title: Glucagon-like peptide-1(7-36)-amide confers glucose sensitivity to previously glucose-incompetent beta-cells in diabetic rats: in vivo and in vitro studies.
abstract: The effects of glucagon-like peptide-1(7-36)-amide (GLP-1) on cAMP content and insulin release were studied in islets isolated from diabetic rats (n0-STZ model) which exhibited impaired glucose-induced insulin release. We first examined the possibility of re-activating the insulin response to glucose in the beta-cells of the diabetic rats using GLP-1 in vitro. In static incubation experiments, GLP-1 amplified cAMP accumulation (by 170%) and glucose-induced insulin release (by 140%) in the diabetic islets to the same extent as in control islets. Using a perifusion procedure, GLP-1 amplified the insulin response to 16.7 mM glucose by diabetic islets and generated a clear biphasic pattern of insulin release. The incremental insulin response to glucose in the presence of GLP-1, although lower than corresponding control values (1.56 +/- 0.37 and 4.53 +/- 0.60 pg/min per ng islet DNA in diabetic and control islets respectively), became similar to that of control islets exposed to 16.7 mM glucose alone (1.09 +/- 0.15 pg/min per ng islet DNA). Since in vitro GLP-1 was found to exert positive effects on the glucose competence of the residual beta-cells in the n0-STZ model. we investigated the therapeutic effect of in vivo GLP-1 administration on glucose tolerance and glucose-induced insulin release by n0-STZ rats. An infusion of GLP-1 (10 ng/min per kg; i.v.) in n0-STZ rats enhanced significantly (P < 0.01) basal plasma insulin levels, and, when combined with an i.v. glucose tolerance and insulin secretion test, it was found to improve (P < 0.05) glucose tolerance and the insulinogenic index, as compared with the respective values of these parameters before GLP-1 treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiopathologie de la Nutrition, CNRS URA 307, Université Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dachicourt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serradas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bailbé
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kergoat
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Doaré
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Portha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046508:Culture Techniques; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D005934:Glucagon; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C055453:glucagon-like peptide 1 (7-36)amide; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D004247:DNA; D005934:Glucagon; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005947:Glucose