title: Bimodal effect of transforming growth factor-beta on insulin secretion in MIN6 cells.
abstract: The effects of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) on insulin secretion were investigated using a glucose-responsive clonal cell line, MIN6. One hundred pM TGF-beta stimulated insulin release during 0.5-24 h of incubation in the presence of 5.5 mM glucose, but not after 48 h; 1 nM TGF-beta also stimulated insulin release up to 2 h of exposure, but the effect was not seen after 6 h of exposure. When cells were incubated with 25 mM glucose for 24 h, 100 pM TGF-beta significantly inhibited glucose-stimulated insulin release, whereas insulin release was not altered at 0 or 2.8 mM glucose. On the contrary, forskolin- (10 microM) and tolbutamide- (40 microM) induced insulin release were not affected by TGF-beta. TGF-beta affected neither the cell growth nor the cellular insulin content. An addition of 1 microM nitrendipine abolished TGF-beta-induced insulin secretion at 5.5 mM glucose. The presence study shows that TGF-beta exerts a bimodal effect on glucose-induced insulin secretion from MIN6 cells, depending on dose, time of exposure and concentrations of coexisting glucose. These effects might be mediated by the Ca(2+)-dependent mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sekine
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000378:metabolism; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D014044:Tolbutamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D005576:Colforsin; D014044:Tolbutamide; D005947:Glucose