Leptin Fully Suppresses Acetylcholine-Induced Insulin Secretion and is Reversed by Tolbutamide in Isolated Perfused Chicken Pancreas

Abstract

So far, there has been no evidence for any direct pancreatic effect of leptin in the chicken. The present study was aimed at detecting chicken leptin receptor (cOb-R) expression in isolated chicken islets of Langerhans and to examine the direct effect of leptin on insulin secretion after stimulation by acetylcholine (1 µM) + glucose (14 mM) from isolated perfused chicken pancreas. We will show that i) full length cOb-R mRNA was expressed in isolated pancreatic islets of chickens, ii) recombinant chicken leptin (10 nM) or diazoxide (100 µM) rapidly (within 2 min) and significantly suppressed insulin secretion induced by acetylcholine stimulation without any change in volume outflow rate, iii) tolbutamide (100 µM) introduced 10 min after leptin and perfused for 10 min fully reversed the suppressive effect of leptin on pre-established acetylcholine-induced insulin release. In conclusion, we found that leptin has a profound inhibitory influence upon insulin secretion in perfused chicken pancreas. The results suggest that leptin inhibits insulin secretion by acting before or at the level of K_ATP channels in chicken pancreatic β-cells. Further studies are warranted to clarify the specific inhibitory mechanism.

Key words

Chicken - Isolated Islets - Leptin Receptor - Insulin

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