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Title
Nitric oxide interacts with cholinoceptors to modulate insulin secretion by pancreatic β cells.
Publication Date
2020-10
Author(s)
Mussa, Bashair M
Srivastava, Ankita
Mohammed, Abdul Khader
Verberne, Anthony J M
Subject
Cholinoceptors
Cytokines
Insulin secretion
Nitric oxide
Pancreatic β cells
Type of document
Journal Article
OrcId
0000-0002-1554-6319
DOI
10.1007/s00424-020-02443-9
Abstract
Dysfunction of the pancreatic β cells leads to several chronic disorders including diabetes mellitus. Several mediators and mechanisms are known to be involved in the regulation of β cell secretory function. In this study, we propose that cytokine-induced nitric oxide (NO) production interacts with cholinergic mechanisms to modulate insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells. Using a rat insulinoma cell line INS-1, we demonstrated that β cell viability decreases significantly in the presence of SNAP (NO donor) in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Cell viability was also found to be decreased in the presence of a combined treatment of SNAP with SMN (muscarinic receptor antagonist). We then investigated the impact of these findings on insulin secretion and found a significant reduction in glucose uptake by INS-1 cells in the presence of SNAP and SMN as compared with control. Nitric oxide synthase 3 gene expression was found to be significantly reduced in response to combined treatment with SNAP and SMN suggesting an interaction between the cholinergic and nitrergic systems. The analysis of gene and protein expression further pin-pointed the involvement of M3 muscarinic receptors in the cholinergic pathway. Upon treatment with cytokines, reduced cell viability was observed in the presence of TNF-α and IFN-γ. A significant reduction in insulin secretion was also noted after treatment with TNF-α and IFN-γ and IL1-β. The findings of the present study have shown for the first time that the inhibition of the excitatory effects of cholinergic pathways on glucose-induced insulin secretion may cause β cell injury and dysfunction of insulin secretion in response to cytokine-induced NO production.
Link
Citation
Pflugers Archiv 2020; 472(10): 1469-1480
Jornal Title
Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology

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