title: Dexamethasone attenuates altered insulin secretion elicited by interleukin-1 beta in HIT cells.
abstract: The effects of dexamethasone on the modulation of insulin secretion by recombinant human interleukin-1 beta (IL-1) were examined in HIT-T 15 cells. The addition of IL-1 from 1.2 x 10(-8) to 10(-10) M increased insulin secretion in the 0-4-h period after IL-1 administration and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production was suppressed by IL-1 from 1.2 x 10(-8) to 10(-12) M. At all doses used, IL-1 inhibited insulin secretion in the 4-24-h period after IL-1 administration and PGE2 levels were increased in the culture medium. In the second experiment, the addition of 10(-7) M dexamethasone prevented the inhibitory effects of IL-1 on insulin secretion. In the third experiment, dexamethasone at 10(-7) M attenuated both the short-term stimulation of insulin release and the long-term suppression of insulin release caused by IL-1. It also prevented the effects of IL-1 on PGE2 production. The present studies suggest that dexamethasone may have a suppressive action on the effects of IL-1 on in vitro insulin secretion.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007375:Interleukin-1; D003907:Dexamethasone; D015232:Dinoprostone