title: Insulin and glucagon secretion from rat islets maintained in a tissue culture-perifusion system.
abstract: A tissue culture-perifusion system is described that allows for long-term culture of pancreatic islets and study of the dynamics of islet hormone secretion. Islets cultured in this system demonstrate brisk, reproducible biphasic insulin and glucagon release. Glucose-stimulated insulin release is similar after 1 or 14 days in culture. Freshly isolated islets are relatively insensitive to somatostatin, requiring 100 ng/ml to suppress partially the glucose-induced insulin secretion. After 24 h of culture, the same islets demonstrate a marked increase in sensitivity to this hormone. Glucagon secretion from islets maintained in this system occurred in a predictable fashion to arginine stimulation and glucose inhibition.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin; D005934:Glucagon; D001120:Arginine; D005947:Glucose