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It has been proposed that the cytokine interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), secreted by islet-infiltrating macrophages, may be involved in the pathogenesis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus by participation in beta-cell destruction. Addition of IL-1 beta to isolated pancreatic islets in vitro results in cytotoxic effects on beta-cell function, but there is little information on the intracellular events that convey the actions of the cytokine. In the present study, fetal rat pancreatic islets containing a high fraction of beta-cells were exposed in culture to IL-1 beta. It was found that IL-1 beta markedly decreased beta-cell DNA synthesis, insulin secretion and cyclic AMP content. In order to explore whether the decrease in cAMP resulted from IL-1 beta interaction with GTP-binding proteins coupled to adenylyl cyclase, islets were treated for 24 h with pertussis toxin prior to addition of cytokine. While this treatment restored the decrease in cAMP, the reduced DNA synthesis and insulin secretion persisted. Pertussis toxin treatment without the addition of IL-1 beta resulted in increases in cAMP, DNA synthesis and insulin secretion. Addition of the stimulatory cAMP analog Sp-cAMPS also increase DNA synthesis and insulin secretion, but failed to affect the decrease in these functions evoked by IL-1 beta. The protease inhibitor N alpha-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone, recently shown to protect completely against IL-1 beta-induced suppression of insulin production and secretion, was found to markedly reduce DNA synthesis without affecting insulin secretion. When the protease inhibitor was combined with IL-1 beta, the suppressed secretion was counteracted while DNA synthesis inhibition was not. It is concluded that cAMP stimulates DNA synthesis and insulin secretion in beta-cells, but that the inhibitory effect of IL-1 beta on these functions cannot be ascribed to the decrease in cAMP evoked by the cytokine. However, the repressive effect of the cytokine on insulin secretion, but not DNA synthesis, may be prevented by protease inhibition.
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PMID:Inhibition of fetal rat pancreatic beta-cell replication by interleukin-1 beta in vitro is not mediated through pertussis toxin-sensitive G-proteins, a decrease in cyclic AMP, or protease activation. 165 27

The involvement of cAMP- and calcium-dependent pathways on the inhibitory effect of CsA (0.5 micrograms/ml) on insulin and glucagon release was studied in collagenase-isolated islets. CsA suppressed by 50% the release of insulin in pertussis toxin treated islets stimulated by 20 mM D-glucose. CsA blocked glucagon and insulin release induced by 0.2 mM IBMX (80% and 50% respectively). Similarly it inhibited glucagon and insulin release induced by 1 microM A23187 (53% and 40% respectively). CsA also abolished 0.1 microM glucagon-induced insulin release and 10 ng/ml VIP-induced glucagon release (70% and 38% respectively). The glucagon response to 2 mM D-glucose and to 10 mM arginine was decreased 25% and 45% respectively by CsA. The inhibitory effect of 0.1 microM somatostatin on insulin release was significantly abolished by CsA (p less than 0.001 vs control). On the other hand 1 microM forskolin induced insulin and glucagon release was not modified by CsA. Rats treated with CsA (10 mg/kg body wt) during 10 days showed hyperglycaemia, hypoglucagonemia and higher contents of pancreatic glucagon. It is concluded that CsA affects alpha- and beta-cell function, in vivo and in vitro, acting through calcium and cAMP-dependent pathways. This latter pathway involves the Ca(2+)-calmodulin dependent phosphodiesterase and the regulatory proteins Gs and Gi.
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PMID:Mechanisms of action of cyclosporin A on islet alpha- and beta-cells. Effects on cAMP- and calcium-dependent pathways. 166 May 57

Adrenaline inhibits insulin secretion via pertussis toxin-sensitive mechanisms. Since voltage-dependent Ca2+ currents play a key role in insulin secretion, we examined whether adrenaline modulates voltage-dependent Ca2+ currents of the rat insulinoma cell line, RINm5F. In the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique, dihydropyridine- but not omega-conotoxin-sensitive Ca2+ currents were identified. Adrenaline via alpha 2-adrenoceptors inhibited the Ca2+ currents by about 50%. Somatostatin which also inhibits insulin secretion was less efficient (inhibition by 20%). The hormonal inhibition of Ca2+ currents was not affected by intracellularly applied cAMP but blocked by the intracellularly applied GDP analog guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) and by pretreatment of cells with pertussis toxin. In contrast to adrenaline and somatostatin, galanin, another inhibitor of insulin secretion, reduced Ca2+ currents by about 40% in a pertussis toxin-insensitive manner. Immunoblot experiments performed with antibodies generated against synthetic peptides revealed that membranes of RINm5F cells possess four pertussis toxin-sensitive G-proteins including Gi1, Gi2, Go2, and another Go subtype, most likely representing Go1. In membranes of control but not of pertussis toxin-treated cells, adrenaline via alpha 2-adrenoceptors stimulated incorporation of the photo-reactive GTP analog [alpha-32P]GTP azidoanilide into pertussis toxin substrates comigrating with the alpha-subunits of Gi2, Go2, and the not further identified Go subtype. The present findings indicate that activated alpha 2-adrenoceptors of RINm5F cells interact with multiple G-proteins, i.e. two forms of Go and with Gi2. These G-proteins are likely to be involved in the adrenaline-induced inhibition of dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ currents and in other signal transduction pathways contributing to the adrenaline-induced inhibition of insulin secretion.
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PMID:Involvement of pertussis toxin-sensitive G-proteins in the hormonal inhibition of dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ currents in an insulin-secreting cell line (RINm5F). 168 Aug 55

The rate of DNA synthesis, insulin secretion and cAMP content in isolated pancreatic islets were markedly inhibited by long-term exposure to the alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine, the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine and the beta-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol. Pertussis toxin or the stimulatory cAMP analog Sp-cAMPS increased DNA synthesis and insulin secretion in the absence of the adrenergic agents. Pertussis toxin blocked the inhibitory actions of these agents on DNA synthesis, insulin secretion and cAMP content, and a similar protection was imposed by Sp-cAMPS. Thus, long-term alpha-adrenergic stimulation interferes with signaling through pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein(s) and, by decreasing the islet cAMP content, inhibits beta-cell DNA synthesis and insulin secretion.
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PMID:Alpha-adrenergic inhibition of rat pancreatic beta-cell replication and insulin secretion is mediated through a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein regulating islet cAMP content. 168 6

The sites of action for somatostatin and epinephrine to inhibit insulin secretion have been reported to be exclusively in the exocytotic pathway. We used HIT cells, a clonal line of beta-cells, to examine whether these hormones might have as yet undescribed, nonexocytotic effects on insulin messenger RNA levels. We observed that both somatostatin and epinephrine not only inhibit insulin secretion (53 +/- 2% and 50 +/- 2% of control, respectively) but also decrease insulin mRNA levels (54 +/- 5% and 66 +/- 5% of control, respectively) and insulin content in HIT cells (61 +/- 2% and 51 +/- 1% of control, respectively). The latter two effects are discernible by 24 h, maximal by 48 h, and are prevented by preincubation of HIT cells with pertussis toxin. These new observations suggest that somatostatin and epinephrine negatively modulate insulin availability through a guanine nucleotide binding protein-mediated step in insulin synthesis before the exocytotic pathway. This general mechanism may allow these two hormones to serve as more long-term regulators of insulin availability in distinction to their shorter term and more readily reversible inhibitory effects on the exocytotic pathway.
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PMID:Somatostatin and epinephrine decrease insulin messenger ribonucleic acid in HIT cells through a pertussis toxin-sensitive mechanism. 168 35

In order to study the ontogenesis of the beta- and alpha 2-adrenergic control of lipolysis during the adipose conversion process, a model based on preadipocytes isolated from the stromal-vascular fraction of hamster adipose tissue was developed. When cultured in an ITT (insulin, transferrin, triiodothyronine) medium supplemented with 2% fetal calf serum, adipose precursors differentiated into adipose-like cells. On 8-day-post-confluent differentiating preadipocytes, the rank order of potency of activation of lipolysis by various beta-adrenergic agonists (BRL37344 greater than norepinephrine = isoproterenol greater than epinephrine greater than fenoterol) was equivalent to that determined in mature adipocytes isolated from adult hamster adipose tissue. On 8-day-post-confluent differentiating preadipocytes, phenylisopropyladenosine (A1-adenosine agonist) and prostaglandin E1 evoked a strong antilipolytic response whereas that evoked by UK 14304 and clonidine (alpha 2-adrenergic agonists) remained undetectable at this step of differentiation. The activity of UK 14304 and clonidine only appeared on 20- to 25-day-post-confluent differentiating preadipocytes. They induced dose-dependent antilipolysis with a maximal effect reaching 80-85% inhibition of adenosine deaminase-stimulated lipolysis. Their action was blocked by increased concentrations of different alpha 2-adrenergic antagonists with the following order of potency, RX 821002 greater than phentolamine much greater than yohimbine. This order of potency was similar to that determined on mature adipocytes isolated from adult hamsters. Both the density of the alpha 2-adrenoceptors, identified with the selective alpha 2-adrenergic radioligand [3H]RX-821002 (19 +/- 1 vs. 30 +/- 1 fmol/mg protein: P less than 0.01) and the amount of Gi proteins identified by pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation (31 +/- 4 vs. 43 +/- 4% of the amount defined in mature fat cells from adult hamsters: P less than 0.05) were significantly increased between 8 days and 20-25 days after confluence, explaining the late emergence of the alpha 2-adrenergic control of lipolysis during preadipocyte differentiation. In conclusion, the late emergence of the alpha 2-adrenergic control of lipolysis, which is also supported by previous data obtained in vivo that demonstrated the age and/or the fat cell size dependence of alpha 2-adrenoreceptor expression in mature adipocytes, allows the alpha 2-adrenoceptor to be considered as a marker of adipocyte hypertrophy.
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PMID:Late expression of alpha 2-adrenergic-mediated antilipolysis during differentiation of hamster preadipocytes. 168 79

We investigated functional interactions between granulocyte-monocyte-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and the insulin family hormones using the GM-CSF- and insulin-dependent human acute myeloid leukemia cell line AML-193. Recombinant human GM-CSF and insulin enhanced AML-193 cell proliferation 3- and 5-fold, respectively, and showed a synergistic 10-fold increase when added in combination. Insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGFI and IGFII) increased AML-193 cell proliferation 4-fold and 2-fold, respectively, and also demonstrated synergy when combined with GM-CSF. Blocking experiments with monoclonal antibodies against the insulin and IGFI receptors indicated that the proliferative effects of insulin and IGFI were mediated through both their homologous and heterologous receptors. Pertussis toxin and cholera toxin, which ADP ribosylate GTP-binding proteins (G proteins), and the cyclic AMP analogue, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, decreased the proliferation induced by GM-CSF or insulin. Specific receptor binding of 125I-insulin, -IGFI, and -GM-CSF to AML-193 cells was demonstrated and not affected by preincubation with pertussis toxin or cholera toxin. Radiolabeled GM-CSF, insulin, and IGFI did not cross-compete with the heterologous ligands for receptor binding. These studies demonstrate (a) association between receptor binding and proliferative effects of GM-CSF and the insulin family hormones, (b) involvement of the G proteins in signal transduction provoked by these hormones which occurs at a postreceptor-binding level, and (c) synergistic mitogenic interactions between GM-CSF and the insulin family hormones, suggesting that their receptors are linked to divergent signaling mechanisms in addition to sharing G protein-coupled pathways.
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PMID:Functional interactions between colony-stimulating factors and the insulin family hormones for human myeloid leukemic cells. 169 37

The involvement of G-proteins in the insulin signal transduction system has been studied in detail using the murine BC3H-1 myocyte system. Pertussis toxin (PT) treatment, previously shown to attenuate some of the metabolic effects of insulin in this cell line (Luttrell, L.M., Hewlett, E.L., Romero, G., and Rogol, A.D. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 6134-6141), abolished insulin-induced generation of diacylglycerol and inositolglycan mediators with no effects on either the autophosphorylation of the insulin receptor or the phosphorylation of the major endogenous substrates for insulin-stimulated tyrosine kinase activity (pp185 and pp42-45). In vitro ADP-ribosylation and immunoblotting studies suggest that the major PT substrate is a 40-kDa protein of the G alpha family. This protein band did not exhibit detectable tyrosine phosphorylation upon stimulation of either intact cells or cell membranes with insulin. In the presence of low concentrations of GTP, insulin treatment of isolated myocyte plasma membranes resulted in a small (30-40%) but significant stimulation of GTP hydrolysis. This effect was best observed in the presence of small concentrations of sodium dodecyl sulfate. The rate of guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) binding to BC3H-1 membranes was also significantly increased in the presence of insulin. The effects of insulin on GTP hydrolysis and GTP gamma S binding were found to be dependent on the concentration of insulin. These effects were not detected in plasma membranes prepared from PT-pretreated BC3H-1 myocytes. In contrast, pretreatment with the B (inactive) subunit of PT did not alter the response of myocyte membranes to insulin. High affinity binding of [125I]iodoinsulin to myocyte plasma membranes was reduced by 60-70% in the presence of guanine nucleotides. Similar effects on insulin binding were produced by PT pretreatment of the cells. In contrast, adenine nucleotides had no effect on insulin binding. Scatchard analysis of the binding data showed that the observed effects of guanine nucleotides and PT on insulin binding resulted either from a reduction in the number of high affinity insulin binding sites or from a significant reduction of the affinity of insulin for its receptor. Low affinity binding sites did not appear to be affected by either guanine nucleotides nor PT pretreatment. These results provide substantial evidence suggestive of a noncovalent interaction between the insulin receptor and a regulatory G-protein system during the process of insulin signaling.
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PMID:A pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein mediates some aspects of insulin action in BC3H-1 murine myocytes. 169 70

We tested the hypothesis that somatostatin (SRIF) inhibits insulin secretion from an SV40 transformed hamster beta cell line (HIT cells) by an effect on the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels and examined whether G-proteins were involved in the process. Ca2+ currents were recorded by the whole cell patch-clamp method, the free cytosolic calcium, [Ca2+]i, was monitored in HIT cells by fura-2, and cAMP and insulin secretion were measured by radioimmunoassay. SRIF decreased Ca2+ currents, [Ca2+]i, and basal insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner over the range of 10(-12)-10(-7)M. The increase in [Ca2+]i and insulin secretion induced by either depolarization with K+ (15 mM) or by the Ca2+ channel agonist, Bay K 8644 (1 microM) was attenuated by SRIF in a dose-dependent manner over the same range of 10(-12)-10(-7) M. the half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) for SRIF inhibition of insulin secretion were 8.6 X 10(-12) M and 8.3 X 10(-11) M for K+ and Bay K 8644-stimulated secretion and 1 X 10(-10) M and 2.9 X 10(-10) M for the SRIF inhibition of the K+ and Bay K 8644-induced rise in [Ca2+]i, respectively. SRIF also attenuated the rise in [Ca2+]i induced by the cAMP-elevating agent, isobutylmethylxanthine (1 mM) in the presence of glucose. Bay K 8644, K+ and SRIF had no significant effects on cAMP levels and SRIF had no effects on adenylyl cyclase activity at concentrations lower than 1 microM. SRIF (100 nM) did not change K+ efflux (measured by 86Rb+) through ATP-sensitive K+ channels in HIT cells. SRIF (up to 1 microM) had no significant effect on membrane potential measured by bisoxonol fluorescence. Pretreatment of the HIT cells with pertussis toxin (0.1 microgram/ml) overnight abolished the effects of SRIF on Ca2+ currents, [Ca2+]i and insulin secretion implying a G-protein dependence in SRIF's actions. Thus, one mechanism by which SRIF decreases insulin secretion is by inhibiting Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, an action mediated through a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein.
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PMID:Somatostatin inhibits insulin secretion by a G-protein-mediated decrease in Ca2+ entry through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in the beta cell. 170 40

Following the differentiation of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts by insulin/dexamethasone/methylisobutylxanthine, marked increases in cAMP levels by isoproterenol but not forskolin and in 2-deoxyglucose uptake by insulin occurred. Pertussis toxin-pretreatment prior to addition of insulin/dexamethasone/methylisobutylxanthine and exposure of cells to pertussis toxin during differentiation attenuated glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity as a differentiation marker enzyme and the responses to isoproterenol and insulin by approximately 50% of those in pertussis toxin-untreated cells. On the other hand, insulin/dexamethasone/methylisobutylxanthine caused induction of c-fos proto-oncogene in confluent 3T3-L1 fibroblasts. This induction was also reduced in pertussis toxin-pretreated cells. These results suggested that pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding protein(s) is involved in expression of c-fos mRNA accompanied by differentiation. In addition, accumulation of c-fos mRNA by insulin/dexamethasone/methylisobutylxanthine was enhanced in protein kinase C-depleted cells pretreated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, indicating that protein kinase C may negatively regulate c-fos expression induced by insulin/dexamethasone/methylisobutylxanthine.
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PMID:Possible involvement of pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding protein(s) in c-fos expression during differentiation of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts to adipocytes. 170 43


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