scholarly journals The Coffee Diterpene, Kahweol, Ameliorates Pancreatic β-Cell Function in Streptozotocin (STZ)-Treated Rat INS-1 Cells through NF-kB and p-AKT/Bcl-2 Pathways

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (17) ◽  
pp. 5167
Author(s):  
Waseem El-Huneidi ◽  
Shabana Anjum ◽  
Khuloud Bajbouj ◽  
Eman Abu-Gharbieh ◽  
Jalal Taneera

Kahweol is a diterpene molecule found in coffee that exhibits a wide range of biological activity, including anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. However, the impact of kahweol on pancreatic β-cells is not known. Herein, by using clonal rat INS-1 (832/13) cells, we performed several functional experiments including; cell viability, apoptosis analysis, insulin secretion and glucose uptake measurements, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, as well as western blotting analysis to investigate the potential role of kahweol pre-treatment on damage induced by streptozotocin (STZ) treatment. INS-1 cells pre-incubated with different concentrations of kahweol (2.5 and 5 µM) for 24 h, then exposed to STZ (3 mmol/L) for 3 h reversed the STZ-induced effect on cell viability, apoptosis, insulin content, and secretion in addition to glucose uptake and ROS production. Furthermore, Western blot analysis showed that kahweol downregulated STZ-induced nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), and the antioxidant proteins, Heme Oxygenase-1 (HMOX-1), and Inhibitor of DNA binding and cell differentiation (Id) proteins (ID1, ID3) while upregulated protein expression of insulin (INS), p-AKT and B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2). In conclusion, our study suggested that kahweol has anti-diabetic properties on pancreatic β-cells by suppressing STZ induced apoptosis, increasing insulin secretion and glucose uptake. Targeting NF-κB, p-AKT, and BCL-2 in addition to antioxidant proteins ID1, ID3, and HMOX-1 are possible implicated mechanisms.

2020 ◽  
Vol 472 (10) ◽  
pp. 1469-1480
Author(s):  
Bashair M. Mussa ◽  
Ankita Srivastava ◽  
Abdul Khader Mohammed ◽  
Anthony J. M. Verberne

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.


2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (76) ◽  
pp. 11222-11225 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Pasternak ◽  
E. Meltzer-Mats ◽  
G. Babai-Shani ◽  
G. Cohen ◽  
O. Viskind ◽  
...  

Development of the unique bi-functional AMPK activators (glucose uptake and insulin secretion enhancers) for potential antidiabetic treatment.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e0127705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Qi Fan ◽  
Wei He ◽  
Kuan-Feng Xu ◽  
Zhi-Xiao Wang ◽  
Xin-Yu Xu ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 671-674
Author(s):  
Tashunka Taylor-Miller ◽  
Jayne Houghton ◽  
Paul Munyard ◽  
Yadlapalli Kumar ◽  
Clinda Puvirajasinghe ◽  
...  

AbstractBackgroundCongenital hyperinsulinism (CHI), a condition characterized by dysregulation of insulin secretion from the pancreatic β cells, remains one of the most common causes of hyperinsulinemic, hypoketotic hypoglycemia in the newborn period. Mutations in ABCC8 and KCNJ11 constitute the majority of genetic forms of CHI.Case presentationA term macrosomic male baby, birth weight 4.81 kg, born to non-consanguineous parents, presented on day 1 of life with severe and persistent hypoglycemia. The biochemical investigations confirmed a diagnosis of CHI. Diazoxide was started and progressively increased to 15 mg/kg/day to maintain normoglycemia. Sequence analysis identified compound heterozygous mutations in ABCC8 c.4076C>T and c.4119+1G>A inherited from the unaffected father and mother, respectively. The mutations are reported pathogenic. The patient is currently 7 months old with a sustained response to diazoxide.ConclusionsBiallelic ABCC8 mutations are known to result in severe, diffuse, diazoxide-unresponsive hypoglycemia. We report a rare patient with CHI due to compound heterozygous mutations in ABCC8 responsive to diazoxide.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nana Kobayashi ◽  
Shogo Okazaki ◽  
Oltea Sampetrean ◽  
Junichiro Irie ◽  
Hiroshi Itoh ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengmeng Liu ◽  
Lele Ren ◽  
Xiangqin Zhong ◽  
Yaqin Ding ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 823-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Meng WAN ◽  
Mu ZHANG ◽  
Pei ZHANG ◽  
Zhi-Shen XIE ◽  
Feng-Guo XU ◽  
...  

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