H2S is an important gasotransmitter, generated in mammalian cells from L-cysteine metabolism. As it stimulates KATP channels in vascular smooth muscle cells, H2S may also function as an endogenous opener of KATP channels in INS-1E cells, an insulin-secreting cell line. Interaction among H2S, glucose and the KATP channel may constitute an important and novel mechanism for the fine control of insulin secretion from pancreatic ?-cells.

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