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  • 1
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    Diabetologia 7 (1971), S. 414-422 
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: 5-hydroxytryptamine ; 5-hydroxytryptophan ; monoamine oxidase inhibition ; decarboxylase inhibition ; glucose ; glibenclamide ; isopropylnoradrenaline ; alloxan diabetes ; mouse ; blood glucose ; immunoreactive insulin ; tissue glycogen ; hypoglycaemia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Chez la souris normale a été étudiéein vivo la signification fonctionnelle du stockage de 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) dans les cellules β du pancréas pour les mécanismes de la sécrétion d'insuline. Un traitement préalable des animaux avec leL-5-hydroxytryptophane (L-5-HTP) a nettement réduit la capacité de sécrétion d'insuline après stimulation par sulfonylurée. Cette inhibition de la sécrétion d'insuline pouvait être évitée par l'administration préalable d'un inhibiteur de décarboxylation d'acide aminé aromatique. D'un autre côté, le traitement préalable avec la nialamide, inhibiteur de la monoamine oxydase, réduisait la sécrétion d'insuline provoquée par sulfonylurée. Le traitement combiné avec la nialamide et leL-5-HTP n'a pas réduit davantage la réponse de l'insuline. Il a été trouvé que la sécrétion d'insuline provoquée par laL-isopropylnoradrénaline (L-IPNA) se réduisait également aprés l'administration préalable deL-5-HTP ou de nialamide, mais, contrairement à la réponse de l'insuline après sulfonylurée, la sécrétion d'insuline provoquée par l'IPNA pouvait être totalement supprimée par le traitement combiné avec la nialamide ou la pargyline et leL-5-HTP. La sécrétion d'insuline provoquée par le glucose n'était influencée de façon significative par aucun des traitements ci-dessus. Le taux basal d'insuline du plasma n'était pas affecté par l'injection deL-5-HTP et n'était pas réduit de façon certaine par le traitement combiné avec l'inhibiteur de la monamine oxydase et leL-5-HTP. Il a été trouvé que le traitement combiné avec l'inhibiteur de la monoamine oxydase et leL-5-HTP provoquait une hypoglycémie profonde à la fois chez la souris normale et chez la souris diabétique par l'alloxane. L'hypoglycémie était accompagnée d'un épuisement du contenu du glycogène du foie et des muscles. Il était possible d'éviter l'hypoglycémie par un traitement préalable avec un inhibiteur de décarboxylation d'acide aminé aromatique. Un traitement combiné avec la pargyline et la 5-HT a provoqué une nette hyperglycémie. — En conclusion: 1. Le taux intracellulaire de la 5-HT dans les cellulesβ du pancréas a la capacité de modifier les mécanismes de la sécrétion d'insuline. 2. L'action hypoglycémique des inhibiteurs de la monoamine oxydase est provoquée par l'accroissement du taux intracellulaire de 5-HT qui s'accompagne d'une nette augmentation de l'utilisation du glucose par les tissus.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Es wurde bei normalen Mäusenin vivo die funktionelle Bedeutung der Speicherung von 5-Hydroxytryptamin (5-HT) in den B-Zellen des Pankreas für die Mechanismen der Insulinsekretion untersucht. Eine Vorbehandlung der Tiere mitL-5 Hydroxytryptophan (L-5-HTP) verminderte deutlich die Insulinsekretion nach Stimulation mit Sulfonylharnstoff. Diese Hemmung der Insulinsekretion konnte durch vorherige Behandlung mit einem Hemmer der aromatischen Aminosäurendekarboxylase verhindert werden. Andererseits wurde die durch Sulfonylharnstoff bewirkte Insulinsekretion nach alleiniger Vorbehandlung mit dem Monoamino-oxidasehemmer Nialamid vermindert. Die kombinierte Behandlung mit Nialamid undL-5-HTP hat die Insulinantwort nicht weiter gemindert. Die durchL- Isopropylnoradrenalin (L-IPNA) bewirkte Insulinausschüttung wurde ebenfalls nach einer vorherigen Behandlung mitL-5-HTP oder Nialamid reduziert. Aber im Gegensatz zu der Insulinantwort nach Sulfonylharnstoff konnte die durch IPNA induzierte Insulinausschüttung völlig durch die kombinierte Behandlung mit Nialamid oder Pargylin plusL-5-HTP unterdrückt werden. Die durch Glucose herbeigeführte Insulinausschüttung wurde nicht wesentanimals lich durch eine der oben erwähnten Behandlungen verändert. Die basale Plasmainsulinkonzentration wurde durch dieL-5-HTP-Injektion nicht beeinflußt und war auch nicht wesentlich durch die kombinierte Behandlung mit dem Monoaminooxidasehemmer undL-5-HTP vermindert worden. — Die kombinierte Behandlung mit Monoaminooxidase-Inhibitoren undL-5-HTP erzeugte eine tiefe Hypoglykämie in normalen und alloxandiabetischen Mäusen. Der hypoglykämische Zustand wurde von einem Verschwinden des Leber- und Muskelglykogens begleitet. Die Hypoglykämie konnte durch eine Vorbehandlung mit einem Inhibitor der aromatischen Aminosäuredekarboxilation verhindert werden. Die kombinierte Behandlung mit Pargylin und 5-HT führte zu einer starken Hyperglykämie. — Daraus wurde geschlossen, 1. daß die intrazelluläre Konzentration von 5-HT in den B-Zellen des Pankreas die Fähigkeit besitzt, den Mechanismus der Insulinsekretion zu beeinflussen, 2. daß die hypoglykämische Wirkung der Monoaminooxidase-Inhibitoren durch eine erhöhte intrazelluläre 5-HT-Konzentration erzeugt wird, welche von einer stark erhöhten Glucoseutilisation der Gewebe begleitet wird.
    Notes: Summary The functional significance of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) storage in the pancreatic B cells for insulin secreting mechanisms was studied in normal micein vivo. Pretreatment of the animals withL-5-hydroxytryptophan (L-5-HTP) markedly decreased the insulin releasing capacity after sulphonylurea stimulation. This inhibition of insulin release could be abolished by previous administration of an inhibitor of aromatic amino acid decarboxylation. On the other hand, pretreatment with the monoamine oxidase inhibitor nialamide alone, decreased sulphonylurea-induced insulin release. The combined treatment with nialamide andL-5-HTP did not further decrease the insulin response. Insulin release induced byL-isopropylnoradrenaline (L-IPNA) was also found to diminish after previous administration ofL-5-HTP or nialamide; but, unlike the insulin response to sulphonylurea, insulin release induced by IPNA could be totally suppressed by the combined treatment of nialamide or pargyline andL-5-HTP. Insulin release induced by glucose was not significantly influenced with any of the above treatments. Basal levels of plasma insulin were not affected byL-5-HTP injection, and were not consistently diminished by the combined treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitor andL-5-HTP. The combined treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitors andL-5-HTP was found to elicit a profound hypoglycaemia in both normal and alloxan-diabetic mice. The hypoglycaemic condition was accompanied by exhaustion of liver and muscle glycogen. The hypoglycaemia could be abolished by previous treatment with an inhibitor of aromatic amino acid decarboxylation. Combined treatment with pargyline and 5-HT brought about a marked hyperglycaemia. It is concluded that: 1. intracellular levels of 5-HT in the pancreatic B cells possess the ability to modify insulin secreting mechanisms; and 2. the hypoglycaemic action of monoamine oxidase inhibitors is brought about by raised intracellular levels of 5-HT, which is accompanied by a markedly increased glucose utilization by the tissues.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Blood glucose ; glibenclamide ; immunoreactive insulin ; isopropylnoradrenaline ; mouse ; pancreatic islets ; ultrastructure ; vinblastine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effect of vinblastine in vivo on ultrastructure and insulin releasing capacity of the B-cell was studied in mice. Treatment with vinblastine (1.1 μmole/mouse) resulted in a 75% decrease of the amount of normal microtubules and the appearance of characteristic paracrystals. Basal plasma immunoreactive insulin levels were depressed to about 60% of the control level. The dose-response pattern for insulin release (first phase) following two chemically unrelated insulin secretagogues, the potent sulphonylurea derivative, glibenclamide, and the β-adrenergic agonist L-isopropylnoradrenaline, (L-IPNA), was tested with and without vinblastine pretreatment. The dose-response curves for L-IPNA-induced insulin release in vinblastine-treated and control animals did not deviate significantly from each other, whereas insulin release following glibenclamide was almost totally suppressed by vinblastine except at the lowest dose level. Injection of maximal doses of glibenclamide or L-IPNA did not alter the ultrastructural changes induced by vinblastine in the B-cells. It is suggested that the microtubular system of the B-cell might play a minor role for certain insulin-releasing processes and/or that vinblastine might have other important effects on the insulin secretory machinery.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: B-cell ; B-cell granules ; DOPA ; dopamine ; electron microscopic autoradiography ; glibenclamide ; glucose ; insulin secretion ; isopropylnoradrenaline ; mouse
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Accumulation and subcellular localization of dopamine (DA) in pancreatic B-cells and its effects on insulin secretion were investigated in mice following a single injection of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-alanine (L-DOPA). Electron microscopic autoradiography showed that3H-DA formed from administered3H-DOPA was present over B-cells as well as over other types of islet cells. Pretreatment of the animals with a decarboxylase inhibitor greatly reduced the number of autoradiographic grains. In the B-cells the3H-DA-grains were associated with the secretory granules. The location of the label may suggest an incorporation in the periphery of the β-granule, rather than in the dense core, supposed to contain insulin. Accumulation of DA in the B-cells following L-DOPA administration was found to inhibit partially the insulin secretory response to different insulin secretagogues (glucose, glibenclamide and L-isopropylnoradrenaline (L-IPNA)). Treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitor + L-DOPA induced an almost total suppression of L-IPNA-stimulated insulin secretion, whereas glucose-induced insulin release was still only partially inhibited. Pretreatment with a decarboxylase inhibitor abolished the effects of L-DOPA. It is suggested that intracellularly accumulated DA in the B-cell exerts an inhibitory action on insulin releasing mechanisms induced by different secretagogues and that this action might involve interference with a calcium translocation process at the level of the secretory granule.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Endostyle ; Peroxidase cytochemistry ; Autora diography ; Ultrastructure ; Oikopleura albicans, Oikopleura longicauda (Appendicularia)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Oikopleura albicans and O. longicauda belong to the two subgenera Vexillaria and Coecaria, respectively. The morphology and ultrastructure of their endostyles were investigated with conventional microscopic procedures as well as with DAB cytochemistry and 125I autoradiography at both light- and electron-microscopic levels. As expected, the general morphology of these endostyles is similar to all hitherto examined endostyles. They possess a ventral portion consisting of alternating glandular and ciliated cell zones, probably serving food capture, and a dorsal region, the corridor. Autoradiographic grains were found mainly in the corridor lumen associated with the apical surface of the two central rows of corridor cells. The same cells also gave strong positive reactions for peroxidase, the iodinating enzyme. Peroxidase activity was found in the apical plasma membrane as well as in the nuclear envelope, rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi area and cytoplasmic vesicles. Definitive conclusions concerning an apical uptake and subsequent release into the body fluid of iodinated material could not be made from the present experiments. Our investigations indicate that the two central rows of corridor cells in both subgenera of oikopleurids constitute the protothyroid region, possibly homologous to the vertebrate thyroid gland.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Endostyle ; Electron-microscopic autoradiography ; Peroxidase cytochemistry ; Iodination ; Amphioxus, larval (Branchiostoma lanceolatum)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The asymmetric endostyle in the larval amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) was examined by light-and electron-microscopic cytochemistry (peroxidase; incubation in diaminobenzidine) and autoradiography (incubation in 125I-). Compared to the adult the same cellular zones were also found in the larval endostyle, with the exception of zone 1, which was absent. The corresponding adult and larval zones had a similar morphology. All cells in zones 5a, 5b, and 6 were reactive for peroxidase. A reaction product was also present in the lateral 2 to 3 cell rows of zone 3. The dense reaction product was located on the inner surface of membranes of the rough endoplasmatic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and vesicles, and multivesicular bodies as well as on the outer surface of the luminal plasma membrane. An incomplete row of granule-containing, peroxidase-negative cells was located between zones 5b and 6. After incubation of larvae in sea water containing 125I-, autoradiographic grains were selectively concentrated over the lumen at the apical surface of all peroxidase-positive zones. The highest grain density occurred in relation to zone 5a, which in the adult has been recognized as the iodination center. Few grains were located over the cytoplasm. Methimazole, an inhibitor of peroxidase, abolished the cytochemical reaction and the appearance of autoradiographic grains. The observations indicate that iodination in the larval endostyle takes place extracellularly and is catalyzed by peroxidase bound in the plasma membrane.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Endostyle ; Autoradiography ; Ultrastructure ; Iodination ; Amphioxus, adult (Branchiostoma lanceolatum)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The site of iodination in the endostyle of the adult amphioxus was examined by light-and electron-microscopic autoradiography. In accordance with previous studies, light-microscopic autoradiography showed a distinct accumulation of autoradiographic grains at the apical end of epithelial cells in the lateral part of the endostyle. In the electron microscope two distinct cellular zones were identified in an approximate position of the light-microscopic zone 5. Zone 5a, not previously recognized, was adjacent to zone 4 and consisted of six to nine rows of cells free of characteristic granules. Cells in zone 5b contained large “mucous” granules and had, in previous ultrastructural studies, been identified as belonging to the typical zone 5. Four or less incomplete rows of granule-containing cells, not observed in previous studies, marked the border between zones 5b and 6. After incubation in 125I for 5 min, electron-microscopic autoradiography showed a selective concentration of label to zone 5a, which, thus, corresponds to the iodination centre seen in the light microscope. The grains were associated with cilia and microvilli in the lumen. After longer incubation times (30, 60, 90 min) grains were still concentrated at the surface of zone 5a but were also associated with the surface of zones 5b and 6. Grains were also located over the cytoplasm of all three zones. They were associated with vesicles and lysosome-like structures, suggesting secondary uptake of labelled products by endocytosis. Methimazole, an inhibitor of peroxidase, abolished the autoradiographic reaction. In conclusion, the site of iodination in the endostyle of amphioxus is located in zone 5a, which has not previously been ultrastructurally defined. Iodination in the endostyle is an extracellular process, but secondary uptake by endocytosis appears to occur.
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  • 7
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    Springer
    Cell & tissue research 253 (1988), S. 137-143 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Endostyle ; Ultrastructure ; Immunocytochemistry ; 5-Hydroxytryptamine ; Granules ; Ciona intestinalis ; Corella parallelogramma, (Tunicata) ; Ascidia mentula (Tunicata)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The cellular and subcellular distribution of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) in the endostyle of three species of ascidians, Ciona intestinalis, Corella parallelogramma, Ascidia mentula, was studied by light-(immunoperoxidase) and electron-microscopic (immunogold) immunocytochemistry. At the light-microscopic level 5-HT-like immunoreactivity (5-HT-LI) was exclusively found in cells located in the lateral portion of the endostyle, between zone 7, known to have iodinating capacity, and zone 8, which consists of ciliated cells. At the electron-microscopic level, the 5-HT-immunoreactive cells were found to correspond to cells containing polymorphous, dense granules, 100–300 nm in diameter. The granules were located in the supranuclear cytoplasm facing the endostyle lumen as well as in the infranuclear cytoplasm facing the extracellular space. Quantification showed that the 5-HT-LI was considerably higher (13–67 times) in cytoplasmic areas containing granules as compared to areas devoid of granules. Most, but not all, of the 5-HT-LI was associated with the dense core of the granules. In conclusion, serotonin-containing cells are located in the peripheral portion of the endostyle, between zones 7 and 8. Serotonin is stored in cytoplasmic granules that are present both in the apical and basal cytoplasm. This suggests the possibility that the cells are bipolar and secrete serotonin both in a basal direction to the extracellular space, and in an apical direction to the pharyngeal lumen.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Endostyle ; Autoradiography ; Cytochemistry ; Iodination ; Protothyroid ; Salpa fusiformis, Thalia democratica, Dolioletta gegenbauri, Doliolum nationalis (Tunicata)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The protothyroid region in the endostyles of four species of tunicates was examined by means of autoradiography and cytochemistry, at both the light and electronmicroscopic levels. To reveal the primary binding site for iodine, autoradiography was carried out on endostylar tissue from animals that had been incubated with high activity 125I- over a short period of time. The specific iodine binding enzyme, a peroxidase, was traced by its reaction with DAB. In accordance with previous findings, the iodinebinding cells proved to be the same as those containing the peroxidase. There were also strong indications of a secondary uptake of iodinated compounds and subsequent release into the body fluid. Together with the ultrastructural features, the data provided strong evidence indicating that these cells constitute a protothyroid region, which partly functions as an endocrine organ, possibly homologous with the vertebrate thyroid gland. Since the number of zones varied between the species, the numeration of the protothyroid region also varied. However, in all the examined endostyles, the protothyroid region was seen to be situated dorsolaterally to the glandular regions of the endostyle concerned with food capture.
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