Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP;amylin) influences the endocrine but not the exocrine rat pancreas.
The effect of synthetic rat amylin (10,100,1000 pmol/l) on glucose (10 mmol/) and arginine (10 mmol/l) -stimulated islet hormone release from the isolated perfused rat pancreas and on amylase release from isolated pancreatic acini was investigated. Amylin stimulated the insulin release during the first (+76%) and the second secretion period (+42%) at 1 nmol/l. The first phase of the glucagon release was inhibited concentration dependently by amylin and completely suppressed during the second phase. Amylin diminished the somatostatin release in a concentration dependent manner. This effect was more pronounced at the first than the second secretion period (1 nmol amylin: 1 phase: -60%, 2.phase: -22%). Amylin was without any effect on basal and CCK stimulated amylase release from isolated rat pancreatic acini. Our data suggest amylin, a secretory product of pancreatic B-cells, as a peptide with approximately strong paracrine effects within the Langerhans islet. Therefore, amylin might be involved in the regulation of glucose homeostasis.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Philipps-University of Marburg, Fed. Rep. Germany.
Weber
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Göke
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Göke
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Eissele
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Arnold
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D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000682:Amyloid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D058228:Islet Amyloid Polypeptide; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012844:Sincalide / Q000494:pharmacology
D000682:Amyloid; D007328:Insulin; D058228:Islet Amyloid Polypeptide; D001120:Arginine; D000681:Amylases; D005947:Glucose; D012844:Sincalide