title: Human pancreatic islet cell clones secreting insulin, glucagon and somatostatin: immunocytochemical and functional studies.
abstract: Human pancreatic A-, B- and D-cell clonal strains, named JHPG-1, JHPI-1 and JHPS-1, were established successfully from adult and fetal pancreata by the single cell plating feeder layer method using a modified Rose's chamber. This is the first time that insulin-, glucagon- and somatostatin-producing clonal strains have been separated into continuous clonal cell lines. The cultured cells are epithelial in nature, free of fibroblast contamination, and can be cloned. Under the phase-contrast microscope, the B-cell clone (JHPI-1) was generally oval or round in shape, the A-cell clone (JHPG-1) was bipolar, and the D-cell clone (JHPS-1) was nerve-like with cytoplasmic processes. By the use of immunocytochemical techniques, insulin-, glucagon- and somatostatin-like immunoreactivities were detected in each clone respectively. By radioimmunoassay it was revealed that each clone produced a single pancreatic hormone. The B-cell clone especially, was found to secrete insulin amply and continuously, for over 150 days. The glucagon release responses by the A-cell clone to insulin and glucose were also studied. The clonal strains obtained in this study provide useful systems for the investigation of the cell-biological aspects of human islet cells in vitro.
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000166:cytology; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin; D005934:Glucagon