title: Decreased pancreatic somatostatin (SRIF) concentration in spontaneously diabetic mice.
abstract: Spontaneously diabetic C57BL/6J obob and C57BL/Ks dbdb mice have been shown to have significantly decreased immunoassayable pancreatic somatostatin concentrations compared to lean littermate controls at 11-12 weeks: obob 1.06+/-0.15 pg/mug protein (n=10) vs control 1.94+/-0.-6 pg/mug protein (n=10) (mean +/- SE; p less than 0.005); dbdb 0.7+/-0.2 pg/mug protein (n=8) vs control 1.5+/-0.2 pg/mug protein (n=8) (mean +/- SE; p less than 0.005). An inverse relationship between circulating insulin levels and pancreatic SRIF concentration is suggested.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005934:Glucagon / Q000032:analysis; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010179:Pancreas / Q000032:analysis*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin; D005934:Glucagon