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. 1993 Oct;92(4):1950–1956. doi: 10.1172/JCI116788

GLUT-2 function in glucose-unresponsive beta cells of dexamethasone-induced diabetes in rats.

M Ohneda 1, J H Johnson 1, L R Inman 1, R H Unger 1
PMCID: PMC288361  PMID: 8408647

Abstract

Spontaneous and dexamethasone-induced noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in rats is associated with loss of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and a reduction in both GLUT-2-positive beta cells and high Km glucose transport. To determine if the chronology and correlation of these abnormalities is consistent with a causal relationship, Zucker (fa/fa) rats were studied longitudinally before and during 10 d of dexamethasone-induced (0.4 mg/kg per d i.p.) NIDDM. Within 24 h of dexamethasone treatment blood glucose rose and GSIS declined, becoming paradoxically negative (-87 +/- 12 microU/ml per min) on day 10. Blood glucose was negatively correlated with GSIS (r = -0.92; P < 0.001). 3-0-methyl-D-glucose (3MG) transport was unchanged at 12 h, 23% below normal on day 1, and declined further to a nadir 59% below normal. The GLUT-2-positive beta cell area did not decline until 48 h, reaching a nadir of 35% of normal at 10 d. The area of GLUT-2-positive beta cells was correlated with GSIS (r = 0.77; P < 0.005). We conclude that the chronology and correlation between GSIS loss and hyperglycemia is consistent with a cause-effect relationship, but that the subtotal impairment in glucose transport by itself cannot explain the total loss of GSIS if one assumes that normal beta cells are functionally homogenous.

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