title: Impaired second phase insulin response of diabetes-prone C57BL/6J mouse islets.
abstract: The C57BL/6J mouse develops obesity and diabetes in response to a high-fat, high-simple carbohydrate diet. To determine the dynamics of glucose-induced insulin release in this animal model of NIDDM, we studied the acute insulin response to glucose of perifused islets in C57BL/6J (diabetes-prone) and A/J (diabetes-resistant) mice fed a normal control diet and of others fed a diabetogenic diet. The insulin response of normal C57BL/6J islets was almost monophasic, with a deficiency in the second phase during high glucose stimulation when compared to that of A/J control islets. The defect in C57BL/6J mice was exaggerated in animals fed a diabetogenic diet. It is suggested that a latent deficiency of second phase insulin release may contribute to the development of the diet-induced syndrome in this model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Wencel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smothers
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Opara
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Feinglos
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Surwit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004032:Diet; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D007328:Insulin; D005947:Glucose