Abstract
Specific binding sites for 125I-labelled rat peptide-histidine-isoleucine (PHI) were identified on rat insulinoma-derived RINm5F cells. The concentrations of peptides producing half-maximal displacement of label were rat PHI, 0.36 ± 0.14 nM, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), 0.38 ± 0.13 nM and secretin, approximately 0.2 μM. Glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1(7-36)amide were without effect on binding. PHI and VIP produced dose-dependent increases in cAMP production in the cells that were significantly (P < 0.05) above unstimulated rates for ligand concentrations between 10-8 and 10 -6 M. Both PHI and VIP produced a small but significant (P < 0.05) enhancement in the rate of release of immunoreactive insulin from the cells but the effect was not dose dependent.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 211-215 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
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| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - Dec 1988 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Stiftung Volkswagenwerk. The authors thank Dr. Peter Flat& University of Surrey, U.K. for his gift of cells and for his help in establishing the cells in culture.
Keywords
- Cyclic AMP
- Insulin release
- Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide