title: Murine macrophages and pancreatic beta cells. Chemotactic properties of insulin and beta-cytostatic action of interleukin 1.
abstract: This study has used in vitro techniques to investigate the potential interactions between mouse pancreatic islet cells and syngeneic macrophages (M phi). Islets strongly stimulated M phi migration from agarose microdroplets; insulin was the only one of four islet cell hormones tested that was effective individually. Chronic exposure of islet monolayers to recombinant mouse IL-1, an M phi secretory product, was not cytolytic, but inhibited insulin secretion, reduced intracellular insulin content, and produced beta cell-specific degranulation. These effects were unique to IL-1; another monokine, tumor necrosis factor, as well as the lymphokine IL-2, and lymphotoxin were all without effect on insulin secretion or monolayer viability at the concentrations tested. The potential pathological consequences of the chemoattractive action of insulin on M phi, and the inhibitory effect of IL-1 on insulin secretion, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Leiter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002633:Chemotaxis; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007375:Interleukin-1