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The effect of ACTH on serum concentrations of LH and FSH was studied in six healthy women in the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, in six healthy men and in six patients (five men, one woman) with adrenocortical insufficiency. In healthy women the i.v. administration of synthetic 1–24 ACTH (0·25 mg) induced a fall in serum concentrations of LH from 11·1 ± 1·2 (s.d.) to 7·8 ± 0·6 i.u./l (P < 0·005) after 30 min and to 8·2 ± 0·7 i.u./l after 60 min. Upon continuous infusion of 1–24 ACTH (0·25 mg i.v., t = 480 min) LH fell to 6·7 ± 0·9 i.u./l (P < 0·005) in healthy women and to 6·1 ± 3·7 i.u./l (basal, 8·7 ± 3·9 i.u./l) in healthy men. In patients with adrenocortical insufficiency serum concentrations of LH were unchanged by 1–24 ACTH. Serum concentrations of FSH were not altered by 1–24 ACTH in any of the three groups. It is suggested that the effect of ACTH on LH secretion in healthy women is mediated by the acute rise of endogenous cortisol concentrations.
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Hyperglycaemia is known to cause endothelial dysfunction and to promote diabetic angiopathy. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the effect of long term incubation (16 +/- 1 days) in 30 mM vs 5 mM glucose on ligand induced translocation of protein kinase C (PKC) in paired cultures of individual isolates of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Cells were stimulated with increasing concentrations of thrombin (0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 nM) for 30 seconds in the presence of 5 mM and 30 mM glucose, respectively, and analyzed by immunoblotting for PKC-isoforms alpha and epsilon. Stimulation by thrombin of confluent cultures displayed a concentration dependent rise in membrane bound PKC alpha and epsilon. Translocation of PKC alpha by thrombin remained unaffected by high versus normal ambient glucose, whereas translocation of PKC epsilon in cells grown in 30mM glucose was reduced at maximal thrombin concentrations (area under the curve, AUC: 90.4 +/- 7% of control cells; p < 0.008; n = 6) versus control cultures kept in 5mM glucose. In the identical isolates translocation of PKC epsilon was not reduced by 30 mM mannitol used as osmotic control. No change was induced by long term incubation of resting cells with 30 mM vs 5 mM glucose as to total and membrane bound PKC alpha or PKC epsilon. The obtained data suggest modulation by 30 mM glucose of ligand induced PKC translocation in an isoform specific manner, whereas subcellular distribution of PKC isoforms in the absence of thrombin stimulation remains unaffected by 30 mM glucose.
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We report on the culture of human insulinoma cells derived from a 32-year-old male patient with hyperinsulinism due to an insulinoma of the pancreas. A single-cell suspension was made by passing insulinoma fragments through a fine-gauge stainless-steel mesh. Cluster-forming insulinoma cells resembling pancreatic islets grew in the presence of fibroblasts. The insulinoma cell clusters could be differentiated from fibroblasts by using in situ pan optic staining and specific immunocytochemical staining (anti-human insulin and anti-human insulinoma monoclonal antibody (mAb) D24). mAb D24 was generated using insulinoma cells as antigen for immunization of a Balb/C mouse and cell fusion by the hybridoma cell technique. The anti-insulinoma cell mAb recognized a 32 kDa protein on immunoblot analysis of neuroendocrine tumor cells. D24 mAb also reacted immunohistochemically with normal pancreatic beta-cells and tumors such as vipoma, gastrinoma and carcinoid. Insulinoma cell clusters separated from fibroblasts by micromanipulation and plated into multiwell culture dishes exhibited an insulin-secretion rate of approximately 30 U/100 cells per 24 h with no insulin-secretory response to elevated glucose concentration. Purified insulinoma cells incubated with 1 ng/ml human nerve growth factor expressed neurofilament and neurite extension. These findings together with earlier observations in animal models suggest that human pancreatic beta-cells share some properties with neurons and are related to other neuroendocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract.
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Abstract
Hyperthyroidism is associated with elevated plasma levels of endothelium-derived proteins such as von Willebrand factor (vWF), fibronectin (FN) and endothelin-1 (ET-1). This study was designed to characterize the mechanisms involved in this phenomenon at the cellular level. vWF, FN and ET-1 secretion and mRNA expression were measured in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) exposed to tri-iodothyronine (T3) for 13 ± 1 days, using ELISA, Western blot, RIA and Northern blot analysis respectively. Exposure of HUVECs to T3 significantly increased vWF secretion (50 ng T3/ml: 117 ± 5%, P<0·01; 100 ng T3/ml: 127 ± 26%, P<0·01) as well as vWF mRNA expression (50 ng/ml: 116 ± 13%, P<0·001; 100 ng/ml: 136 ± 30%, P<0·002) (results are means ± s.d. analysed by the Wilcoxon signed rank test). FN secretion was significantly affected by 50 (145 ± 42% of control, P<0·05) and 100 (116·8 ± 16% of control, P<0·05) ng T3/ml, and FN mRNA expression by 50 ng T3/ml (123 ± 20%, P<0·05). Long-term incubation with T3 increased both ET-1 secretion (25 ng/ml: 124 ± 25%, P<0·001; 50 ng/ml: 165 ± 53%, P<0·05; 100 ng/ml: 116 ± 17%, P<0·05) and prepro-ET-1 mRNA expression (25 ng/ml: 112 ± 16%, P<0·05; 50 ng/ml: 134 ± 43%, P<0·02; 100 ng/ml: 120 ± 20%, P<0·02). Protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms ε and βII were not significantly affected by T3, whereas PKC α was increased in whole cell lysates and in membrane fractions of cells incubated with 100 but not 50 ng T3/ml. Prepro-ET-1 mRNA stability, cell numbers and proliferation, measured by [3H]thymidine assays, remained unaffected in HUVECs after exposure to T3. These data indicate thyroid hormone-induced upregulation of mRNA expression and protein synthesis of vWF, FN and ET-1, by PKC α-, βII- and ε-independent pathways, explaining, at least in part, increased plasma concentrations of endothelial proteins and peptides in the hyperthyroid state.
Journal of Endocrinology (1997) 154, 231–239
