Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and glucocorticoids are steroid hormones synthesised in the adrenal cortex. Administration of DHEA, its sulphate derivative, DHEAS, and more controversially dexamethasone (DEX), a synthetic glucocorticoid, have beneficial effects in diabetic animals. Cultivating BRIN-BD11 cells for 3 days with either DHEAS (30 μM) or DEX (100 nM), reduced total cell number and reduced cell viability and cellular insulin content. DHEAS-treated cells had poor glucose responsiveness and regulated insulin release, coupled with reduced basal insulin release. In contrast, DEX-treated cells lacked responsiveness to glucose and membrane depolarisation, and both protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC) secretory pathways were desensitised. Therefore, we conclude that this steroid hormone and synthetic glucocorticoid are not beneficial to pancreatic β-cells in vitro.
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June 15 2006
Deleterious Effects of Supplementation with Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulphate or Dexamethasone on Rat Insulin-Secreting Cells Under In Vitro Culture Condition
Hui-Kang Liu;
Hui-Kang Liu
1School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, BT52 1SA, Coleraine, N. Ireland, UK
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Brian D. Green;
Brian D. Green
1School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, BT52 1SA, Coleraine, N. Ireland, UK
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Neville H. McClenaghan;
Neville H. McClenaghan
1School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, BT52 1SA, Coleraine, N. Ireland, UK
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Jannie T. McCluskey;
Jannie T. McCluskey
1School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, BT52 1SA, Coleraine, N. Ireland, UK
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Peter R. Flatt
Peter R. Flatt
1School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, BT52 1SA, Coleraine, N. Ireland, UK
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1573-4935
Print ISSN: 0144-8463
© 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
2006
Biosci Rep (2006) 26 (1): 31–38.
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Hui-Kang Liu, Brian D. Green, Neville H. McClenaghan, Jannie T. McCluskey, Peter R. Flatt; Deleterious Effects of Supplementation with Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulphate or Dexamethasone on Rat Insulin-Secreting Cells Under In Vitro Culture Condition. Biosci Rep 15 June 2006; 26 (1): 31–38. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10540-006-9001-4
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