title: Effect of streptozotocin injection on expression of immunoreactive follistatin and beta A and beta B subunits of inhibin/activin in rat pancreatic islets.
abstract: The effect of streptozotocin (STZ) on expression of immunoreactive follistatin and beta-subunits of inhibin/activin in pancreatic islets was studied by immunohistochemistry. To localize immunoreactive follistatin in pancreatic islets, two different anti-follistatin sera were used. Anti-follistatin (300-315) serum detects only long-form follistatin, while anti-follistatin(123-134) serum detects both long- and C-terminal truncated short-form follistatin in sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. Although an intense reaction with anti-follistatin(123-134) was found in pancreatic B cells, a reaction with anti-follistatin(300-315) was not present in any type of cells. This result suggests that only short-form follistatin is expressed in pancreatic islets. It was confirmed that immunoreaction with anti-beta A(1-10)-Tyr serum was found in pancreatic B cells. The anti-beta B(1-10)-Tyr reaction was intense in A cells but weak in B cells. These findings suggest that the expression pattern of each beta-subunit differs in each type of islet cells. At 2 weeks after STZ injection (65 mg/kg), insulin immunoreaction still remained in B cells, although most pancreatic B cells were destroyed. In contrast, immunoreactions of follistatin and beta-subunits in B cells disappeared 24h after STZ treatment. These results indicate that STZ affects the production of follistatin or beta-subunits of inhibin/activin in pancreatic B cells rather than insulin secretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurohmaru
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D028341:Activins; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D038681:Follistatin; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000187:drug effects*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007265:Inhibins / Q000187:drug effects*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013311:Streptozocin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D038681:Follistatin; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007328:Insulin; D028341:Activins; D007265:Inhibins; D013311:Streptozocin