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  • Title: Reduced sensitivity to dexamethasone of pancreatic islets from obese (fa/fa) rats.
    Author: Chan C, Lejeune J.
    Journal: Can J Physiol Pharmacol; 1992 Nov; 70(11):1518-22. PubMed ID: 1296866.
    Abstract:
    The direct effects of dexamethasone exposure on insulin secretion from islets of fa/fa rats and their lean littermates (Fa/?) were compared. After 72 h culture in 1 nM dexamethasone, glucose (27.5 mM)-stimulated insulin secretion over 90 min from islets of lean rats was significantly decreased compared with islets cultured without dexamethasone (12.9 +/- 1.4 vs. 5.7 +/- 1.0% of total islet content, p < 0.05). Higher doses of dexamethasone for 24-48 h culture produced similar effects. For islets of fa/fa rats, the minimum inhibitory concentration of dexamethasone was 10-fold higher, and islets required at least 48 h exposure for inhibitory effects to be observed. Dexamethasone also decreased the insulin response by islets to glybenclamide, indicating that dexamethasone effects were not specific to glucose transport or metabolism. The results suggest that islets of fa/fa rats may be less sensitive to direct inhibitory effects of glucocorticoids on glucose-stimulated insulin release than islets of lean animals.
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