Diabetes, Vol 44, Issue 4 400-407, Copyright © 1995 by American Diabetes Association

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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of rat islet proteins. Interleukin 1 beta-induced changes in protein expression are reduced by L-arginine depletion and nicotinamide

HU Andersen, PM Larsen, SJ Fey, AE Karlsen, T Mandrup-Poulsen and J Nerup
Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark.

Interleukin (IL)-1 beta-mediated damage to beta-cells in isolated islets of Langerhans depends upon de novo synthesis of proteins that have not been fully identified. Further, IL-1 beta-induced and tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced islet damage partly depends on the intracellular production of the nitric oxide (NO) radical. IL-1 beta has also been reported to induce the synthesis of cellular defense proteins, e.g., heme-oxygenase and heat shock proteins 70 and 90. Nicotinamide, while in itself inactive, inhibited IL-1 beta-induced NO production in a time- and dose-dependent manner. To enable the identification of IL-1 beta-induced proteins with possible protective and deleterious effects, we characterized the effects of IL-1 beta, nicotinamide, and NO synthesis inhibition by L-arginine depletion on rat islet protein expression detected by high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. More than 1,600 proteins were reproducibly detected in control rat islets. Incubation with IL-1 beta-, nicotinamide-, or L-arginine-depleted control medium upregulated 29, 3, and 1 protein, respectively, and downregulated 4, 0, and 1 protein, respectively. Addition of nicotinamide and L-arginine depletion reduced the upregulation of 16 and 20 IL-1 beta-induced proteins, respectively. The identity of these proteins is under study. The demonstrated changes in protein expression caused by IL-1 beta +/- nicotinamide and L-arginine depletion may form the basis for identification of proteins with possible protective and deleterious roles in the initial beta-cell destruction in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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