PMID: 376379Jun 1, 1979Paper

Correlation between morphology and function in isolated islets of the Zucker rat

Diabetes
A Hayek, W Woodside

Abstract

Obesity in the Zucker rat is accompanied by hyperlipemia, hyperinsulinism, insulin resistance, pancreatic hyperplasia, and islet hypertrophy. This study correlates the morphologic heterogeneity of isolated pancreatic islets with secretion of insulin and glucagon in the perifusion system. Islet size was arbitrarily defined as large (greater than 0.45 mm) or small (smaller than 0.12 mm). Protein content and volume (V = 4/3pir3) were calculated for groups and individual islets, respectively. Islets from obese rats secreted more insulin in response to glucose and aminophylline than islets from lean rats (peak 7.8 +/- 2.4 vs. 1.5 +/- 0.37 microU/islet/min, P less than 0.005). Insulin release was related directly to islet size and protein content. Small islets from lean and obese animals produced less insulin per islet than large islets (P less than 0.005). In terms of islet volume, however, large islets were inefficient insulin releasers as compared to small islets (P less than 0.005). Stimulation with Br-cAMP released glucagon from islets of lean but not from large islets of obese animals (peak 11 +/- 3.3 vs. 4.1 +/- 0.3 pg/microgram protein per minute, P less than 0.05). Arginine produced the same effect on glucagon release (P les...Continue Reading

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