Journal
ALCOHOL
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 89-99Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.04.001
Keywords
Islets; Insulin secretion; Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Inositol trisphosphate receptor; Insulin genes; Beta-cell death
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Manitoba Health Research Council
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Chronic ethanol consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and ethanol has been reported to cause insulin resistance and, inconsistently, to reduce insulin secretion. The mechanism(s) underlying the reduction of insulin secretion by ethanol is not known. We used beta-cell lines and isolated murine islets to determine the effect of ethanol on insulin content and secretion at low- and high-glucose concentrations, in the presence of KCl, diazoxide, tolbutamide, and regulators of cyclic AMP and protein kinase C (PKC). We also determined the gene expression of insulin; pancreas duodenum homeobox 1; and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers, such as Chop, ERp57, glucose-regulated protein 78/binding immunoglobulin protein, and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptors. Ethanol reduced insulin secretion by interfering with muscarinic signaling and PKC activation but not the K-ATP channels. In addition, ethanol reduced insulin content and caused ER stress. The deleterious effects of ethanol on beta-cells were prevented by 4-methyl pyrazole, an inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, suggesting that ethanol metabolism is required for these effects. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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