-NBDG
uptake than mock transfected cells. Using GLUT2-abundant mouse insulin-secreting clonal …