Defective insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells lacking type 1 IGF receptor.

Publication/Presentation Date

10-1-2002

Abstract

Defective insulin secretion is a feature of type 2 diabetes that results from inadequate compensatory increase of beta cell mass and impaired glucose-dependent insulin release. beta cell proliferation and secretion are thought to be regulated by signaling through receptor tyrosine kinases. In this regard, we sought to examine the potential proliferative and/or antiapoptotic role of IGFs in beta cells by tissue-specific conditional mutagenesis ablating type 1 IGF receptor (IGF1R) signaling. Unexpectedly, lack of functional IGF1R did not affect beta cell mass, but resulted in age-dependent impairment of glucose tolerance, associated with a decrease of glucose- and arginine-dependent insulin release. These observations reveal a requirement of IGF1R-mediated signaling for insulin secretion.

Volume

110

Issue

7

First Page

1011

Last Page

1019

ISSN

0021-9738

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

12370279

Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Document Type

Article

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