Synergistic effect of glucose and prolactin on GLUT2 expression in cultured neonatal rat islets
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1997-03-01
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Crepaldi-Alves, S. C. [UNESP]
Carneiro, E. M. [UNESP]
Bosqueiro, José Roberto [UNESP]
Boschero, A. C.
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We studied the synergistic effect of glucose and prolactin (PRL) on insulin secretion and GLUT2 expression in cultured neonatal rat islets. After 7 days in culture, basal insulin secretion (2.8 mM glucose) was similar in control and PRL-treated islets (1.84 ± 0.06% and 2.08 ± 0.07% of the islet insulin content, respectively). At 5.6 and 22 mM glucose, insulin secretion was significantly higher in PRL-treated than in control islets, achieving 1.38 ± 0.15% and 3.09 ± 0.21 % of the islet insulin content in control and 2.43 ± 0.16% and 4.31 ± 0.24% of the islet insulin content in PRL-treated islets, respectively. The expression of the glucose transporter GLUT2 in B-cell membranes was dose-dependently increased by exposure of the islet to increasing glucose concentrations. This effect was potentiated in islets cultured for 7 days in the presence of 2 μg/ml PRL. At 5.6 and 10 mM glucose, the increase in GLUT2 expression in PRL-treated islets was 75% and 150% higher than that registered in the respective control. The data presented here indicate that insulin secretion, induced by different concentrations of glucose, correlates well with the expression of the B-cell-specific glucose transporter GLUT2 in pancreatic islets.
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Glucose, Glucose transporter, Pancreatic islets, Prolactin, glucose, glucose transporter, glucose transporter 2, prolactin, animal, biosynthesis, culture technique, metabolism, pancreas islet, physiology, rat, Animals, Cell Culture Techniques, Glucose Transporter Type 2, Islets of Langerhans, Monosaccharide Transport Proteins, Rats
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, v. 30, n. 3, p. 359-361, 1997.