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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
To define the mechanisms involved in the evolution of diabetes in the Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat, beta-cell mass and replication rates were determined by immunochemistry, point-counting morphometry, and 6-h 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation. The beta-cell mass in 5- to 7-week-old prediabetic ZDF rats (4.3 +/- 0.06 mg) was similar to age-matched insulin-resistant Zucker fatty (ZF) rats (3.7 +/- 0.05 mg) and greater than that in Zucker lean control (ZLC) rats (1.9 +/- 0.3, P < 0.05). At 12 weeks (after diabetes onset), beta-cell mass in the ZDF rats (8.1 +/- 1.7 mg) was significantly lower than the ZF rats (15.7 +/- 1.8 mg). The mass in the ZF rats was significantly greater than in the ZLC rats (4.3 +/- 0.8 mg, P < 0.05). The beta-cell proliferation rate (mean of both time points) was significantly greater in the ZDF rats (0.88 +/- 0.1%) compared with the ZF and ZLC rats (0.53 +/- 0.07%, 0.62 +/- 0.07%, respectively, P < 0.05), yet ZDF rats have a lower beta-cell mass than the ZF rats despite a higher proliferative rate. Morphological evidence of neogenesis and apoptosis is evident in the ZF and ZDF rats. In addition, even at 5-7 weeks a modest defect in insulin secretion per beta-cell unit was found by pancreas perfusion. These studies provide evidence that the expansion of beta-cell mass in response to insulin resistance and insulin secretory defects in diabetic ZDF rats is inadequate. This failure of beta-cell mass expansion in the ZDF rat does not appear to be from a reduction in the rate of beta-cell proliferation or neogenesis, suggesting an increased rate of cell death by apoptosis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0012-1797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
358-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Glucagon, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Glucose Intolerance, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Glucose Tolerance Test, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Insulin Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Pancreatic Polypeptide, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Perfusion, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Rats, Zucker, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Somatostatin, pubmed-meshheading:9519740-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of apoptosis in failure of beta-cell mass compensation for insulin resistance and beta-cell defects in the male Zucker diabetic fatty rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago and Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois 60637, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't