Stimulation of insulin and glucagon synthesis in rat Langerhans islets by malathion in vitro: Evidence for mitochondrial interaction and involvement of subcellular non-cholinergic mechanisms |
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Authors: | Sanaz Vosough-Ghanbari Shirin Pournourmohammadi Seyed Nasser Ostad |
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Institution: | a Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14155-6451, Iran b Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, and Physiology Research Center, Medical Sciences/University of Kerman, Iran |
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Abstract: | We examined the effects of malathion, an organophosphorus (OP) insecticide, on glucagon, C-peptide, and insulin content or secretion from isolated rat Langerhans islets in vitro. Islets were isolated from the pancreas of rats by standard collagenase digestion, separation by centrifugation, and hand-picking technique. Then islets were cultured in medium and supplemented with various concentrations of malathion (25, 125, and 625 μg/ml) for 1, 3, and 5 h. In vitro exposure to malathion increased insulin and C-peptide contents at doses of 25, 125, and 625 μg/ml following 5 h incubation as compared to control. All doses of malathion increased glucagon content after 3 and 5 h as compared to control. Increase of the glucagon content at all doses in the fifth hour was higher than that of third hour. Malathion also decreased 2.8 and 16.7 mM glucose-stimulated insulin secretion at all doses after 30 min as compared to control.It is concluded that malathion reduce insulin exocytose in a short time (first hour) but after a long time (e.g., 5 h), the content of insulin is increased by compensating mechanisms such as resynthesize of insulin or aggregation of insulin. The present in vitro study for the first time proposes the involvement of subcellular non-cholinergic mechanisms in malathion-induced changes in Langerhans islets insulin and glucagon. |
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Keywords: | C-peptide Glucagon Glucose Insulin Pancreatic isolated islets Malathion Organophosphorus Toxicity Non-cholinergic |
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