Hypoplasia of endocrine and exocrine pancreas in homozygous transgenic TGF-β1
Hypoplasia of endocrine and exocrine pancreas in homozygous transgenic TGF-β1
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DOI:
10.1016/j.mce.2004.08.007
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发表时间:
2005-01-14
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Itakura, M
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作者:
Moritani, M;Yamasaki, S;Itakura, M
We generated the homozygous transgenic mice with expression of the active form of TGF-beta1 by the glucagon promoter (homozygous NOD-TGF-beta1). The homozygous NOD-TGF-beta1 showed severe diabetes in 84.6%, impaired glucose tolerance. and low-serum insulin levels. The final size of endocrine and whole pancreas decreased. respectively. to 6 and 34%. compared to wild-type mice. The homozygous N-2 backcross to C57BL/6 (B6-TGF-beta1) showed no diabetes. but impaired glucose tolerance and low serum insulin levels. In homozygous NOD-TGF-beta1 t, the expression of p15(INK4b) was induced by 3.4-fold in pancreatic islets than that in wild-type mice. Based on these, we conclude first that excessive paracrine TGF-beta1 signaling in islets results in endocrine and exocrine pancreatic hypoplasia, second that TGF-beta1 decrease the final size of endocrine and exocrine pancreas presumably through regulating cell cycle via p15(INK4b) at least in endocrine pancreas. and third that hypoplastic action of TGF-beta1 of pancreatic islets is independent of the genetic background. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.