EFFECT OF FUSIDIC ACID ON INTERLEUKIN-1 (IL-1)-INDUCED AND IL-6-INDUCED PANCREATIC BETA-CELL FUNCTIONS IN RATS
EFFECT OF FUSIDIC ACID ON INTERLEUKIN-1 (IL-1)-INDUCED AND IL-6-INDUCED PANCREATIC BETA-CELL FUNCTIONS IN RATS
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DOI:
10.1677/joe.0.1320345
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发表时间:
1992-03-01
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4
通讯作者:
BUSCHARD, K
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作者:
BENDTZEN, K;DIAMANT, M;BUSCHARD, K
Fusidic acid and its sodium salt (fusidin) are anti-staphylococcal drugs with a steroidal primary structure. Both compounds have been shown to prevent the lymphocyte co-stimulatory activities of the cytokines, interleukin (IL)-1 and IL-6, in a manner similar to that of cyclosporin A. As shown in this paper, fusidin also prevents the inhibitory effect of human recombinant IL-1-beta (rIL-1-beta) and the stimulatory effect of human rIL-6, on glucose-induced insulin production in vitro by normal rat pancreatic islets. The drug also inhibited rIL-1-beta-induced IL-6 production by the islets. Fusidin showed a dose-related effect at pharmacologically relevant concentrations from 3 to 30-mu-g/ml, and the drug was progressively less active when added 1, 4 and 24 h after rIL-1-beta. Electron microscopical studies showed that beta-cells cultured for 72 h with rIL-1-beta accumulated less lipid in the presence of fusidin, most probably reflecting the functionally protective effect of the drug. Other characteristic ultrastructural changes induced in beta-cells by rIL-1-beta were, however, not altered. It is suggested that fusidin may prove clinically effective as a modulator of IL-1- and IL-6-induced changes in beta-cell functions.