Nitric oxide contributes to cytokine-induced apoptosis in pancreatic beta cells via potentiation of JNK activity and inhibition of Akt

J Størling, J Binzer, Annica Andersson, R A Züllig, M Tonnesen, René Lehmann Pulz Knudsen, G A Spinas, S Sandler, N Billestrup, Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen

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Abstract

Pro-inflammatory cytokines cause beta cell secretory dysfunction and apoptosis--a process implicated in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. Cytokines induce the expression of inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase (iNOS) leading to NO production. NO contributes to cytokine-induced apoptosis, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate whether NO modulates signalling via mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and Akt.
Original languageEnglish
JournalDiabetologia
Volume48
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)2039-50
Number of pages12
ISSN0012-186X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2005

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Separation
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cytokines
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Humans
  • Insulin
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells
  • MAP Kinase Kinase 4
  • Mice
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Nitric Oxide Donors
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
  • Oncogene Protein v-akt
  • S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine
  • Signal Transduction
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

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