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Phys Rev Lett ; 106(17): 177202, 2011 Apr 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21635059

RESUMO

We have used a combination of neutron resonant spin-echo and triple-axis spectroscopies to determine the energy, fine structure, and linewidth of the magnon resonance in the model spin-1/2 ladder antiferromagnet IPA-CuCl(3) at temperatures T≪Δ(0)/k(B), where Δ(0) is the spin gap at T=0. In this low-temperature regime we find that the results deviate substantially from the predictions of the nonlinear sigma model proposed as a description of magnon excitations in one-dimensional quantum magnets and attribute these deviations to real-space and spin-space anisotropies in the spin Hamiltonian as well as scattering of magnon excitations from a dilute density of impurities. These effects are generic to experimental realizations of one-dimensional quantum magnets.

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Diabetes Care ; 21(9): 1525-8, 1998 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9727903

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To examine if there is a correlation between high blood glucose and serum ceruloplasmin (Cp) levels. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Serum Cp levels were measured in 637 patients with type 2 diabetes (all type 2 diabetes group). For the follow-up type 2 diabetes group, 161 patients who had not had any changes in their situation during the last year that are known to influence serum Cp levels were reexamined 1 year later. The control group was composed of 158 healthy individuals. Serum Cp and blood HbA1c levels were measured by radial immunodiffusion and high-performance liquid chromatography assays, respectively. RESULTS: Serum Cp levels in the all type 2 diabetes group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.0001), although the serum Cp levels did not correlate with the blood HbA1c levels in the all type 2 diabetes group (r = 0.055, P = 0.351). Then we evaluated those factors (delta-log Cp and delta-HbA1c) in the follow-up type 2 diabetes group to minimize changes from the genetic differences and to exclude any known factors influencing serum Cp levels. This indicated that the delta-HbA1c had a positive correlation to the delta-log Cp (r = 0.304, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: A persistent high blood glucose (namely HbA1c) is associated with an increase in serum Cp levels over 1 year.


Assuntos
Ceruloplasmina/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Hiperglicemia/complicações , Adulto , Idoso , Glicemia/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Feminino , Seguimentos , Hemoglobinas Glicadas/metabolismo , Humanos , Hiperglicemia/sangue , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Diabetes Care ; 22(6): 920-4, 1999 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10372242

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the new category of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) recently proposed by the Expert Committee of the American Diabetes Association is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Death certificates and residence transfer documents from the cohort population consisting of participants of the diabetes prevalence study in Funagata, Yamagata prefecture, Japan, 1990-1992, were analyzed up through the end of 1996. First, the cohort population was classified into three groups: normal glucose tolerance (NGT) (n = 2,016), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) (n = 382), and diabetic (n = 253). Then the same population was reclassified into normal fasting glucose (NFG), IFG, and diabetic. The cumulative survival rates among the groups were compared using the classical life-table method, and age-adjusted analyses, the person-year method, and Cox's proportional hazard model were adopted. RESULTS: At the end of seven observed years, the cumulative survival rates from cardiovascular disease of IGT and diabetes were 0.962 and 0.954, respectively, both significantly lower than that of NGT (0.988). The Cox's proportional hazard model analysis showed that the hazard ratio of IGT to NGT on death from cardiovascular disease was 2.219 (95% CI 1.076-4.577). However, the cumulative survival rate of IFG from cardiovascular disease was 0.977, not significantly lower than that of NFG (0.985). The Cox's hazard ratio of IFG to NFG on death from cardiovascular disease was 1.136 (0.345-3.734), which was not significant either. CONCLUSIONS: IGT was a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but IFG was not.


Assuntos
Glicemia/análise , Doenças Cardiovasculares/epidemiologia , Diabetes Mellitus/fisiopatologia , Intolerância à Glucose/fisiopatologia , Teste de Tolerância a Glucose , Idoso , Doenças Cardiovasculares/mortalidade , Causas de Morte , Estudos de Coortes , Atestado de Óbito , Diabetes Mellitus/mortalidade , Angiopatias Diabéticas/epidemiologia , Angiopatias Diabéticas/mortalidade , Jejum , Feminino , Intolerância à Glucose/classificação , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Razão de Chances , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Valores de Referência , Fatores de Risco
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Diabetes Care ; 16(4): 570-4, 1993 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8462380

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and IGT in the Funagata area of Japan. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The total eligible subjects was 1163, all were > or = 45 yr of age, and 52 were known diabetic patients. Data collected included body height, weight, and answers to medical questionnaires. A 75-g OGTT was done in the morning. WHO criteria were used to classify the current diabetes status of study participants. RESULTS: Of the 1111 scheduled for the OGTT, 868 took the test; the participation rate was 77.8%. The prevalence of diabetes was 10.5 and 12.9%, and the prevalence of IGT was 14.7 and 18.0% for men and women, respectively. The prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes (4.9%) was almost equal to that of previously diagnosed diabetes (4.5%). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of diabetes in the Funagata area was two to four times higher than that of previous reports in Japan, in which many investigators used a urinary glucose test as a preliminary test. This difference is attributed to the method of determining the prevalence of diabetes.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiologia , Teste de Tolerância a Glucose , Hiperglicemia/epidemiologia , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Demografia , Feminino , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência , População Rural , Fatores Sexuais
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Diabetes Care ; 24(9): 1579-83, 2001 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11522702

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: Despite a large number of studies, no association of the Trp64Arg polymorphism of the beta(3)-adrenergic receptor gene with obesity and type 2 diabetes has yet to be clearly elucidated. We examined the associations in a large population-based sample. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 1,685 subjects (935 women and 750 men, aged 58.7 +/- 12.4 years) from a cohort population (n = 3,706) of the Funagata Diabetes Study were divided into three groups according to genotypes: Trp/Trp (n = 1,155), Trp/Arg (n = 486), and Arg/Arg (n = 44). Glucose tolerance was diagnosed according to the 1985 World Health Organization criteria. Subjects who had a BMI > or =30 kg/m(2) were considered obese. Associations with the traits related to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia were also examined. The chi(2) test and analysis of variance were used for the association studies and to assess the differences in the traits' values, respectively. RESULTS: More subjects with genotype Arg/Arg were obese and had diabetes (13.6% for each) than those with genotype Trp/Trp (3.29%, P < 0.001; and 4.16%, P = 0.007, respectively) or genotype Trp/Arg (2.06%, P < 0.001; and 5.97%, P = 0.051, respectively). No significant differences in the frequencies of occurrence of these conditions were observed between genotypes Trp/Arg and Trp/Trp. Traits related to obesity, such as percent body fat (28.82 +/- 7.95 vs. 25.93 +/- 7.21, P = 0.038) and BMI (25.07 +/- 3.84 vs. 23.63 +/- 3.18, P = 0.018), were higher in the genotype Arg/Arg than in the genotype Trp/Trp groups. CONCLUSIONS: Genotype Arg/Arg, but not Trp/Arg, of the beta(3)-adrenergic receptor was associated with both obesity and type 2 diabetes in a large Japanese sample.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/genética , Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiologia , Diabetes Mellitus/genética , Intolerância à Glucose/genética , Obesidade/genética , Polimorfismo de Fragmento de Restrição , Receptores Adrenérgicos beta 3/genética , Idoso , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Arginina , Povo Asiático , Pressão Sanguínea , Índice de Massa Corporal , Colesterol/sangue , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Genótipo , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Obesidade/epidemiologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Fatores de Risco , Triptofano
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Endocrinology ; 130(4): 2267-73, 1992 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1372240

RESUMO

Livers from fed rats (180-240 g) were perfused noncyclically with a hemoglobin-free medium in vitro to determine whether vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) increases hepatic glucose production through a cAMP- or a Ca(2+)-dependent mechanism. Glucose output did not increase, but cAMP increased maximally during 10(-9) M VIP infusion. When VIP was perfused at 10(-8) M or more, glucose output increased dose dependently, whereas cAMP increased only a little during the VIP infusion, but increased greatly after the infusion. When Ca2+ was excluded from the perfusate, glucose output produced by 10(-8)-10(-7) M VIP was only 40% of that observed in the Ca(2+)-containing perfusion, and the increase in cAMP was abolished almost completely. By adding 10(-7) M A23187 for 10 min during the infusion of 10(-9) M VIP, cAMP, which increased with VIP alone, decreased during the A23187 infusion and increased again after the cessation of the A23187 infusion, whereas glucose output increased during the A23187 infusion. These results were similar to those observed with higher concentrations of VIP. When 10(-4) M isobutylmethylxanthine and 10(-8) M VIP were infused concurrently, cAMP increased rapidly during the infusion and decreased after the infusion. In conclusion, 1) glycogenolysis is produced by VIP through a Ca(2+)-dependent mechanism, rather than a cAMP-dependent one; and 2) the restriction of cAMP accumulation during the infusion of high concentrations of VIP is caused by Ca(2+)-induced phosphodiesterase activation.


Assuntos
Cálcio/fisiologia , AMP Cíclico/biossíntese , Glucose/metabolismo , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/farmacologia , 1-Metil-3-Isobutilxantina/farmacologia , Animais , Calcimicina/farmacologia , Técnicas In Vitro , Fígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Perfusão , Fenilefrina/farmacologia , Ratos
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J Clin Epidemiol ; 49(10): 1117-23, 1996 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8826991

RESUMO

Simple screening tests, urinary porphobilinogen (PBG) for acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) and fecal coproporphyrin for hereditary coproporphyria (HCP), were performed in a family study of AIP and HCP. Urinary PBG was positive in 93 of 211 members of 10 AIP families, but was negative in 568 of 572 controls. Fecal coproporphyrin was positive in 54 of 108 members of 10 HCP families, but was negative in 188 controls. A dominant inheritance was assumed by a chi-square test and Weinberg segregation ratio. Worsening factors around puberty were suggested by the onset age and cumulative percentage of genetically loaded cases. Sex-related expression of symptoms was also inferred by a higher incidence of both porphyrias in females than in males. Fitness and penetrance of both porphyrias were good. An l-triiodothyronine loading test was the most useful for the detection of masked carriers of AIP. In conclusion, AIP and HCP in Japan show a dominant inheritance with sex-related metabolic and clinical manifestations.


Assuntos
Porfiria Aguda Intermitente/genética , Porfirias Hepáticas/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Biomarcadores , Criança , Coproporfirinas/análise , Fezes/química , Feminino , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Linhagem , Porfobilinogênio/urina , Porfiria Aguda Intermitente/etnologia , Porfirias Hepáticas/etnologia , Caracteres Sexuais
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Int J Epidemiol ; 28(3): 498-501, 1999 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10405855

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Capture-recapture methods have been widely employed in the study of wildlife populations and have recently been applied to count various human diseases and conditions. We have estimated the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by adjusting for the degree of undercount using a two-sample model of capture-recapture among men and women aged 50-69 in Oguni town, Japan. METHODS: Oguni town diabetes registry data were utilized as the first source. In the registry, only those who had experienced fasting plasma glucose of > or = 7.8 mmol/l (140 mg/dl) or 2 h plasma glucose after a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) of > or = 11.1 mmol/l (200 mg/dl) were counted as having diabetes. A second source was a sample study selecting 200 men and 200 women aged 50-69 randomly, which was conducted in August 1991. A 75 g OGTT was done in the morning. The 1985 World Health Organization criteria were used to classify the diabetes status of the participants. A two-sample model of capture-recapture methods was employed to estimate the total number of cases of diabetes and determine the ascertainment rates of the registry. RESULTS: The prevalence estimated by the diabetes registry was 7.1%. The prevalence from the sample study was 8.8% with a participation rate of 74%. Estimated prevalence employing the capture-recapture method was 13.1%. The ascertainment rate of the registry was 53.8%. CONCLUSIONS: Little is known about the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in local areas in Japan, the US and the world. Capture-recapture methods are likely to provide a means to accurately assess the prevalence of diabetes.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiologia , Métodos Epidemiológicos , Idoso , Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto , Feminino , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência , Sistema de Registros
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Metabolism ; 47(10): 1167-73, 1998 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9781616

RESUMO

It has been reported that hyperglycemia in the portal venous blood suppresses afferent activity of the hepatic branch of the vagus nerve, which in turn accelerates efferent activity of the pancreatic branch of the vagus nerve to stimulate insulin secretion. The present study examined this neural control mechanism in genetically obese diabetic male Wistar fatty (fa/fa) rats. Adult (aged 12 to 14 weeks) Wistar fatty rats were obese, hyperinsulinemic, and hyperglycemic. Young (aged 5 to 6 weeks) Wistar fatty rats were slightly obese and hyperinsulinemic, but were euglycemic compared with the lean littermates. In both adult and young lean littermates, the plasma insulin response after an intragastric glucose load (1 g/kg) was diminished by intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) atropine methylbromide (methylatropine 10 nmol) pretreatment, and a transient increase in plasma insulin was observed after selective hepatic vagotomy, as reported in normal rats. In contrast, in both adult and young Wistar fatty rats, the plasma insulin response after an intragastric glucose load was not diminished by i.c.v. methylatropine pretreatment, and plasma insulin decreased slightly after selective hepatic vagotomy. Further, afferent discharges of the hepatic vagal branch decreased and efferent discharges of the celiac/pancreatic vagal branch increased when 10 mg glucose was infused into the portal vein in the 9-week-old lean littermates, as reported in normal rats. In 7-week-old Wistar fatty rats, afferent discharges of the hepatic vagal branch decreased but efferent discharges of the celiac/pancreatic vagal branch did not increase after intraportal glucose infusion. It is concluded that the vagus nerve-mediated regulation of insulin secretion is impaired from an early stage of life in Wistar fatty rats. Efferent discharges of the vagus nerve to the pancreas seem not to be suppressed by afferent discharges from the hepatic vagus branch, which may lead to insufficient insulin secretion in response to nutrient ingestion followed by a delayed peak. These abnormalities may thus lead to the insulin resistance and fasting hyperinsulinemia that characterize the Wistar fatty rat model.


Assuntos
Insulina/metabolismo , Obesidade/metabolismo , Nervo Vago/fisiologia , Animais , Derivados da Atropina/farmacologia , Glicemia/análise , Glucose/farmacologia , Injeções Intraventriculares , Secreção de Insulina , Masculino , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Ratos Zucker , Vagotomia
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Peptides ; 12(5): 1047-50, 1991.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1800946

RESUMO

In the isolated perfused canine ileal segment, exogenous motilin infused for 9 min, at concentrations from 10(-10) M and 10(-8) M, increased circular muscle motility concomitant with inhibiting tonic VIP release, maximum at 10(-8) M. Both effects increased with increasing motilin concentrations. Atropine 10(-7) M pretreatment did not alter these responses. Naloxone 10(-7) M pretreatment eliminated both the increase in motor activity and the inhibition of VIP levels. Thus the nonmuscarinic neural pathway responsible for motor activation by motilin probably involves the stimulation of release of opiates, which in turn inhibit the release of VIP. Reduction of tonic inhibition of the muscle by continuous VIP release may in part account for increases in motor activity induced by motilin.


Assuntos
Motilidade Gastrointestinal/efeitos dos fármacos , Íleo/fisiologia , Motilina/farmacologia , Músculo Liso/fisiologia , Animais , Atropina/farmacologia , Cães , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Íleo/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas In Vitro , Masculino , Músculo Liso/efeitos dos fármacos , Perfusão , Radioimunoensaio , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/análise , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/metabolismo
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Peptides ; 12(5): 1039-45, 1991.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1686931

RESUMO

Perfusion of ileal segments with tetrodotoxin; opioids, Met-enkephalin and dynorphin; and alpha 2 adrenoceptor agonist, BHT920, increased motility concomitant with the decreased VIP output into the venous effluent reported previously. This suggested that increased motility resulted from release of the muscle from tonic inhibition when VIP output was reduced sufficiently. However, blockade of nicotinic receptors also reduced VIP output but did not induce motility. Thus release of myogenic activity from inhibition is not a sufficient explanation for increased motility and a further excitatory mediator is required. Field stimulation of nerves increased VIP output and delayed distal contractions, suggesting that VIP does participate in the canine ileal distal inhibition reflex.


Assuntos
Motilidade Gastrointestinal/fisiologia , Íleo/fisiologia , Músculo Liso/fisiologia , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/metabolismo , Agonistas alfa-Adrenérgicos/farmacologia , Animais , Atropina/farmacologia , Azepinas/farmacologia , Cães , Dinorfinas/farmacologia , Estimulação Elétrica , Encefalina Metionina/farmacologia , Feminino , Motilidade Gastrointestinal/efeitos dos fármacos , Hexametônio , Compostos de Hexametônio/farmacologia , Íleo/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas In Vitro , Masculino , Músculo Liso/efeitos dos fármacos , Tetrodotoxina/farmacologia
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Peptides ; 7 Suppl 1: 83-8, 1986.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3529054

RESUMO

Immunoreactive PHI was detected in rat pancreas. The potentiating effect of 10(-9) M PHI upon insulin release from the isolated perfused rat pancreas was significant and most consistent when 250 mg% glucose was present in the perfusion medium. PHI(1-15) retained a substantial potentiating effect on insulin release, while PHI(14-27) was essentially inactive. Replacement of amino-terminal decapeptide portion of the PHI molecule with the corresponding part of VIP resulted in a drastic decrease of the potentiating effect of PHI on insulin release. 10(-8) M PHI(14-27) substantially diminished the potentiation by 10(-9) M PHI while PHI(1-15) was without an inhibitory effect. The present results indicate that the PHI active site for potentiation of glucose-induced insulin release resides in the amino-terminal segment of the molecule but requires the carboxyl terminal segment primarily for binding to exhibit full biological activity.


Assuntos
Glucose/farmacologia , Insulina/metabolismo , Peptídeos/farmacologia , Animais , Sítios de Ligação , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Técnicas In Vitro , Secreção de Insulina , Masculino , Pâncreas/efeitos dos fármacos , Pâncreas/metabolismo , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/farmacologia , Peptídeo PHI , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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Regul Pept ; 99(1): 45-52, 2001 May 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11257314

RESUMO

Since many isoforms of adenylyl cyclase and adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cAMP) phosphodiesterase have been cloned, it is likely that receptors of each hormone have a specific combination of these isoforms. Types I, III and VIII adenylyl cyclases are reported to be stimulated by Ca(2+)-calmodulin, type I phosphodiesterase by Ca(2+)-calmodulin, but types IV and VII (cAMP-specific) phosphodiesterases by Co2+. In the present study, we examined different effects of Ca2+ and Co2+ on hormone-induced cAMP response in the isolated perfused rat liver.The removal of Ca2+ from the perfusion medium (0 mM CaCl(2 ) + 0.5 mM EGTA) did not affect glucagon (0.1 nM)-responsive cAMP but reduced secretin (1 nM)-, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP, 1-10 nM)- and forskolin (1 microM)-responsive cAMP considerably. The addition of 1 mM CoCl2 reduced glucagon- and secretin-responsive cAMP considerably, forskolin-responsive cAMP partly, did not affect 1 nM VIP-responsive cAMP, but enhanced 10 nM VIP-responsive cAMP. Forskolin- and VIP-responsive cAMP was greater in the combination (0 mM CaCl(2) + 0.5 mM EGTA + 3 mM CoCl2) than in the Ca(2+)-free perfusion alone. These results suggest that secretin, VIP1 and VIP2 receptors are linked to Ca(2+)-calmodulin-sensitive adenylyl cyclase; glucagon receptor to Ca(2+)-calmodulin-insensitive adenylyl cyclase; VIP1 receptor to Ca(2+)-calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase; glucagon, secretin and VIP2 receptors to cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase, respectively, in the rat liver.


Assuntos
3',5'-AMP Cíclico Fosfodiesterases/metabolismo , Adenilil Ciclases/metabolismo , Colforsina/farmacologia , Glucagon/farmacologia , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Secretina/farmacologia , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/farmacologia , Animais , Cálcio , Cobalto/farmacologia , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Glucose/metabolismo , Técnicas In Vitro , Isoenzimas/metabolismo , Fígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Perfusão , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
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Pancreas ; 17(1): 72-9, 1998 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9667523

RESUMO

We describe the changes in B cells and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-like immunoreactivity in the pancreatic islets of Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, an animal model of human non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). In the OLETF rat pancreatic islets, CGRP immunoreactivity was seen in the nerve fibers with multiple varicosities and in endocrine cells that were identical to somatostatin-containing cells, but some somatostatin-immunoreactive cells lacked CGRP immunoreactivity. In the OLETF rats, plasma insulin levels were significantly higher than in the control rats (Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka; LETO) only at 7 weeks of age. From 7 through 32 weeks of age, OLETF rats had a greater B-cell area than LETO rats. The length of CGRP-immunoreactive nerve fibers per area and the numbers of CGRP-immunoreactive cells per area did not differ between the groups at 7 weeks of age. After 16 weeks of age, both of these CGRP parameters in the OLETF rats became increasingly higher than in the LETO rats. These results suggest that CGRP is a B-cell growth factor and probably an inhibitory factor for insulin secretion.


Assuntos
Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/metabolismo , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Animais , Glicemia , Peso Corporal , Contagem de Células , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/genética , Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas , Insulina/sangue , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/inervação , Masculino , Fibras Nervosas/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Mutantes , Somatostatina/metabolismo
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Neurosci Lett ; 133(2): 163-7, 1991 Dec 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1667811

RESUMO

The lumbar cords from 3 cases of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS), one case of vincristine neuropathy, and two control cases were examined with an antiserum to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). The anti-CGRP intensely labelled the spinal posterior horns in all cases. In the anterior horns, several perikarya and cord-like neuritic swellings, mostly axons, were labelled with the antibody in the fALS cases, whereas CGRP-positive structures were extremely rare in the cases other than fALS. It is possible that the accumulation of CGRP in the proximal axonal swellings and perikarya may result from entrapment of CGRP during the anterograde axonal transport, causing loss of, or decrease in, CGRP at the neuromuscular junction and producing weakness and atrophy of the muscles.


Assuntos
Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica/patologia , Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/análise , Neurônios/patologia , Medula Espinal/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , Autopsia , Humanos , Técnicas Imunoenzimáticas , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neuritos/ultraestrutura , Valores de Referência , Ubiquitinas/análise , Vincristina/toxicidade
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Neurosci Lett ; 139(1): 47-9, 1992 May 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1328965

RESUMO

We have established the radioimmunoassay for ubiquitin in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and measured the ubiquitin concentration in CSF from 4 cases of neuropathologically verified Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), 10 cases of multi-infarct dementia (MID), 7 cases of senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT), and 18 controls. The normal values were determined to range from 7.3 to 21.0 ng/ml, 14.3 +/- 1.1 ng/ml in the mean +/- S.E.M. The CSF ubiquitin levels in the cases of MID and SDAT were 16.6 +/- 6.4 ng/ml and 21.3 +/- 6.1 ng/ml, respectively. In the cases of CJD, the CSF ubiquitin was markedly increased at the early and middle stages of the disease (230.6 ng/ml in Case 1, 107.6 ng/ml in Case 2, 212.5 ng/ml in Case 3, and 377.0 ng/ml in Case 4) and these gradually decreased as the disease progressed. The measurement of CSF ubiquitin seems useful to make an early diagnosis of CJD.


Assuntos
Síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Ubiquitinas/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Idoso , Doença de Alzheimer/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Demência por Múltiplos Infartos/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Radioimunoensaio , Ubiquitinas/imunologia
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Diabetes Res Clin Pract ; 29(1): 11-7, 1995 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8593754

RESUMO

Although there is no concept of insulin resistance in traditional Kampo (Chinese) medicine and Indian medicine, we had the hypothesis that some drug in a mixture of crude drugs which was believed to ameliorate diabetes mellitus may have had the effect of improving insulin resistance. To test this hypothesis, the effects of Seishin-renshi-in (Chinese medicine) and Gymnema sylvestre (Indian medicine) on the insulin resistance of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats was studied by the glucose clamp technique. Oral administration of Seishin-renshi-in (800 mg/kg/day) with injections of a minimum dose of Ultralente insulin decreased urine volume and urinary glucose excretion during a 7-day treatment period and improved the insulin stimulated glucose uptake in peripheral tissues, as well as improving the insulin suppressed hepatic glucose output during glucose clamp. However, G. sylvestre (120 mg/kg/day) treatment did not improve insulin resistance. We conclude that Seishin-renshi-in, with a small dose of insulin, improved insulin resistance in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, but Gymnema sylvestre did not.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/tratamento farmacológico , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/tratamento farmacológico , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/uso terapêutico , Resistência à Insulina/fisiologia , Animais , Glicemia/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Técnica Clamp de Glucose , Hipoglicemiantes/administração & dosagem , Infusões Intravenosas , Insulina/administração & dosagem , Masculino , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Estreptozocina
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Diabetes Res Clin Pract ; 15(3): 187-95, 1992 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1576919

RESUMO

To investigate the mechanism of oral carbohydrate-stimulated secretion of the two most potent incretin candidates, gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and truncated glucagon-like peptide-1 (tGLP-1), we studied the changes in the plasma levels of these peptides in five healthy men after sucrose ingestion with or without pretreatment with an alpha-D-glucosidase inhibitor (AO-128). After sucrose ingestion, plasma levels of GIP peaked at 15 min and remained high up to 120 min. Plasma levels of GLP-1 NT measured with antiserum R1043 (N-terminal specific) tended to decrease gradually and those of GLP-1 CT measured with antiserum R2337 (C-terminal specific) increased. Therefore, estimated plasma levels of tGLP-1 increased markedly within 30 min, then declined slightly over the next 60 min. After treatment with AO-128 (0.6 mg/day) for 1 week, increases in plasma glucose and insulin levels were attenuated and the increase in plasma GIP levels was diminished, while the increase in tGLP-1 levels was sustained much longer. It is concluded that GIP secretion is stimulated by glucose absorption and tGLP-1 secretion by the presence of sucrose in the gut.


Assuntos
Glicemia/metabolismo , Polipeptídeo Inibidor Gástrico/metabolismo , Glucagon/metabolismo , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Precursores de Proteínas/metabolismo , Sacarose/farmacologia , Adulto , Cicloexanóis/farmacologia , Polipeptídeo Inibidor Gástrico/sangue , Glucagon/sangue , Peptídeo 1 Semelhante ao Glucagon , Glucose/administração & dosagem , Inibidores de Glicosídeo Hidrolases , Humanos , Infusões Intravenosas , Insulina/sangue , Insulina/metabolismo , Secreção de Insulina , Cinética , Masculino , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/sangue , Precursores de Proteínas/sangue , Valores de Referência , Fatores de Tempo
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Diabetes Res Clin Pract ; 15(3): 213-8, 1992 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1576921

RESUMO

To assess the mechanism of insulin resistance in sepsis, we investigated insulin receptor binding and glucose uptake in isolated rat epididymal adipocytes. Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats weighing 200-220 g were submitted to cecal ligation under chloral hydrate anesthesia, followed by double punctures with 18-G needle into the ligated portion to produce peritonitis. Age-matched SD rats without operation were used as the controls. After starvation for 16 h, blood samples were taken from the inferior vena cava for bacterial culture and assayed for plasma glucose and IRI levels, and then adipocytes were isolated from the dissected epididymal fat tissues. Plasma levels of both glucose and IRI in septic rats were higher than those in the controls. The [125I]-insulin binding rate of the adipocytes in septic rats was similar to that of the controls. However, [3H]-2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake by adipocytes was markedly decreased in the septic group (approximately 45% of the control group at the plateau). In conclusion, this study suggests that insulin resistance in the septic state results, at least partly, from impairment in the post-binding level of the insulin receptor.


Assuntos
Tecido Adiposo/metabolismo , Desoxiglucose/metabolismo , Insulina/farmacologia , Receptor de Insulina/metabolismo , Sepse/metabolismo , Tecido Adiposo/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Transporte Biológico/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Insulina/metabolismo , Cinética , Masculino , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos , Valores de Referência , Trítio
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Life Sci ; 45(19): 1793-8, 1989.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2593768

RESUMO

Using glucagon-like peptide-1 N-terminus and C-terminus directed antisera, we investigated concentration and molecular forms of GLP-1 immunoreactivity (IR) in extracts of various tissues of the dog. GLP-1 IR measured with C-terminus-directed antiserum R2337 (GLP-1 IR-CT) was high in the ileum, appendix, jejunum, colon, and gastric fundus and body. GLP-1 IR measured with N-terminus-directed antiserum R1043 (GLP-1 IR-NT) was high only in the pancreas, and gastric fundus and body. Only GLP-1 IR-CT was found in the hypothalamus, thalamus and medulla oblongata. No immunoreactive materials were detected in the liver, spleen and kidney. Gel-filtration with Sephadex G-50 showed two peaks of both GLP-1 IR-CT and GLP-1 IR-NT, at 10kd and at the position of GLP-1 (1-36 amide) in the pancreatic extract, and one peak at 10kd in the stomach extract. Ileal extracts showed 3 peaks of GLP-1 IR-CT at 10kd, at the position of GLP-1(1-36 amide) and GLP-1(7-36 amide), respectively, but GLP-1 IR-NT was coeluted with GLP-1(1-36 amide). Hypothalamic extracts showed a single peak at the position of GLP-1(7-36 amide). These results suggest that processing of preproglucagon differs in different organs, and that the main GLP-1-related products are a large molecular form and GLP-1(1-36 amide) or GLP-1(1-37) in the pancreas, and GLP-1(7-36 amide) or GLP-1 (7-37) in the ileum and hypothalamus.


Assuntos
Glucagon/análise , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/análise , Precursores de Proteínas/análise , Animais , Anticorpos/imunologia , Especificidade de Anticorpos , Química Encefálica , Cromatografia em Gel , Sistema Digestório/análise , Cães , Glucagon/imunologia , Peptídeo 1 Semelhante ao Glucagon , Hipotálamo/análise , Íleo/análise , Pâncreas/análise , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/imunologia , Precursores de Proteínas/imunologia , Radioimunoensaio , Estômago/análise , Distribuição Tecidual
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