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  • Title: Effect of islet amyloid polypeptide on somatostatin inhibition of insulin secretion from isolated rat pancreatic islets.
    Author: Wang F, Westermark G, Gasslander T, Permert J.
    Journal: Regul Pept; 1997 Sep 26; 72(1):61-7. PubMed ID: 9404733.
    Abstract:
    In this study, we investigated the presence of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in somatostatin cells of rat endocrine pancreas and the effect of exogenous IAPP and somatostatin, separate or combined, on in vitro insulin secretion. By immunocytochemistry, IAPP was found in both B and D cells of rat pancreatic islets. Furthermore, the labeling density of IAPP in D cells was nearly four times higher than in B cells. After a 2-day preincubation in RPMI 1640 (11.1 mM glucose), isolated rat pancreatic islets were exposed to IAPP and/or somatostatin for 90 min in modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate (KRB) buffers containing 11.1 or 22.2 mM glucose, or 11.1 mM glucose + 10 mM L-arginine, respectively. At 11.1 mM glucose, insulin secretion was not affected by IAPP and/or somatostatin at concentrations investigated. Insulin response to 22.2 mM glucose was inhibited by exogenous somatostatin. Arginine-stimulated insulin secretion was also inhibited by somatostatin, and the effect was significantly potentiated with additional 10(-5) M IAPP. The study shows that rat pancreatic D cells have higher IAPP density than B cells in the same islets and that IAPP and somatostatin may cooperate on rat pancreatic B cells to regulate the insulin secretion in response to potent stimulation.
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