scholarly journals A Smad Signaling Network Regulates Islet Cell Proliferation

Diabetes ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. El-Gohary ◽  
S. Tulachan ◽  
J. Wiersch ◽  
P. Guo ◽  
C. Welsh ◽  
...  
2011 ◽  
Vol 213 (3) ◽  
pp. S86
Author(s):  
Yousef El-Gohary ◽  
Sidhartha Tulachan ◽  
Ping Guo ◽  
Carey Welsh ◽  
Krishna Prasadan ◽  
...  

Diabetes ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Brelje ◽  
J. A. Parsons ◽  
R. L. Sorenson

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans E. Hohmeier ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Brandon Taylor ◽  
Samuel Stephens ◽  
Peter McNamara ◽  
...  

AbstractA key event in the development of both major forms of diabetes is the loss of functional pancreatic islet β-cell mass. Strategies aimed at enhancing β-cell regeneration have long been pursued, but methods for reliably inducing human β-cell proliferation with full retention of key functions such as glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) are still very limited. We have previously reported that overexpression of the homeobox transcription factor Nkx6.1 stimulates β-cell proliferation, while also enhancing GSIS and providing protection against β-cell cytotoxicity through induction of the VGF prohormone. We developed an Nkx6.1 pathway screen by stably transfecting 832/13 rat insulinoma cells with a VGF promoter-luciferase reporter construct, using the resultant cell line to screen a 630,000 compound chemical library. We isolated three compounds with consistent effects to stimulate human islet cell proliferation. Further studies of the most potent of these compounds, GNF-9228, revealed that it selectively activates human β-cell relative to α-cell proliferation and has no effect on δ-cell replication. In addition, pre-treatment, but not short term exposure of human islets to GNF-9228 enhances GSIS. GNF-9228 also protects 832/13 insulinoma cells against ER stress- and inflammatory cytokine-induced cytotoxicity. In contrast to recently emergent Dyrk1a inhibitors that stimulate human islet cell proliferation, GNF-9228 does not activate NFAT translocation. These studies have led to identification of a small molecule with pleiotropic positive effects on islet biology, including stimulation of human β-cell proliferation and insulin secretion, and protection against multiple agents of cytotoxic stress.


2006 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-303
Author(s):  
X. Wang ◽  
Z. Li ◽  
J. Jeong ◽  
S. Liu ◽  
J. Magnusson ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Fendrich ◽  
Katja Maschuw ◽  
Johannes Rehm ◽  
Malte Buchholz ◽  
Julia P. Holler ◽  
...  

Background. The purpose of the study was to evaluate Sorafenib (BAY 43-9006) derived receptor tyrosine kinase inhibition on tumor progression in murine islet cell tumors. Sorafenib is considered to be a potent inhibitor of tumor angiogenesis and neovascularization in various solid tumors. Rip1Tag2 mice were treated in two different groups according to the model of tumor progression: the early treatment group received vehicle or Sorafenib from 10 to 14 weeks of age and the late treatment group from week 12 until death. Tumor surface, tumor cell proliferation, and apoptosis were measured in both treatment groups to assess the in vivo effects of Sorafenib. Survival was recorded for the late treatment group. In the early treatment group Sorafenib led to a dramatic decrease in tumor volume compared to the control group. Apoptosis was significantly augmented and cell proliferation was inhibited. As a single therapy Sorafenib significantly improved survival in the late treatment group.Conclusion. Sorafenib may provide a new paradigm for the therapy of islet cell tumors.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 965-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Wu ◽  
Jinyong Xu ◽  
Shengchun Xu ◽  
Lianzhong Wu ◽  
Youyu Zhu ◽  
...  

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