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Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Inhibits Cell Apoptosis and Improves Glucose Responsiveness of Freshly Isolated Human Islets

Farilla, Loredana, Bulotta, Angela, Hirshberg, Boaz, Li Calzi, Sergio, Khoury, Nasif, Noushmehr, Houtan, Bertolotto, Cristina, Di Mario, Umberto, Harlan, David M., Perfetti, Riccardo·2003·Endocrinology
DOI 10.1210/en.2003-0323
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Abstract

The peptide hormone, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), has been shown to increase glucose-dependent insulin secretion, enhance insulin gene transcription, expand islet cell mass, and inhibit beta-cell apoptosis in animal models of diabetes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether GLP-1 could improve function and inhibit apoptosis in freshly isolated human islets. Human islets were cultured for 5 d in the presence, or absence, of GLP-1 (10 nm, added every 12 h) and studied for viability and expression of proapoptotic (caspase-3) and antiapoptotic factors (bcl-2) as well as glucose-dependent insulin production. We observed better-preserved three-dimensional islet morphology in the GLP-1-treated islets, compared with controls. Nuclear condensation, a feature of cell apoptosis, was inhibited by GLP-1. The reduction in the number of apoptotic cells in GLP-1-treated islets was particularly evident at d 3 (6.1% apoptotic nuclei in treated cultures vs. 15.5% in controls; P < 0.01) and at d 5 (8.9 vs. 18.9%; P < 0.01). The antiapoptotic effect of GLP-1 was associated with the down-regulation of active caspase-3 (P < 0.001) and the up-regulation of bcl-2 (P < 0.01). The effect of GLP-1 on the intracellular levels of bcl-2 and caspase-3 was observed at the mRNA and protein levels. Intracellular insulin content was markedly enhanced in islets cultured with GLP-1 vs. control (P < 0.001, at d 5), and there was a parallel GLP-1-dependent potentiation of glucose-dependent insulin secretion (P < 0.01 at d 3; P < 0.05 at d 5). Our findings provide evidence that GLP-1 added to freshly isolated human islets preserves morphology and function and inhibits cell apoptosis.

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Authors
Farilla, L., Bulotta, A., Hirshberg, B., Li Calzi, S., Khoury, N., Noushmehr, H., Bertolotto, C., Di Mario, U., Harlan, D. M., & Perfetti, R.
Affiliations
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Perfetti, Riccardo
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Venue
Endocrinology
Publisher
The Endocrine Society
Published
2003-12
Volume
144
Issue
12
Pages
5149-5158
ISSN
  • 0013-7227 (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7170
DOI
10.1210/en.2003-0323
OpenAlex
W2146333376
Cited by
664
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34
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FWCI
23.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
Keywords
glucagon-like peptide-1, beta-cell apoptosis, human pancreatic islets, glucose-dependent insulin secretion, caspase-3, Bcl-2, islet viability, islet morphology, insulin content, islet transplantation, diabetes mellitus
MeSH terms
Insulin Secretion, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Fluorescent Dyes, Glucagon, Glucose, Humans, Indoles, Insulin, Islets of Langerhans, Peptide Fragments, Protein Precursors, RNA, Messenger, Gene Expression, Apoptosis, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Caspases, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, Caspase 3, In Vitro Techniques

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