SPECIFIC BINDING OF THE C-PEPTIDE OF PROINSULIN TO CULTURED B-CELLS FROM A TRANSPLANTABLE RAT ISLET CELL TUMOR
SPECIFIC BINDING OF THE C-PEPTIDE OF PROINSULIN TO CULTURED B-CELLS FROM A TRANSPLANTABLE RAT ISLET CELL TUMOR
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01115006
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发表时间:
1986-02-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
MARKS, V
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作者:
FLATT, PR;SWANSTONFLATT, SK;MARKS, V
Specific binding of the C-peptide of proinsulin was evaluated using a transplanable NEDH rat islet cell tumour predominantly composed of insulin-secreting B-cells. Cultured tumour B-cells exhibited greater than 90% viability assessed by trypan blue exclusion, and retained the ability to form tumours with accompanying hypoglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia after reimplantation. During binding experiments with synthetic rat C-peptide I and iodinated tyrosylated rat C-peptide I, tumour B-cells exhibited 54 .+-. 6% specific binding. Displacement of tracer increased with increasing concentrations of unlabelled rat C-peptide I (0.25-1,000 ng/ml), and the specificity of binding was substantiated by reduced displacement with human C-peptide. Scatchard analysis of specific C-peptide binding revealed a curvilinear plot with upward concavity. The demonstration of specific C-peptide binding to insulin-secreting B-cells provides evidence for a physiological role of proinsulin C-peptide.