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Alejandro R, Fornoni A, Meneghini L, Pugliese A, Goldberg RB. Daniel H. Mintz (1930-2020): An Extraordinary Physician-Scientist and a Pioneer in Islet Transplantation. Diabetes Care 2021; 44:1727-1733. [PMID: 34285098 PMCID: PMC8603046 DOI: 10.2337/dci21-0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Rodolfo Alejandro
- Diabetes Research Institute, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Diabetes Research Institute, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Diabetes Research Institute, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL .,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Diabetes Research Institute, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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Pratt EPS, Harvey KE, Salyer AE, Hockerman GH. Regulation of cAMP accumulation and activity by distinct phosphodiesterase subtypes in INS-1 cells and human pancreatic β-cells. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215188. [PMID: 31442224 PMCID: PMC6707593 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Pancreatic β-cells express multiple phosphodiesterase (PDE) subtypes, but the specific roles for each in β-cell function, particularly in humans, is not clear. We evaluated the cellular role of PDE1, PDE3, and PDE4 activity in the rat insulinoma cell line INS-1 and in primary human β-cells using subtype-selective PDE inhibitors. Using a genetically encoded, FRET-based cAMP sensor, we found that the PDE1 inhibitor 8MM-IBMX, elevated cAMP levels in the absence of glucose to a greater extent than either the PDE3 inhibitor cilostamide or the PDE4 inhibitor rolipram. In 18 mM glucose, PDE1 inhibition elevated cAMP levels to a greater extent than PDE3 inhibition in INS-1 cells, while PDE4 inhibition was without effect. Inhibition of PDE1 or PDE4, but not PDE3, potentiated glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1 cells. PDE1 inhibition, but not PDE3 or PDE4 inhibition, reduced palmitate-induced caspase-3/7 activation, and enhanced CREB phosphorylation in INS-1 cells. In human β-cells, only PDE3 or PDE4 inhibition increased cAMP levels in 1.7 mM glucose, but PDE1, PDE3, or PDE4 inhibition potentiated cAMP levels in 16.7 mM glucose. Inhibition of PDE1 or PDE4 increased cAMP levels to a greater extent in 16.7 mM glucose than in 1.7 mM glucose in human β-cells. In contrast, elevation of cAMP levels by PDE3 inhibition was not different at these glucose concentrations. PDE1 inhibition also potentiated insulin secretion from human islets, suggesting that the role of PDE1 may be conserved between INS-1 cells and human pancreatic β-cells. Our results suggest that inhibition of PDE1 may be a useful strategy to potentiate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, and to protect β-cells from the toxic effects of excess fatty acids.
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- Evan P. S. Pratt
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
- Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America
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Zhao Z, Low YS, Armstrong NA, Ryu JH, Sun SA, Arvanites AC, Hollister-Lock J, Shah NH, Weir GC, Annes JP. Repurposing cAMP-modulating medications to promote β-cell replication. Mol Endocrinol 2014; 28:1682-97. [PMID: 25083741 DOI: 10.1210/me.2014-1120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Loss of β-cell mass is a cardinal feature of diabetes. Consequently, developing medications to promote β-cell regeneration is a priority. cAMP is an intracellular second messenger that modulates β-cell replication. We investigated whether medications that increase cAMP stability or synthesis selectively stimulate β-cell growth. To identify cAMP-stabilizing medications that promote β-cell replication, we performed high-content screening of a phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor library. PDE3, -4, and -10 inhibitors, including dipyridamole, were found to promote β-cell replication in an adenosine receptor-dependent manner. Dipyridamole's action is specific for β-cells and not α-cells. Next we demonstrated that norepinephrine (NE), a physiologic suppressor of cAMP synthesis in β-cells, impairs β-cell replication via activation of α(2)-adrenergic receptors. Accordingly, mirtazapine, an α(2)-adrenergic receptor antagonist and antidepressant, prevents NE-dependent suppression of β-cell replication. Interestingly, NE's growth-suppressive effect is modulated by endogenously expressed catecholamine-inactivating enzymes (catechol-O-methyltransferase and l-monoamine oxidase) and is dominant over the growth-promoting effects of PDE inhibitors. Treatment with dipyridamole and/or mirtazapine promote β-cell replication in mice, and treatment with dipyridamole is associated with reduced glucose levels in humans. This work provides new mechanistic insights into cAMP-dependent growth regulation of β-cells and highlights the potential of commonly prescribed medications to influence β-cell growth.
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- Zhenshan Zhao
- Department of Medicine and Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism (Z.Z., N.A.A., S.A.S., J.P.A.) and Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (Y.S.L.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94306; Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (J.H.R., A.C.A.), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; and Section of Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology (J.H.-L., G.C.W.), Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Gurgul-Convey E, Hanzelka K, Lenzen S. Mechanism of prostacyclin-induced potentiation of glucose-induced insulin secretion. Endocrinology 2012; 153:2612-22. [PMID: 22495672 DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-2027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Arachidonic acid metabolites are crucial mediators of inflammation in diabetes. Although eicosanoids are established modulators of pancreatic β-cell function, the role of prostacyclin (prostaglandin I2) is unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the role of prostacyclin in β-cell function. Prostacyclin synthase (PGIS) was weakly expressed in rat islet cells but nevertheless significantly increased by incubation with 30 mM glucose, especially in non-β-cells. PGIS was overexpressed in INS1E cells, and the regulation of insulin secretion was analyzed. PGIS overexpression strongly potentiated glucose-induced insulin secretion along with increased insulin content and ATP production. Importantly, overexpression of PGIS potentiated only nutrient-induced insulin secretion. The effect of PGIS overexpression was mediated by prostacyclin released from insulin-secreting cells and dependent on prostacyclin receptor (IP receptor) activation, with concomitant cAMP production. The cAMP-mediated potentiation of glucose-induced insulin secretion by prostacyclin was independent of the protein kinase A pathway but strongly attenuated by the knockdown of the exchange protein directly activated by cAMP 2 (Epac2), pointing to a crucial role for Epac2 in this process. Thus, prostacyclin is a powerful potentiator of glucose-induced insulin secretion. It improves the secretory capacity by inducing insulin biosynthesis and probably by stimulating exocytosis. Our findings open a new therapeutical perspective for an improved treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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- Ewa Gurgul-Convey
- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30623 Hannover, Germany.
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Borland G, Smith BO, Yarwood SJ. EPAC proteins transduce diverse cellular actions of cAMP. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 158:70-86. [PMID: 19210747 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2008.00087.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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It has now been over 10 years since efforts to completely understand the signalling actions of cAMP (3'-5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate) led to the discovery of exchange protein directly activated by cAMP (EPAC) proteins. In the current review we will highlight important advances in the understanding of EPAC structure and function and demonstrate that EPAC proteins mediate multiple actions of cAMP in cells, revealing future targets for pharmaceutical intervention. It has been known for some time that drugs that elevate intracellular cAMP levels have proven therapeutic benefit for diseases ranging from depression to inflammation. The challenge now is to determine which of these positive actions of cAMP involve activation of EPAC-regulated signal transduction pathways. EPACs are specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors for the Ras GTPase homologues, Rap1 and Rap2, which they activate independently of the classical routes for cAMP signalling, cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels and protein kinase A. Rather, EPAC activation is triggered by internal conformational changes induced by direct interaction with cAMP. Leading from this has been the development of EPAC-specific agonists, which has helped to delineate numerous cellular actions of cAMP that rely on subsequent activation of EPAC. These include regulation of exocytosis and the control of cell adhesion, growth, division and differentiation. Recent work also implicates EPAC in the regulation of anti-inflammatory signalling in the vascular endothelium, namely negative regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine signalling and positive support of barrier function. Further elucidation of these important signalling mechanisms will no doubt support the development of the next generation of anti-inflammatory drugs.
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- Gillian Borland
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), generated via the guanylate cyclase (GC)-catalyzed conversion from GTP, is unequivocally recognized as crucial second messenger, intimately involved in the regulation of a broad range of physiological processes such as long term potentiation, blood pressure regulation, or platelet aggregation (for review: Hobbs 2000). Since its first identification in rat urine by Ashman and co-workers (1963), various approaches have been conceived and established to quantify cGMP in biological samples, or to detect cGMP as the reaction product of enzymatic assays, allowing the determination of kinetic parameters. These approaches have evolved from laborious handling of small numbers of samples with average sensitivity to highly developed biochemical detection assays allowing the processing of very large numbers of samples. The present article focuses upon the history of biochemical cGMP detection from the pioneering work of the early years to the actual state-of-the-art approaches for the detection of this important biological messenger.
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- Peter M Schmidt
- CSIRO Molecular & Health Technologies, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.
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Briaud I, Lingohr MK, Dickson LM, Wrede CE, Rhodes CJ. Differential activation mechanisms of Erk-1/2 and p70(S6K) by glucose in pancreatic beta-cells. Diabetes 2003; 52:974-83. [PMID: 12663469 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.4.974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Glucose can activate the mitogen-activated kinases, Erk-1/2, and the ribosomal-S6 kinase, p70(S6K), in beta-cells, contributing to an increase in mitogenesis. However, the signaling mechanism by which glucose induces Erk-1/2 and p70(S6K) phosphorylation activation is undefined. Increased glucose metabolism increases [Ca(2+)](i) and [cAMP], and it was investigated if these secondary signals were linked to glucose-induced Erk-1/2 and p70(S6K) activation in pancreatic beta-cells. Blocking Ca(2+) influx with verapamil, or inhibiting protein kinase A (PKA) with H89, prevented glucose-induced Erk-1/2 phosphorylation. Increasing cAMP levels by GLP-1 potentiated glucose-induced Erk-1/2 phosphorylation via PKA activation. Elevation of [Ca(2+)](i) by glyburide potentiated Erk-1/2 phosphorylation, which was also inhibited by H89, suggesting increased [Ca(2+)](i) preceded PKA for glucose-induced Erk-1/2 activation. Adenoviral-mediated expression of dominant negative Ras in INS-1 cells decreased IGF-1-induced Erk-1/2 phosphorylation but had no effect on that by glucose. Collectively, our study indicates that a glucose-induced rise in [Ca(2+)](i) leads to cAMP-induced activation of PKA that acts downstream of Ras and upstream of the MAP/Erk kinase, MEK, to mediate Erk-1/2 phosphorylation via phosphorylation activation of Raf-1. In contrast, glucose-induced p70(S6K) activation, in the same beta-cells, was mediated by a distinct signaling pathway independent of Ca(2+)/cAMP, most likely via mTOR-kinase acting as an "ATP-sensor."
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- Isabelle Briaud
- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Tatarkiewicz K, López-Avalos MD, Yoon KH, Trivedi N, Quickel RR, Bonner-Weir S, Weir GC. Development and retroviral transduction of porcine neonatal pancreatic islet cells in monolayer culture. Dev Growth Differ 2003; 45:39-50. [PMID: 12630945 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.2003.00673.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To learn more about the potential of neonatal porcine pancreatic duct and islet cells for xenotransplantation, the development of these cells when cultured as monolayers was evaluated. Immunostaining for islet hormones and cytokeratin-7 revealed that day eight monolayers consisted of approximately 70% duct cells and less than 10% beta cells. Using Ki-67 immunostaining as a proliferation marker, the fraction of beta cells in the cell cycle was shown to decrease from 20% at day three to 10% at day eight, and for duct cells from 36 to 19%. Insulin secretion increased 2.4-fold upon glucose stimulation, and 38-fold when 10 mm theophylline was added, showing the responsiveness of the neonatal beta cells. Reaggregated monolayers consisted mostly of duct cells, but 4 weeks after transplantation, grafts contained predominantly endocrine cells, with duct cells being almost absent, suggesting in vivo differentiation of duct cells to endocrine cells. Monolayer susceptibility to retroviral transduction was also investigated using a Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus-based vector. Approximately 60% of duct cells but less than 5% of beta cells expressed the transgene, indicating that precursor duct cells are better targets for transgene expression. These results show that porcine neonatal pancreatic cells can be cultured as monolayers in preparation for transplantation. Furthermore, in such a culture setting, precursor duct cells have a high rate of proliferation and are more efficiently transduced with a retrovirus-based reporter gene than are beta cells.
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Beattie GM, Hayek A, Levine F. Growth and genetic modification of human beta-cells and beta-cell precursors. GENETIC ENGINEERING 2001; 22:99-120. [PMID: 11501383 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4199-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- G M Beattie
- Department of Pediatrics, Whittier Institute and Center for Molecular Genetics, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Lopez-Avalos MD, Tatarkiewicz K, Sharma A, Bonner-Weir S, Weir GC. ENHANCED MATURATION OF PORCINE NEONATAL PANCREATIC CELL CLUSTERS WITH GROWTH FACTORS FAILS TO IMPROVE TRANSPLANTATION OUTCOME1. Transplantation 2001; 71:1154-62. [PMID: 11374418 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200104270-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Porcine neonatal pancreatic cell clusters (NPCC) are a potential source of islet tissue for clinical transplantation. They can normalize glycemia after transplantation, although after a relatively long (several weeks) period of time, possibly due to the immaturity of the tissue. METHODS One week after isolation NPCCs were immobilized in alginate hydrogel to be cultured for 2 more weeks in the presence of different growth factors, which were applied individually or in various combinations. Their effect was assessed by measuring DNA and insulin content, and expression of islet genes by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Enhanced maturation of NPCCs was also evaluated after transplantation in streptozotocin-diabetic mice. RESULTS A combination of fetal calf serum, insulin-like growth factor-I, nicotinamide and sodium butyrate in NPCCs media from day 7 to day 21 resulted in increased insulin/DNA content and higher expression of insulin, somatostatin, GLUT2 and Nkx6.1 genes. NPCCs cultured under the same conditions from day 3 to day 12 were transplanted into diabetic mice. Control mice were transplanted with NPCCs cultured in parallel in the presence of nicotinamide, but with no serum, insulin-like growth factor-I or butyrate. Normoglycemia was achieved at the same rate in both groups. Plasma porcine C-peptide (week 6) and graft insulin content (week 20) were also similar in both groups. CONCLUSIONS Increased insulin content of NPCCs was achieved in vitro by addition of fetal calf serum, insulin-like growth factor-I, nicotinamide, and sodium butyrate, but this increase did not translate into a faster achievement of normoglycemia after transplantation, which suggests that there is a time frame required for complete maturation that is difficult to alter.
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- M D Lopez-Avalos
- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Sjöholm A, Zhang Q, Welsh N, Hansson A, Larsson O, Tally M, Berggren PO. Rapid Ca2+ influx and diacylglycerol synthesis in growth hormone-mediated islet beta -cell mitogenesis. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:21033-40. [PMID: 10748000 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001212200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Growth hormone (GH) is an important mitogenic stimulus for the insulin-producing beta-cell. We investigated the effects of GH on Ca(2+) handling and diacylglycerol (DAG) and cAMP formation in the beta-cell. GH elicited a rapid increase in the cytoplasmic free [Ca(2+)], which required extracellular Ca(2+) and was also blocked by pertussis toxin or protein kinase C (PKC) inhibition. GH also elevated islet DAG content, which should lead to PKC activation. Pertussis toxin and PKC inhibitors obliterated the mitogenicity of GH, suggesting involvement of GTP-binding proteins. PKC activation stimulated beta-cell proliferation, and it also activated phospholipase D. Islet cAMP content was not elevated by GH. Addition of a specific protein kinase A antagonist failed to influence the mitogenicity of GH, whereas a stimulatory cAMP agonist stimulated beta-cell replication. We conclude that GH rapidly increases the beta-cell cytoplasmic free [Ca(2+)] and also evokes a similar increase in DAG content via a phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C, but does not affect mitogen-activated protein kinases, phospholipase D, or the cAMP signaling pathway. This rise in DAG may be of importance in translation of the stimulatory signal of GH into a proliferative response by the beta-cell, which seems to occur through GTP-binding proteins and PKC-dependent mechanisms.
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- A Sjöholm
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Rolf Luft Center for Diabetes Research, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Shibata H, Shioya N, Kuroyanagi Y. Development of new wound dressing composed of spongy collagen sheet containing dibutyryl cyclic AMP. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. POLYMER EDITION 1997; 8:601-21. [PMID: 9241584 DOI: 10.1163/156856297x00209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Although cyclic AMP has been considered to regulate cell proliferation, the mechanism of this function is largely unknown. Recent studies suggest that cyclic AMP promotes the proliferation of skin cells in a dose-dependent manner. An ointment containing dibutyryl cyclic AMP has been used in the treatment of skin ulcers and found to be effective in promoting tissue repair. To search more efficacious wound management, the authors developed a new wound dressing composed of a spongy atelo-collagen sheet containing dibutyryl cyclic AMP. This wound dressing was evaluated in two types of animal tests. One is the application of the wound dressing to a full-thickness skin defect in order to evaluate the granulation tissue formation and the wound size reduction. The wound dressing was found to promote the granulation tissue formation and naturally reduce the wound size. The other test was the application of the wound dressing to the full-thickness skin defect, leaving behind a skin island in a central portion, in order to evaluate the epithelialization. This skin island left in a full-thickness skin defect was extremely enlarged. The enlargement of the skin island seems to be related to the epithelialization from the margin of the skin island as well as by the expansion of a skin island induced by contraction of the developed granulation tissue in the surrounding wound area. These results suggest that an atelo-collagen spongy sheet containing dibutyryl cyclic AMP is effective in promoting the granulation tissue formation and epithelialization.
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- H Shibata
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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Korbutt GS, Elliott JF, Ao Z, Smith DK, Warnock GL, Rajotte RV. Large scale isolation, growth, and function of porcine neonatal islet cells. J Clin Invest 1996; 97:2119-29. [PMID: 8621802 PMCID: PMC507287 DOI: 10.1172/jci118649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Based upon existing methods of isolating fetal porcine islet tissue, a simple, reliable procedure was developed for the preparation of porcine neonatal islet cell aggregates with a reproducible and defined cellular composition. After 9 d of in vitro culture, tissue from one neonatal pig pancreas yielded approximately 50,000 islet cell aggregates, consisting of primarily epithelial cells (57%) and pancreatic endocrine cells (35%). During the culture period, the total beta cell mass decreased initially, but subsequently increased 1.5-fold between days 3 and 9. Transplantation of grafts consisting of 3 x 10(5) beta cells (1,000 aggregated) under the kidney capsule of alloxan-diabetic nude mice corrected hyperglycemia in 75% (10/13) of the animals, whereas, 100% (20/20) of recipients implanted with 6 x 10(5) beta cells (2,000 aggregates) achieved euglycemia within 8 wk posttransplantation. Nephrectomy of the graft bearing kidney at 14 wk posttransplantation resulted in hyperglycemia in all recipients, and examination of the grafts revealed the presence of numerous well-granulated insulin- and glucagon-containing cells. The cellular insulin content of these grafts was 20 to 30-fold higher than at the time of transplantation. These results indicate that the neonatal porcine pancrease can be used as a source of large numbers of viable islet cells, which have the potential for growth both in vitro and in vivo, and exhibit the metabolic capacity to correct diabetes in nude mice.
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- G S Korbutt
- Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Roger PP, Reuse S, Maenhaut C, Dumont JE. Multiple facets of the modulation of growth by cAMP. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 1995; 51:59-191. [PMID: 7483330 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(08)61038-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- P P Roger
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
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Sjöholm A. Role of polyamines in the regulation of proliferation and hormone production by insulin-secreting cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1993; 264:C501-18. [PMID: 8460662 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1993.264.3.c501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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This paper focuses on the mechanisms regulating proliferation and insulin production by normal and tumoral pancreatic beta-cells. In particular, the evidence for involvement of polyamines is reviewed. Pancreatic islet cells contain high levels of polyamines, and based on findings obtained using enzyme-directed inhibitors, it appears that putrescine and spermidine are necessary for proinsulin biosynthesis, whereas spermine may exert a stimulatory or permissive role in RNA transcription-stabilization and long-term insulin release. Islet polyamine content is not altered by short-term secretory stimulation, nor is the acute secretory response impeded by polyamine synthesis inhibitors, making it unlikely that these amines play any major role in short-term insulin release. Various mitogens increase islet polyamine contents and DNA synthesis, but increases in cytosolic polyamines do not seem to mediate their mitogenicity. Nuclear polyamine content is not altered by the inhibitors, suggesting that maintenance of polyamines within this organelle may be sufficient to sustain elevated DNA synthesis. In tumoral RINm5F cells, polyamine depletion results in decreased proliferation and increased cellular content of insulin and insulin secretory granules without affecting insulin mRNA levels or translation. Moreover, polyamine-depleted RINm5F cells display improved substrate metabolism and sensitivity of the stimulus-secretion coupling. Possible levels of polyamine interaction with Ca2+ metabolism are discussed.
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- A Sjöholm
- Department of Endocrinology, Rolf Luft Center for Diabetes Research, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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This review focuses on the factors that regulate the proliferation of pancreatic islet beta-cells in vitro, and in particular on the intracellular pathways that convey the mitogenic signal into a proliferative response. Substances as diverse as nutrients, polypeptides, cytokines, adrenergic agents, lithium, phorbol esters and cyclic AMP analogs are all able to stimulate or inhibit beta-cell proliferation in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. The evidence for involvement of cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP, protein kinase C, inositol polyphosphates, GTP-binding proteins, polyamines and oncogenes is reviewed.
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- A Sjöholm
- Department of Endocrinology, Rolf Luft Center for Diabetes Research, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Miyazaki M, Wahid S, Bai L, Namba M. Effects of intracellular cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP levels on DNA synthesis of young-adult rat hepatocytes in primary culture. Exp Cell Res 1992; 200:404-9. [PMID: 1315286 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(92)90188-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Possible roles of dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) and dibutyryl-guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) in regulation of hepatocyte DNA synthesis were examined using primary cultures of young-adult rat hepatocytes maintained in arginine-free medium. Throughout the experimental period, nonparenchymal cells were hardly observed in the selective medium. When epidermal growth factor (EGF) was added to the cultures, a transient increase in the intracellular cAMP level preceded the elevation of hepatocyte DNA synthesis. EGF-stimulated hepatocyte DNA synthesis was remarkably enhanced by the elevation of the intracellular cAMP level induced by treatment with cAMP alone or a combination of cAMP and theophylline, an inhibitor of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase. Furthermore, the early elevation of intracellular cAMP alone, which was induced by treatment with the combination of cAMP and theophylline, caused a remarkable increase in hepatocyte DNA synthesis. On the other hand, addition of EGF to the cultures caused a rapid decrease in the intracellular cGMP level followed by an increase in hepatocyte DNA synthesis. EGF-stimulated hepatocyte DNA synthesis was severely suppressed or completely inhibited by the elevation of the intracellular cGMP level induced by treatment with cGMP alone or a combination of cGMP and dipyridamole, a specific inhibitor of cGMP phosphodiesterase. These findings indicate that cAMP and cGMP act oppositely on the regulation of DNA synthesis of young-adult rat hepatocytes in primary culture: cAMP plays a positive role, whereas cGMP plays a negative role. Also it is strongly suggested that an early elevation of the intracellular cAMP level is essential for the onset of DNA synthesis in hepatocyte primary cultures.
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- M Miyazaki
- Department of Cell Biology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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- Department of Paediatrics, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Wollheim CB, Meda P, Halban PA. Isolation of pancreatic islets and primary culture of the intact microorgans or of dispersed islet cells. Methods Enzymol 1990; 192:188-223. [PMID: 1963663 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(90)92071-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Hayek A, Lopez AD, Beattie GM. Enhancement of pancreatic islet cell monolayer growth by endothelial cell matrix and insulin. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1989; 25:146-50. [PMID: 2646271 DOI: 10.1007/bf02626171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The roles of glucose and insulin in the promotion of DNA synthesis in pancreatic islet cell monolayers were assessed using a variety of in vitro conditions. Several substrates including collagen, poly-l-lysine, Matrigel, and the extracellular matrix produced by cultured bovine endothelial cells (BCEM) were compared for their ability to promote monolayer growth. Islets grown on BCEM in combination with medium RPMI 1640 supplemented with 22.2 mM glucose or 10 micrograms/ml insulin gave the best results as determined by new DNA synthesis. The new-form monolayers were free of contaminating fibroblasts. These results suggest that insulin is critical to pancreatic islet growth when the cells are attached to biocompatible matrices.
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- A Hayek
- Lucy Thorne Whittier Children's Center, Whittier Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology, La Jolla, California 92037
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Mandrup-Poulsen T, Helqvist S, Mølvig J, Wogensen LD, Nerup J. Cytokines as immune effector molecules in autoimmune endocrine diseases with special reference to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Autoimmunity 1989; 4:191-218; discussion 219-34. [PMID: 2491648 DOI: 10.3109/08916938909003049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Lucke VS, Ziegler B, Komolov I, Hahn HJ. Beziehung zwischen Markierungsindex und Thymidineinbau in kultivierten Langerhansschen Inseln der Ratte: Stimulation der DNS-Synthese durch FGF-S3. Acta Histochem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(86)80095-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Yoshida K, Kagawa S, Murakoso K, Matsuoka A. Effect of 2-deoxy-D-glucose on maintenance in culture of neonatal B cell of rat. IN VITRO 1984; 20:756-62. [PMID: 6151542 DOI: 10.1007/bf02618291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The effect of 2-deoxy-D-glucose on maintenance in culture of B cells of the neonatal rat was examined by supplementation of Medium 199 containing 5.5 mM glucose with 1 mM 2-deoxy-D-glucose. Islets maintained in medium with 5.5 mM glucose (basal medium) for 7 d underwent remarkable decreases in glucose sensitivity, and the levels of insulin in the medium dropped. By contrast, addition of 2-deoxy-D-glucose promoted a higher insulin content in medium and an increase in the glucose-induced insulin release and biosynthesis. Moreover, the addition of the deoxysugar caused a selective deletion of fibroblasts and prevented the deterioration of islet cells in basal medium, yielding clusters mostly consisting of islet cells at the end of culture.
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Christie MR, Ashcroft SJ. Cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation and insulin secretion in intact islets of Langerhans. Biochem J 1984; 218:87-99. [PMID: 6201163 PMCID: PMC1153311 DOI: 10.1042/bj2180087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Effects on insulin release, cyclic AMP content and protein phosphorylation of agents modifying cyclic AMP levels have been tested in intact rat islets of Langerhans. Insulin release induced by glucose was potentiated by dibutyryl cyclic AMP, glucagon, cholera toxin and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX); the calmodulin antagonist trifluoperazine reversed these potentiatory effects. Inhibition by trifluoperazine of IBMX-potentiated release was, however, confined to concentrations of IBMX below 50 microM; higher concentrations, up to 1 mM, were resistant to inhibition by trifluoperazine. IBMX-potentiated insulin release was also inhibited by 2-deoxyadenosine, an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase. In the absence of glucose, IBMX at concentrations up to 1 mM did not stimulate insulin release and in the presence of 3.3 mM-glucose IBMX was effective only at a concentration of 1 mM; under the latter conditions trifluoperazine again did not inhibit insulin secretion. The maximum effect on insulin release was achieved with 25 microM-IBMX. Islet [cyclic AMP] was increased by IBMX, with the maximum rise occurring with 100 microM-IBMX. The increase in [cyclic AMP] elicited by IBMX was more rapid than that induced by cholera toxin. Trifluoperazine did not significantly affect islet cyclic AMP levels under any of the conditions tested. When islets were incubated with [32P]Pi, radioactivity was incorporated into islet ATP predominantly in the gamma-position. The rate of equilibration of label was dependent on medium Pi and glucose concentration and at optimal concentrations of these 100% equilibration of internal [32P]ATP with external [32P]Pi required a period of 3h. Radioactivity was incorporated into islet protein and, in response to an increase in islet [cyclic AMP], the major effect was on a protein of Mr 15 000 on sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gels. The extent of phosphorylation of the Mr-15 000 protein was correlated with the level of cyclic AMP: phosphorylation in response to IBMX was inhibited by 2-deoxyadenosine but not by trifluoperazine. Fractionation of islets suggested that the Mr-15 000 protein was of nuclear origin: the protein co-migrated with histone H3 on acetic acid/urea/Triton gels. In the islet cytosol a number of proteins were phosphorylated in response to elevation of islet [cyclic AMP]: the major species had Mr values of 18 000, 25 000, 34 000, 38 000 and 48 000. Culture of islets with IBMX increased the rate of [3H]-thymidine incorporation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Roger PP, Servais P, Dumont JE. Stimulation by thyrotropin and cyclic AMP of the proliferation of quiescent canine thyroid cells cultured in a defined medium containing insulin. FEBS Lett 1983; 157:323-9. [PMID: 6305722 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(83)80569-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have developed serum-free primary cultures of differentiated follicular dog thyroid cells which allow the study of the hormonal control of cell proliferation. The cooperation of insulin and increasing cellular cyclic AMP by thyrotropin triggers the DNA synthesis and the proliferation. Dog thyroid cells are an example of a system in which cyclic AMP is a sufficient signal to stimulate the proliferation in quiescent cells.
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Praz GA, Halban PA, Wollheim CB, Blondel B, Strauss AJ, Renold AE. Regulation of immunoreactive-insulin release from a rat cell line (RINm5F). Biochem J 1983; 210:345-52. [PMID: 6134520 PMCID: PMC1154230 DOI: 10.1042/bj2100345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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1. An insulin-producing cell line, RINm5F, derived from a rat insulinoma was studied. 2. The cellular content of immunoreactive insulin was 0.19 pg/cell, which represents approx. 1% of the insulin content of native rat beta-cells, whereas that of immunoreactive glucagon and somatostatin was five to six orders of magnitude less than that of native alpha- or delta-cells respectively. 3. RINm5F cells released 7-12% of their cellular immunoreactive-insulin content at 2.8 mM-glucose during 60 min in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer. 4. Glucose utilization was increased by raising glucose from 2.8 to 16.7 mM. There was, however, no stimulation of immunoreactive-insulin release even when glucose was increased from 2.8 to 33.4 mM. A small stimulation of release was, however, found when glucose was raised from 0 to 2.8 mM. 5. Glyceraldehyde stimulated the release of immunoreactive insulin in a dose-dependent manner. 6. At 20 mM, leucine or arginine stimulated release at 2.8 mM-glucose. 7. Raising intracellular cyclic AMP by glucagon or 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine stimulated release at 2.8 mM-glucose with no additional stimulation at 16.7 mM-glucose. 8. Stimulation of immunoreactive-insulin release by K+ was dose-related between 2 and 30 mM. Another depolarizing agent, ouabain, also stimulated release. 9. Adrenaline (epinephrine) inhibited both basal (2.8 mM-glucose) release and that stimulated by 30 mM-K+. 10. Raising Ca2+ from 1 to 3 mM stimulated immunoreactive-insulin release, whereas a decrease from 1 to 0.3 or to 0.1 mM-Ca2+ lowered the release. 11. These findings could reflect a relatively specific impairment in glucose handling by RINm5F cells, contrasting with the preserved response to other modulators of insulin release.
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Kohnert KD, Ziegler B, Hahn von Dorsche H, Hehmke B, Schröder D. Effects of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine on neonatal pancreatic islets maintained in tissue culture. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1982; 28:425-37. [PMID: 6185375 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(82)90137-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) promoted the formation of monolayers in cultured pancreatic islets isolated from neonatal rats. Immunofluorescence with specific antisera to insulin and glucagon revealed B-cells and A-cells in these monolayers. Glucose-mediated insulin release was increased by raising the glucose concentration from 5 to 10 mmoles/l. Addition of IBMX (0.1 mmoles/l) to medium containing 10 moles/l glucose produced a further increase in insulin release. Recovery of total insulin, i.e. intracellular insulin plus insulin secreted, was also increased by approximately 50% after 8 days of culture. The B-cells showed a marked biosynthetic response to an acute glucose challenge after prior culture with 10 mmoles/l glucose. Although both unstimulated (1.5 mmoles/l glucose) and stimulated rates (1.5 mmoles/l glucose) of [3H]leucine incorporation into (pro)insulin were significantly higher following culture in 10 mmoles/l glucose plus IBMX (0.1 mmoles/l) than after prior culture with 10 mmoles/l glucose alone, the percentage of (pro)insulin synthesized in relation to total protein synthesis was only increased at the low concentration of glucose. These studies demonstrate that monolayer cultures of neonatal B-cells can be readily produced by IBMX and maintained in a functional state, as defined by their secretory and biosynthetic response. It is suggested that the phosphodiesterase inhibitor exerts a sensitizing effect on the responsiveness of the B-cell to glucose. Moreover, the culture system employed in the present study may prove to be useful for further studies of various agents affecting the B-cell function.
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Metz S, Fujimoto W, Robertson RP. Modulation of insulin secretion by cyclic AMP and prostaglandin E: the effects of theophylline, sodium salicylate and tolbutamide. Metabolism 1982; 31:1014-22. [PMID: 6290835 DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(82)90145-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Yoshida K, Kagawa S, Murakoso K, Nakao K, Haito K, Shimizu S, Matsuoka A. Long-term effect of 2-deoxy-2-fluoroglucose on maintenance in culture of the neonatal B cell of rat. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1982; 108:279-85. [PMID: 6293484 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(82)91863-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Meda P, Kohen E, Kohen C, Rabinovitch A, Orci L. Direct communication of homologous and heterologous endocrine islet cells in culture. J Cell Biol 1982; 92:221-6. [PMID: 7035468 PMCID: PMC2112014 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.92.1.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The transfer of 6-carboxyfluorescein between islet cells in monolayer culture was observed by fluorescence microscopy, and the endocrine cells involved in this transfer were identified by immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. The results show that carboxyfluorescein was directly exchanged between homologous B-cells and also between B- and A- or D-cells. Successive microinjections of the probe into different cells of the same cluster showed the existence of separate territories, each formed by 2-8 communicating cells. Intercellular communication was not observed after every dye microinjection, and communicating and noncommunicating islet cells were found to coexist within the same cluster. The data indicate that the exchange of exogenous cytoplasmic molecules occurs between different types of endocrine islet cells. However, within a single cluster, all islet cells are not metabolically coupled to one another, at a given time.
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Rozengurt E, Legg A, Strang G, Courtenay-Luck N. Cyclic AMP: a mitogenic signal for Swiss 3T3 cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1981; 78:4392-6. [PMID: 6270677 PMCID: PMC319796 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.7.4392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Addition of cholera toxin (100 ng/ml) to quiescent cultures of Swiss 3T3 cells acts synergistically with serum (2-4%), insulin, phorbol esters, epidermal growth factor, and fibroblast-derived growth factor to stimulate DNA synthesis. In the presence of insulin, cholera toxin caused a dose-dependent increase in cumulative [3H]thymidine incorporation into acid-insoluble material and in the intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) level. The dose--response curves for the two processes were similar. Furthermore, addition of 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine (15--500 microM) or of 4-(3-butoxy-4-methoxybenzyl)-2-imidazolidinone (5--100 microM), both of which are potent inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase which are potent inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity, stimulated DNA synthesis and increased cAMP levels in Swiss 3T3 cells. These compounds strikingly potentiated the effect of cholera toxin on DNA synthesis and on cAMP levels. When quiescent Swiss 3T3 cells were exposed to cholera toxin (100 ng/ml) and insulin at 10 micrograms/ml (4- to 7-fold increase in cAMP level) or to these agents and 1-methyl-3-isobutyl xanthine at 50 microM (35-fold increase in cAMP level), DNA synthesis began after a lag of 16 hr. These results indicate that cAMP acts as a mitogenic signal for Swiss 3T3 cells and differ from the widely held view that cyclic AMP inhibits the proliferation of fibroblast cells.
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