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  • Title: Effects of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine on neonatal pancreatic islets maintained in tissue culture.
    Author: Kohnert KD, Ziegler B, Hahn von Dorsche H, Hehmke B, Schröder D.
    Journal: Mol Cell Endocrinol; 1982; 28(3):425-37. PubMed ID: 6185375.
    Abstract:
    The phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) promoted the formation of monolayers in cultured pancreatic islets isolated from neonatal rats. Immunofluorescence with specific antisera to insulin and glucagon revealed B-cells and A-cells in these monolayers. Glucose-mediated insulin release was increased by raising the glucose concentration from 5 to 10 mmoles/l. Addition of IBMX (0.1 mmoles/l) to medium containing 10 moles/l glucose produced a further increase in insulin release. Recovery of total insulin, i.e. intracellular insulin plus insulin secreted, was also increased by approximately 50% after 8 days of culture. The B-cells showed a marked biosynthetic response to an acute glucose challenge after prior culture with 10 mmoles/l glucose. Although both unstimulated (1.5 mmoles/l glucose) and stimulated rates (1.5 mmoles/l glucose) of [3H]leucine incorporation into (pro)insulin were significantly higher following culture in 10 mmoles/l glucose plus IBMX (0.1 mmoles/l) than after prior culture with 10 mmoles/l glucose alone, the percentage of (pro)insulin synthesized in relation to total protein synthesis was only increased at the low concentration of glucose. These studies demonstrate that monolayer cultures of neonatal B-cells can be readily produced by IBMX and maintained in a functional state, as defined by their secretory and biosynthetic response. It is suggested that the phosphodiesterase inhibitor exerts a sensitizing effect on the responsiveness of the B-cell to glucose. Moreover, the culture system employed in the present study may prove to be useful for further studies of various agents affecting the B-cell function.
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