GTP-Rab27a is known to regulate insulin exocytosis. We have recently reported that coronin 3, which paradoxically binds GDP-Rab27a, participates in endocytosis of the insulin secretory membrane. Here, we demonstrate that glucose stimulation caused redistribution of coronin 3 in the vicinity of the plasma membrane, which was mimicked by overexpression of the GDP-Rab27a mutant or the Rab27a GAP. Glucose-induced translocation of coronin 3 was inhibited by Rab27a knock-down. The internalized phogrin, an insulin granule associated protein, located near the plasma membrane by the dominant-negative coronin 3, but the protein at the outer surface of the plasma membrane was decreased. These results indicate that glucose recruits coronin 3 near the plasma membrane, and that it regulates the retrograde transport of the secretory membrane in pancreatic beta-cells. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.