title: Amelioration of diabetes mellitus in partially depancreatized rats by poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase inhibitors. Evidence of islet B-cell regeneration.
abstract: Ninety percent depancreatized rats received daily intraperitoneal injection of 0.5 g/kg nicotinamide and 0.05 g/kg 3-aminobenzamide, potent inhibitors of islet poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase. One to three months after the partial pancreatectomy, urinary and plasma glucose levels in nicotinamide- and 3-aminobenzamide-treated rats were markedly lower than those in saline-treated control rats. Morphologic examination of the remaining pancreata revealed that islets in the poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase inhibitor-treated rats were markedly enlarged and consisted largely of B-cells. These results suggest that poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase inhibitors induce islet B-cell regeneration, thereby preventing or improving diabetes mellitus in partially depancreatized rats.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009244:NAD+ Nucleosidase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012038:Regeneration
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D009536:Niacinamide; C025160:3-aminobenzamide; D009244:NAD+ Nucleosidase