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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
We have recently reported that Pdx1-Cre-mediated whole pancreas inactivation of IGF-I gene [in pancreatic-specific IGF-I gene-deficient (PID) mice] results in increased beta-cell mass and significant protection against both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Because the phenotype is unlikely a direct consequence of IGF-I deficiency, the present study was designed to explore possible activation of proislet factors in PID mice by using a whole genome DNA microarray. As a result, multiple members of the Reg family genes (Reg2, -3alpha, and -3beta, previously not known to promote islet cell growth) were significantly upregulated in the pancreas. This finding was subsequently confirmed by Northern blot and/or real-time PCR, which exhibited 2- to 8-fold increases in the levels of these mRNAs. Interestingly, these Reg family genes were also activated after streptozotocin-induced beta-cell damage and diabetes (wild-type T1D mice) when islet cells were undergoing regeneration. Immunohistochemistry revealed increased Reg proteins in exocrine as well as endocrine pancreas and suggested their potential role in beta-cell neogenesis in PID or T1D mice. Previously, other Reg proteins (Reg1 and islet neogenesis-associated protein) have been shown to promote islet cell replication and neogenesis. These uncharacterized Reg proteins may play a similar but more potent role, not only in normal islet cell growth in PID mice, but also in islet cell regeneration after T1D.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0193-1849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
291
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E50-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Lithostathine, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16449294-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Activation of the Reg family genes by pancreatic-specific IGF-I gene deficiency and after streptozotocin-induced diabetes in mouse pancreas.
pubmed:affiliation
Fraser Laboratories, Rm. M3-15, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't