An interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein protects insulin-producing Beta cells against suppressive effects of interleukin-1?
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Diabetologia
- Vol. 34 (6) , 445-448
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00403185
Abstract
The cytokine interleukin-1β may have an important role in the autoimmune mediated damage of pancreatic Beta cells in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. In the present study we have investigated the effects of an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein, a blocker of the type I interleukin-1 receptor, on the suppressive actions of recombinant interleukin-1β on insulin-producing cells. Brief exposure (1–2 h) of rat and mouse pancreatic islets to 10 ng/ml recombinant interleukin-1β induced an 70–80% inhibition of insulin response to glucose after 12 h. These effects were completely counteracted by co-incubation with 100 ng/ml interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein. When rat islets were cultured for 48 h in the presence of recombinant interleukin-1β (5 ng/ml) higher concentrations of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (5000 ng/ml) were required to protect Beta-cell function. Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein also counteracted the inhibitory effects of recombinant interleukin-1β on the growth of the rat insulinoma cell line RINm5F. These data suggest that interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein can protect insulin-producing cells from the deleterious effects of recombinant interleukin-1β, and that these cells possess type I interleukin-1 receptors.Keywords
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