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R J M, A V, Chakraborthy A, B MK, Shetty A V, Badanthadka M. Protein malnutrition in BALB/C mice: A model mimicking clinical scenario of marasmic-kwashiorkor malnutrition. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2023; 119:107231. [PMID: 36410663 DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2022.107231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Protein malnutrition continues to be a major global issue. A stable animal model to address protein malnutrition and its effect on various disease conditions is necessary. In the present study, we have formulated and standardized a low protein diet (LPD) to develop a protein malnutrition model using Balb/C mice. Healthy male Balb/C mice were weaned and exposed to LPD combinations while another group exposed to normal diet (18% protein). Animal survival, change in body weight, body mass index (BMI), biochemical parameters, antioxidant status, and liver histopathology were used to confirm the development of malnourished mice model (marasmic-kwashiorkor). Mice receiving 10% protein diet showed moderate weight gain, higher BMI, and no mortality compared to the 6% protein group. The former group showed remarkable differences in BMI, biochemical and antioxidant parameters. Further, histopathological changes against the normal group at weeks 20 and 30 confirmed the development of protein malnutrition in mice on 10% protein diet. The study confirms the development of a stable, economical, reproducible, and clinically relevant protein malnutrition model using the formulated 10% protein diet. Further, the model can be used for short and long-term studies to investigate the pathophysiology of malnutrition in any disease/condition.
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- Madhura R J
- Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NGSMIPS), Department of Nitte University Centre for Animal Research and Experimentation (NUCARE), Paneer campus, Deralakatte, Mangaluru 575 018, Karnataka, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NGSMIPS), Department of Nitte University Centre for Animal Research and Experimentation (NUCARE), Paneer campus, Deralakatte, Mangaluru 575 018, Karnataka, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research (NUCSER), Division of Molecular Genetics and Cancer, Kotekar-Beeri Road, Deralakatte, Mangaluru 575018, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Deralakatte, 575018 Mangaluru, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Department of Microbiology, Deralakatte, Mangaluru 575018, India
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- Nitte (Deemed to be University), NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NGSMIPS), Department of Nitte University Centre for Animal Research and Experimentation (NUCARE), Paneer campus, Deralakatte, Mangaluru 575 018, Karnataka, India.
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Marin BK, Lima Reis SR, Fátima Silva Ramalho A, Lemes SF, Marin L, Vanzela EC, Boschero AC, Carneiro EM, Latorraca MQ, Arantes VC, Barros Reis MA. Protein restriction in early life increases intracellular calcium and insulin secretion, but does not alter expression of SNARE proteins during pregnancy. Exp Physiol 2019; 104:1029-1037. [DOI: 10.1113/ep087045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Bianca Karine Marin
- Mestrado em Biociências, Faculdade de NutriçãoUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso Cuiabá MT Brazil
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- Departamento de Alimentos Nutrição, Faculdade de NutriçãoUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso Cuiabá MT Brazil
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- Mestrado em Biociências, Faculdade de NutriçãoUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso Cuiabá MT Brazil
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- Mestrado em Biociências, Faculdade de NutriçãoUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso Cuiabá MT Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Biologia Celular, Fisiologia e BiofísicaInstituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Avenida Bertrand Russel, s/n, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz Campinas SP Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Biologia Celular, Fisiologia e BiofísicaInstituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Avenida Bertrand Russel, s/n, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz Campinas SP Brazil
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Biologia Celular, Fisiologia e BiofísicaInstituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Avenida Bertrand Russel, s/n, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz Campinas SP Brazil
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- Departamento de Alimentos Nutrição, Faculdade de NutriçãoUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso Cuiabá MT Brazil
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- Departamento de Alimentos Nutrição, Faculdade de NutriçãoUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso Cuiabá MT Brazil
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Marin L, Silva HBF, Damin G, Ignacio-Souza LM, Reis SRDL, de Oliveira CAM, Ribeiro RA, Reis MADB, Latorraca MQ, Ferreira F, Arantes VC. Nutritional recovery from a low-protein diet during pregnancy does not restore the kinetics of insulin secretion and Ca 2+ or alterations in the cAMP/PKA and PLC/PKC pathways in islets from adult rats. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2019; 43:1257-1267. [PMID: 29758169 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2017-0629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated the insulin release induced by glucose, the Ca2+ oscillatory pattern, and the cyclic AMP (cAMP)/protein kinase A (PKA) and phospholipase C (PLC)/protein kinase C (PKC) pathways in islets from adult rats that were reared under diets with 17% protein (C) or 6% protein (LP) during gestation, suckling, and after weaning and in rats receiving diets with 6% protein during gestation and 17% protein after birth (R). First-phase glucose-induced insulin secretion was reduced in LP and R islets, and the second phase was partially restored in the R group. Glucose stimulation did not modify intracellular Ca2+ concentration, but it reduced the Ca2+ oscillatory frequency in the R group compared with the C group. Intracellular cAMP concentration was higher and PKA-Cα expression was lower in the R and LP groups compared with the C group. The PKCα content in islets from R rats was lower than that in C and LP rats. Thus, nutritional recovery from a low-protein diet during fetal life did not repair the kinetics of insulin release, impaired Ca2+ handling, and altered the cAMP/PKA and PLC/PKC pathways.
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- Leonardo Marin
- a Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá-MT, 78060-900, Brazil
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- a Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá-MT, 78060-900, Brazil
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- d Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Núcleo em Ecologia e desenvolvimento socioambiental, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 21941-901, Brazil
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- e Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife-PE, 50670-901, Brazil
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Cappelli APG, Zoppi CC, Silveira LR, Batista TM, Paula FM, da Silva PMR, Rafacho A, Barbosa-Sampaio HC, Boschero AC, Carneiro EM. Reduced glucose-induced insulin secretion in low-protein-fed rats is associated with altered pancreatic islets redox status. J Cell Physiol 2017; 233:486-496. [PMID: 28370189 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In the present study, we investigated the relationship between early life protein malnutrition-induced redox imbalance, and reduced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. After weaning, male Wistar rats were submitted to a normal-protein-diet (17%-protein, NP) or to a low-protein-diet (6%-protein, LP) for 60 days. Pancreatic islets were isolated and hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ), oxidized (GSSG) and reduced (GSH) glutathione content, CuZn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1), glutathione peroxidase (GPx1) and catalase (CAT) gene expression, as well as enzymatic antioxidant activities were quantified. Islets that were pre-incubated with H2 O2 and/or N-acetylcysteine, were subsequently incubated with glucose for insulin secretion measurement. Protein malnutrition increased CAT mRNA content by 100%. LP group SOD1 and CAT activities were 50% increased and reduced, respectively. H2 O2 production was more than 50% increased whereas GSH/GSSG ratio was near 60% lower in LP group. Insulin secretion was, in most conditions, approximately 50% lower in LP rat islets. When islets were pre-incubated with H2 O2 (100 μM), and incubated with glucose (33 mM), LP rats showed significant decrease of insulin secretion. This effect was attenuated when LP islets were exposed to N-acetylcysteine.
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- Ana Paula G Cappelli
- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.,Laboratory of Experimental Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.,Department of Physiology and Biophysiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Physiologic Sciences, Center of Biologic Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Cellular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Carvalho DS, Diniz MM, Haidar AA, Cavanal MDF, da Silva Alves E, Carpinelli AR, Gil FZ, Hirata AE. L-Arginine supplementation improves insulin sensitivity and beta cell function in the offspring of diabetic rats through AKT and PDX-1 activation. Eur J Pharmacol 2016; 791:780-787. [PMID: 27717730 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Maternal hyperglycemia can result in defects in glucose metabolism and pancreatic β-cell function in offspring. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of maternal diabetes mellitus on pancreatic islets, muscle and adipose tissue of the offspring, with or without oral l-Arginine supplementation. The induction of diabetes was performed using streptozotocin (60mg/kg). Animals were studied at 3 months of age and treatment (sucrose or l-Arginine) was administered from weaning. We observed that l-Arg improved insulin sensitivity in the offspring of diabetic mothers (DA), reflected by higher insulin-induced phosphorylation of Akt in muscle and adipose tissue. Insulin resistance is associated with increased oxidative stress and the NADPH oxidase enzyme plays an important role. Our results showed that the augmented interaction of p47PHOX with gp91PHOX subunits of the enzyme in skeletal muscle tissue in the offspring of diabetic rats (DV) was abolished after l-Arg treatment in DA rats. Maternal diabetes caused alterations in the islet functionality of the offspring leading to increased insulin secretion at both low (2.8mM) and high (16.7mM) concentrations of glucose. l-Arg reverses this effect, suggesting that it may be an important modulator in the insulin secretory process. In addition it is possible that l-Arg exerts its effects directly onto essential molecules for the maintenance and survival of pancreatic islets, decreasing protein expression of p47PHOX while increasing Akt phosphorylation and PDX-1 expression. The mechanism by which l-Arg exerts its beneficial effects may involve nitric oxide bioavailability since treatment restored NO levels in the pancreas.
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- Department of Physiology - Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology - Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, USP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology - Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Brazil
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Protein malnutrition potentiates the amplifying pathway of insulin secretion in adult obese mice. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33464. [PMID: 27633083 PMCID: PMC5025848 DOI: 10.1038/srep33464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Pancreatic beta cell (β) dysfunction is an outcome of malnutrition. We assessed the role of the amplifying pathway (AMP PATH) in β cells in malnourished obese mice. C57Bl-6 mice were fed a control (C) or a low-protein diet (R). The groups were then fed a high-fat diet (CH and RH). AMP PATH contribution to insulin secretion was assessed upon incubating islets with diazoxide and KCl. CH and RH displayed increased glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Only RH showed a higher contribution of the AMP PATH. The mitochondrial membrane potential of RH was decreased, and ATP flux was unaltered. In RH islets, glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) protein content and activity increased, and the AMP PATH contribution was reestablished when GDH was blunted. Thus, protein malnutrition induces mitochondrial dysfunction in β cells, leading to an increased contribution of the AMP PATH to insulin secretion through the enhancement of GDH content and activity.
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da Silva Lippo BR, Batista TM, de Rezende LF, Cappelli AP, Camargo RL, Branco RCS, Barbosa Sampaio HC, Protzek AOP, Wanderley MI, Arantes VC, Corat MAF, Carneiro EM, Udrisar DP, Wanderley AG, Ferreira F. Low-protein diet disrupts the crosstalk between the PKA and PKC signaling pathways in isolated pancreatic islets. J Nutr Biochem 2015; 26:556-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2014.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Marçal-Pessoa AF, Bassi-Branco CL, Salvatierra CDSB, Stoppiglia LF, Ignacio-Souza LM, de Lima Reis SR, Veloso RV, de Barros Reis MA, Carneiro EM, Boschero AC, Arantes VC, Latorraca MQ. A low-protein diet during pregnancy prevents modifications in intercellular communication proteins in rat islets. Biol Res 2015; 48:3. [PMID: 25654754 PMCID: PMC4362834 DOI: 10.1186/0717-6287-48-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Gap junctions between β-cells participate in the precise regulation of insulin secretion. Adherens junctions and their associated proteins are required for the formation, function and structural maintenance of gap junctions. Increases in the number of the gap junctions between β-cells and enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion are observed during pregnancy. In contrast, protein restriction produces structural and functional alterations that result in poor insulin secretion in response to glucose. We investigated whether protein restriction during pregnancy affects the expression of mRNA and proteins involved in gap and adherens junctions in pancreatic islets. An isoenergetic low-protein diet (6% protein) was fed to non-pregnant or pregnant rats from day 1-15 of pregnancy, and rats fed an isocaloric normal-protein diet (17% protein) were used as controls. RESULTS The low-protein diet reduced the levels of connexin 36 and β-catenin protein in pancreatic islets. In rats fed the control diet, pregnancy increased the levels of phospho-[Ser(279/282)]-connexin 43, and it decreased the levels of connexin 36, β-catenin and beta-actin mRNA as well as the levels of connexin 36 and β-catenin protein in islets. The low-protein diet during pregnancy did not alter these mRNA and protein levels, but avoided the increase of levels of phospho-[Ser(279/282)]-connexin 43 in islets. Insulin secretion in response to 8.3 mmol/L glucose was higher in pregnant rats than in non-pregnant rats, independently of the nutritional status. CONCLUSION Short-term protein restriction during pregnancy prevented the Cx43 phosphorylation, but this event did not interfer in the insulin secretion.
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- Ana Flávia Marçal-Pessoa
- Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Básicas em Saúde, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Psicologia, Instituto de Educação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Biologia Celular e Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Biologia Celular e Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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Gravena C, Andreazzi AE, Mecabo FT, Grassiolli S, Scantamburlo VM, Mathias PCF. Protein restriction during lactation alters the autonomic nervous system control on glucose-induced insulin secretion in adult rats. Nutr Neurosci 2013; 10:79-87. [PMID: 17539486 DOI: 10.1080/10284150701308693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Involvement of autonomic nervous system (ANS) neurotransmitters on insulin secretion in rats submitted to protein malnutrition during lactation was studied. During the first 2/3 of lactation, mothers received a 4% protein diet (LP). Control group received normal diet (23% protein) (NP). After protein restriction, mothers received normal diets. At 81 days rats were submitted to intravenous glucose tolerance tests (ivGTT). Plasma glucose and insulin concentration (PIC) were measured. Glucose-induced insulin secretion (GIIS) was tested in pancreatic islets. Fasting normoglycemia and hypoinsulinemia were observed in LP rats. Glucose intolerance and low PIC in LP group were detected during ivGTT. Acetylcholine (Ach) or blockage of alpha-adrenoceptors induced high PIC increment in LP rats; atropine or stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors did not change PIC. Insulin secretion of LP rat islets showed low glucose and carbachol responses. Epinephrine-inhibited GIIS in both islet groups. Hypoinsulinemia observed in lactation-malnourished rats might be caused by alterations in GIIS regulation, including ANS modulation.
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- Clarice Gravena
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, State University of Maringá, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Protein restriction in early life is associated with changes in insulin sensitivity and pancreatic β-cell function during pregnancy. Br J Nutr 2012; 109:236-47. [PMID: 22475371 DOI: 10.1017/s000711451200089x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Malnutrition in early life impairs glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in adulthood. Conversely, pregnancy is associated with a significant increase in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion under conditions of normoglycaemia. A failure in β-cell adaptive changes may contribute to the onset of diabetes. Thus, glucose homeostasis and β-cell function were evaluated in control-fed pregnant (CP) and non-pregnant (CNP) or protein-restricted pregnant (LPP) and non-pregnant (LPNP) rats, from fetal to adult life, and in protein-restricted rats that were recovered after weaning (RP and RNP). The typical insulin resistance of pregnancy was not observed in the RP rats, nor did pregnancy increase the insulin content/islet in the LPP group. The glucose dose-response curves from pregnant rats were shifted to the left in relation to the non-pregnant rats, except in the recovered group. Glucose utilisation but not oxidation in islets from the RP and LPP groups was reduced at a concentration of 8.3 mm-glucose compared with islets from the CP group. Cyclic AMP content and the potentiation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by isobutylmethylxanthine at a concentration of 2.8 mm-glucose indicated increased adenylyl cyclase 3 activity but reduced protein kinase A-α activity in islets from the RP and LPP rats. Protein kinase C (PKC)-α but not phospholipase C (PLC)-β1 expression was reduced in islets from the RP group. Phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate produced a less potent stimulation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in the RP group. Thus, the alterations exhibited by islets from the LPP group appeared to be due to reduced islet mass and/or insulin biosynthesis. In the RP group the loss of the adaptive capacity apparently resulted from uncoupling between glucose metabolism and the amplifying signals of the secretory process, as well as a severe attenuation of the PLC/PKC pathway.
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Batista TM, Ribeiro RA, Amaral AG, de Oliveira CA, Boschero AC, Carneiro EM. Taurine supplementation restores glucose and carbachol-induced insulin secretion in islets from low-protein diet rats: involvement of Ach-M3R, Synt 1 and SNAP-25 proteins. J Nutr Biochem 2012; 23:306-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Revised: 11/21/2010] [Accepted: 12/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Souza DDFI, Ignácio-Souza LM, Reis SRDL, Reis MADB, Stoppiglia LF, Carneiro EM, Boschero AC, Arantes VC, Latorraca MQ. A low-protein diet during pregnancy alters glucose metabolism and insulin secretion. Cell Biochem Funct 2011; 30:114-21. [PMID: 22034157 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2010] [Revised: 09/15/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In pancreatic islets, glucose metabolism is a key process for insulin secretion, and pregnancy requires an increase in insulin secretion to compensate for the typical insulin resistance at the end of this period. Because a low-protein diet decreases insulin secretion, this type of diet could impair glucose homeostasis, leading to gestational diabetes. In pancreatic islets, we investigated GLUT2, glucokinase and hexokinase expression patterns as well as glucose uptake, utilization and oxidation rates. Adult control non-pregnant (CNP) and control pregnant (CP) rats were fed a normal protein diet (17%), whereas low-protein non-pregnant (LPNP) and low-protein pregnant (LPP) rats were fed a low-protein diet (6%) from days 1 to 15 of pregnancy. The insulin secretion in 2.8 mmol l(-1) of glucose was higher in islets from LPP rats than that in islets from CP, CNP and LPNP rats. Maximal insulin release was obtained at 8.3 and 16.7 mmol l(-1) of glucose in LPP and CP groups, respectively. The glucose dose-response curve from LPNP group was shifted to the right in relation to the CNP group. In the CP group, the concentration-response curve to glucose was shifted to the left compared with the CNP group. The LPP groups exhibited an "inverted U-shape" dose-response curve. The alterations in the GLUT2, glucokinase and hexokinase expression patterns neither impaired glucose metabolism nor correlated with glucose islet sensitivity, suggesting that β-cell sensitivity to glucose requires secondary events other than the observed metabolic/molecular events.
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de Oliveira CAM, Latorraca MQ, de Mello MAR, Carneiro EM. Mechanisms of insulin secretion in malnutrition: modulation by amino acids in rodent models. Amino Acids 2010; 40:1027-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0716-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We investigated the influence of leucine supplementation on insulin secretion and on some proteins related to insulin secretion in malnourished mice. METHODS Swiss mice (aged 21 days) received isocaloric normo-17% (NP) or 6% low-protein (LP) diet for 120 days. Half of the NP and LP mice received 1.5% leucine in the drinking water during the last 30 days (NPL and LPL, respectively). RESULTS The LP mice were hypoinsulinemic compared with the NP group, whereas LPL mice exhibited increased insulinemia in the fed state versus LP mice. The LP mouse islets were less responsive to 22.2 mM glucose, 100 microM carbachol (Cch), and 10 mM leucine than the NP group. However, LPL islets were more responsive to all these conditions compared with the LP group. The muscarinic type 3 receptor, (M3R) Cabeta2, and PKC-alpha protein contents were reduced in LP compared with NP islets but significantly higher in LPL than LP islets. The p-AKT/AKT ratio was higher in LPL compared with LP islets. CONCLUSIONS Leucine supplementation increases insulin secretion in response to glucose and leucine and to agents that potentiate secretion, such as Cch, in malnourished mice. The enhanced levels of M3R, Cabeta2, and PKC-alpha proteins, as well as of the p-AKT/AKT ratio, may play a role in this process.
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Cambri LT, Ghezzi AC, Ribeiro C, Dalia RA, Rostom de Mello MA. Recovery of rat growth and lipid profiles in adult rats subjected to fetal protein malnutrition with a fructose-rich diet. Nutr Res 2010; 30:156-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2009] [Revised: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Berleze KJ, Müller AP, Schweigert ID, Longoni A, Sordi F, de Assis AM, Rotta LN, de Souza DOG, Perry MLS. Gestational and postnatal low protein diet alters insulin sensitivity in female rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2009; 234:1437-44. [PMID: 19934364 DOI: 10.3181/0903-rm-111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation can program an offspring's metabolism with regard to glucose and lipid homeostasis. A suboptimal environment during fetal, neonatal and infant development is associated with impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance in later adult life. However, studies on the effects of a low protein diet imposed from the beginning of gestation until adulthood are scarce. This study's objective was to investigate the effects of a low protein diet imposed from the gestational period until 4 months of age on the parameters of glucose tolerance and insulin responsiveness in Wistar rats. The rats were divided into a low protein diet group and a control group and received a diet with either 7% or 25% protein, respectively. After birth, the rats received the same diet as their mothers, until 4 months of age. In the low protein diet group it was observed that: (i) the hepatic glycogen concentration and hepatic glycogen synthesis from glycerol were significantly greater than in the control group; (ii) the disposal of 2-deoxyglucose in soleum skeletal muscle slices was 29.8% higher than in the control group; (iii) there was both a higher glucose tolerance in the glucose tolerance test; and (iv) a higher insulin responsiveness in than in the control group. The results suggest that the low protein diet animals show higher glucose tolerance and insulin responsiveness relative to normally nourished rats. These findings were supported by the higher hepatic glycogen synthesis and the higher disposal of 2-deoxyglucose in soleum skeletal muscle found in the low protein diet rats.
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- Kally J Berleze
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600 - anexo, Porto Alegre, RS 90035-003, Brazil
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Insulin release, peripheral insulin resistance and muscle function in protein malnutrition: a role of tricarboxylic acid cycle anaplerosis. Br J Nutr 2009; 103:1237-50. [DOI: 10.1017/s0007114509993060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Pancreatic β-cells and skeletal muscle act in a synergic way in the control of systemic glucose homeostasis. Several pyruvate-dependent and -independent shuttles enhance tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediate (TACI) anaplerosis and increase β-cell ATP:ADP ratio, triggering insulin exocytotic mechanisms. In addition, mitochondrial TACI cataplerosis gives rise to the so-called metabolic coupling factors, which are also related to insulin release. Peripheral insulin resistance seems to be related to skeletal muscle fatty acid (FA) accumulation and oxidation imbalance. In this sense, exercise has been shown to enhance skeletal muscle TACI anaplerosis, increasing FA oxidation and by this manner restores insulin sensitivity. Protein malnutrition reduces β-cell insulin synthesis, release and peripheral sensitivity. Despite little available data concerning mitochondrial metabolism under protein malnutrition, evidence points towards reduced β-cell and skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity. The observed decrease in insulin synthesis and release may reflect reduced anaplerotic and cataplerotic capacity. Furthermore, insulin release is tightly coupled to ATP:ADP rise which in turn is related to TACI anaplerosis. The effect of protein malnutrition upon peripheral insulin resistance is time-dependent and directly related to FA oxidation capacity. In contrast to β-cells, TACI anaplerosis and cataplerosis pathways in skeletal muscle seem to control FA oxidation and regulate insulin resistance.
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de Arruda Oliveira E, Gomes Cheim LM, Veloso RV, Arantes VC, Reis MADB, Carneiro EM, Boschero AC, Latorraca MQ. Nutritional recovery with a soybean flour diet improves the insulin response to a glucose load without modifying glucose homeostasis. Nutrition 2008; 24:76-83. [PMID: 18070660 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2006] [Revised: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 09/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We investigated the effect of nutritional recovery with a soybean flour diet on glucose tolerance, insulin response to a glucose load, and the action of insulin in adult rats exposed to a protein deficiency during intrauterine life and lactation. METHODS Male Wistar rats from dams fed a normal- or low-protein diet during pregnancy and lactation were maintained after weaning by feeding them normal-protein isoenergetic diets containing soybean flour or casein and low-protein casein diet. RESULTS Rats fed a soybean flour diet had a lower final body weight, epididymal fat pad, carcass fat content, and liver glycogen level. The serum glucose concentrations in the basal and fed states and the area under the glucose curves during the glucose tolerance test were not significantly different among the four groups. Their serum insulin levels during fasting were observed to be similar to those fed a casein diet. These rats also had a higher serum insulin levels in a fed state and total area under the insulin curves in response to a glucose load, but a lower ratio of area under the glucose/insulin curves during the glucose tolerance test than those fed a casein diet. CONCLUSION These results indicate that nutritional recovery with a soybean flour diet improved the insulin response to a glucose load and decreased the sensitivity to insulin, at least in hepatic tissue.
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de Barros Reis MA, Arantes VC, Cunha DA, Latorraca MQ, Toyama MH, Carneiro EM, Boschero AC. Increased L-CPT-1 activity and altered gene expression in pancreatic islets of malnourished adult rats: a possible relationship between elevated free fatty acid levels and impaired insulin secretion. J Nutr Biochem 2007; 19:85-90. [PMID: 17531461 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2007.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2006] [Revised: 12/29/2006] [Accepted: 01/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Intrauterine growth restriction is associated with chronically elevated levels of serum fatty acids and reduced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Lipid metabolism in pancreatic beta cells is critical for the regulation of insulin secretion, and the chronic exposure to fatty acids results in higher palmitate oxidation rates and an altered insulin response to glucose. Using a rat model of isocaloric protein restriction, we examined whether pre- and postnatal protein malnutrition influences the properties of pancreatic islet carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (liver isoform, L-CPT-1), a rate-limiting enzyme that regulates fatty acid oxidation in mitochondria. The activity of L-CPT-1 in pancreatic islets increased in the low protein (LP), although the L-CPT-1 mRNA levels were unaffected by malnutrition. The susceptibility of enzyme to inhibition by malonyl-CoA was unaltered and the content of malonyl-CoA was reduced in LP cells. Because the mitochondrial oxidation of fatty acids is related to the altered expression of a number of genes encoding proteins involved in insulin secretion, the levels of expression of insulin and GLUT-2 mRNA were assessed. A reduced expression of both genes was observed in malnourished rats. These results provide further evidence that increased L-CPT-1 activity and changes in gene expression in pancreatic islets may be involved in the reduced insulin secretion seen in malnourished rats.
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Arantes VC, Reis MAB, Latorraca MQ, Ferreira F, Stoppiglia LF, Carneiro EM, Boschero AC. Palmitic acid increase levels of pancreatic duodenal homeobox-1 and p38/stress-activated protein kinase in islets from rats maintained on a low protein diet. Br J Nutr 2007; 96:1006-12. [PMID: 17181874 DOI: 10.1017/bjn20061950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A severe reduction in insulin release in response to glucose is consistently noticed in protein-deprived rats and is attributed partly to the chronic exposure to elevated levels of NEFA. Since the pancreatic and duodenal transcription factor homeobox 1 (PDX-1) is important for the maintenance of beta-cell physiology, and since PDX-1 expression is altered in the islets of rats fed a low protein (LP) diet and that rats show high NEFA levels, we assessed PDX-1 and insulin mRNA expression, as well as PDX-1 and p38/stress activated protein kinase 2 (SAPK2) protein expression, in islets from young rats fed low (6%) or normal (17%; control) protein diets and maintained for 48 h in culture medium containing 5.6 mmol/l glucose, with or without 0.6 mmol/l palmitic acid. We also measured glucose-induced insulin secretion and glucose metabolism. Insulin secretion by isolated islets in response to 16.7 mmol/l glucose was reduced in LP compared with control rats. In the presence of NEFA, there was an increase in insulin secretion in both groups. At 2.8 mmol/l glucose, the metabolism of this sugar was reduced in LP islets, regardless of the presence of this fatty acid. However, when challenged with 16.7 mmol/l glucose, LP and control islets showed a severe reduction in glucose oxidation in the presence of NEFA. The PDX-1 and insulin mRNA were significantly higher when NEFA was added to the culture medium in both groups of islets. The effect of palmitic acid on PDX-1 and p38/SAPK2 protein levels was similar in LP and control islets, but the increase was much more evident in LP islets. These results demonstrate the complex interrelationship between nutrients in the control of insulin release and support the view that fatty acids play an important role in glucose homeostasis by affecting molecular mechanisms and stimulus/secretion coupling pathways.
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- Vanessa C Arantes
- Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição, Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
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Paula ACB, Gracioso JS, Toma W, Bezerra R, Saad MAJ, De Lucca IMS, Carneiro EM, Souza Brito ARM. Is gastric ulceration different in normal and malnourished rats? Br J Nutr 2005; 93:47-52. [PMID: 15705224 DOI: 10.1079/bjn20041291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Protein malnutrition can adversely affect all tissues. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that protein deprivation influences gastric ulcer formation, as well as metabolism and organ growth, in rats. In the present study, there was a significant reduction in the body and organ weight of rats fed a low-protein diet (P<0.001). Malnourished rats were less susceptible to ulceration of the gastric mucosa in ethanol and indomethacin models of acute gastric ulcers when compared with rats fed a normoproteic diet (17 % protein). Mucus production and prostaglandin E2 formation increased in malnourished rats, possibly explaining the lower number of acute ulcers in these animals. Pylorus ligature altered gastric juice composition (increased pH and gastric volume, and decreased total acid concentration) in the animal group fed a low-protein diet compared with the group fed a diet containing 17 % protein (P<0.05). The gastric mucosa was more damaged in malnourished rats than in normal rats evaluated for 14 d after acetic acid injection (P<0.001). Malnourished rats exhibited resistance to acute gastric lesions, owing to an increase in prostaglandin GE2 release and mucus secretion, which protected their gastric mucosa. This phenomenon was not seen in subchronic gastric ulceration.
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- A C B Paula
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Delghingaro-Augusto V, Ferreira F, Bordin S, do Amaral MEC, Toyama MH, Boschero AC, Carneiro EM. A low protein diet alters gene expression in rat pancreatic islets. J Nutr 2004; 134:321-7. [PMID: 14747667 DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.2.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Insulin secretion is regulated mainly by circulating nutrients, particularly glucose, and is also modulated by hormonal and neuronal inputs. Nutritional alterations during fetal and early postnatal periods, induced by either low protein or energy-restricted diets, produce beta-cell dysfunction. As a consequence, insulin secretion in response to different secretagogues is reduced, as is the number of beta-cells and the size and vascularization of islets. In this study, we used a cDNA macroarray technique and RT-PCR to assess the pattern of gene expression in pancreatic islets from rats fed isocaloric low (6 g/100 g, LP) and normal (17 g/100 g, NP) protein diets, after weaning. Thirty-two genes related to metabolism, neurotransmitter receptors, protein trafficking and targeting, intracellular kinase network members and hormones had altered expression (up- or down-regulated). RT-PCR confirmed the macroarray results for five selected genes, i.e., clusterin, secretogranin II precursor, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2, phospholipase A(2) and glucose transporter. Thus, cDNA macroarray analysis revealed significant changes in the gene expression pattern in rats fed a low protein diet after weaning. The range of proteins affected indicated that numerous mechanisms are involved in the intracellular alterations in the endocrine pancreas, including impaired glucose-induced insulin secretion.
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- Viviane Delghingaro-Augusto
- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Vieira EC, Carneiro EM, Latorraca MQ, Delguingaro-Augusto V, Amaral ME, Bosqueiro JR, Boschero AC. Low protein diet confers resistance to the inhibitory effects of interleukin 1beta on insulin secretion in pancreatic islets*. J Nutr Biochem 2001; 12:285-291. [PMID: 11382546 DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2863(01)00140-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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High protein content in the diet during childhood and adolescence has been associated to the onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. We investigated the effect of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) on insulin secretion, glucose metabolism, and nitrite formation by islets isolated from rats fed with normal protein (NP, 17%) or low protein (LP, 6%) after weaning. Pretreatment of islets with IL-1beta for 1 h or 24 h inhibited the insulin secretion induced by glucose in both groups, but it was less marked in LP than in NP group. Islets from LP rats exhibited a decreased IL-1beta-induced nitric oxide (NO) production, lower inhibition of D-[U(14)C]-glucose oxidation to (14)CO(2) and less pronounced effect of IL-1beta on alpha-ketoisocaproic acid-induced insulin secretion than NP islets. However, when the islets were stimulated by high concentrations of K(+) the inhibitory effect of IL-1beta on insulin secretion was not different between groups. In conclusion, protein restriction protects beta-cells of the deleterious effect of IL-1beta, apparently, by decreasing NO production. The lower NO generation in islets from protein deprived rats may be due to increased free fatty acids oxidation and consequent alteration in Ca(2+) homeostasis.
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- E C. Vieira
- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP, CP6109, Campinas, 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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al-Amin AN, Ahrén B. Relation between malnutrition and development of diabetes mellitus. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PANCREATOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PANCREATOLOGY 1999; 26:125-30. [PMID: 10732288 DOI: 10.1385/ijgc:26:3:125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- A N al-Amin
- Department of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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