Diabetes, Vol 42, Issue 12 1829-1836, Copyright © 1993 by American Diabetes Association

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Expression of functional nerve growth factor receptors in pancreatic beta-cell lines and fetal rat islets in primary culture

R Scharfmann, A Tazi, M Polak, C Kanaka and P Czernichow
INSERM U120, Hopital R. Debre, Paris, France.

Previous data demonstrated that one rat insulinoma cell line, RINm5F cells, which is a rat beta-cell line derived from a pancreatic tumor, express mRNA coding for both the low- and the high-affinity nerve growth factor receptors. Goals of this study were to extend our data to other beta-cell lines and fetal islets in primary culture and to study further the binding characteristics of nerve growth factor receptors on beta-cells. Northern blot analysis revealed that not only a panel of endocrine beta-cell lines (RINm5F, INS-1, beta-TC3) but also fetal rat islets in primary culture express mRNA coding for trk-A, which has been proposed to be the neuronal high-affinity nerve growth factor receptors. Reverse polymerase chain reaction followed by sequencing revealed that the sequence of trk-A receptor in RINm5F cells is identical to that of trk-A expressed in PC12 cells. The expression of the low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor was examined by Northern blot analysis that showed low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor to be expressed in RINm5F and INS-1 cell lines, in fetal rat islets in primary culture, but not in beta-TC3-cells. Binding experiments revealed the presence of low- and high-affinity nerve growth factor binding sites, identical to those described for PC12 cells, on RINm5F and INS-1 cells and only high-affinity binding sites on beta-TC3 cells. Exposure of all three beta-cell lines to nerve growth factor increased NGFI-A and c-fos mRNA steady-state levels, showing that these receptors are functional.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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