title: Resveratrol-induced inhibition of insulin secretion from rat pancreatic islets: evidence for pivotal role of metabolic disturbances.
abstract: Resveratrol is a stilbene present in different plant species and exerting numerous beneficial effects, including prevention of diabetes and attenuation of some diabetic complications. Its inhibitory effect on insulin secretion was recently documented, but the exact mechanism underlying this action remains unknown. Experiments employing diazoxide and a high concentration of K(+) revealed that, in depolarized pancreatic islets incubated for 90 min with resveratrol (1, 10, and 100 microM), insulin secretion stimulated by glucose and leucine was impaired. The attenuation of the insulin secretory response to 6.7 mM glucose was not abrogated by blockade of intracellular estrogen receptors and was found to be accompanied by diminished islet glucose oxidation, enhanced lactate production, and reduced ATP levels. Glucose-induced hyperpolarization of the mitochondrial membrane was also reduced in the presence of resveratrol. Moreover, in depolarized islets incubated with 2.8 mM glucose, activation of protein kinase C or protein kinase A potentiated insulin release; however, under these conditions, resveratrol was ineffective. Further studies also revealed that, under conditions of blocked voltage-dependent calcium channels, the stilbene reduced insulin secretion induced by a combination of glucose with forskolin. These data demonstrate that resveratrol 1) inhibits the amplifying pathway of insulin secretion, 2) exerts an insulin-suppressive effect independently of its estrogenic/anti-estrogenic activity, 3) shifts islet glucose metabolism from mitochondrial oxidation to anaerobic,4) fails to abrogate insulin release promoted without metabolic events, and 5) does not suppress hormone secretion as a result of the direct inhibition of Ca(2+) influx through voltage-dependent calcium channels.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, August Cieszkowski Univ. of Agriculture, 60-637 Wolynska 35, Poznan, Poland. tszkudel@jay.au.poznan.pl
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Szkudelski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077267:Fulvestrant; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / Q000187:drug effects; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D013267:Stilbenes; C010140:estrophilin; D005576:Colforsin; D000077267:Fulvestrant; D004958:Estradiol; D005947:Glucose; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D000077185:Resveratrol