Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SRIF-LI) content in 2 N acetic acid extracts of hypothalamus, gastric antrum, and pancreas was measured in genetically obese (C57BL/6J ob/ob and db/db) and diabetic (C57BL/KsJ db/db and ob/ob) mice and normal litter-mate controls from 5 to 24 wk to determine the relationship of previously reported changes to the development of metabolic abnormalities. Hypothalamic SRIF-LI concentration was similar in control, diabetic, and obese mice at all ages and increased progressively with age in all groups. Gastric antrum SRIF-LI was similar in all groups of mice at all ages. Obese mice gained weight progressively and showed moderate hyperglycemia and marked hyperinsulinemia from 5 wk of age. Pancreatic SRIF-LI content in obese (C57BL/6J) animals was similar to that in lean litter-mate controls, but pancreatic SRIF-LI concentration (expressed by weight or protein content) was decreased until 18 (6J ob/ob) and 10 (6J db/db) wk. Diabetic (C57BL/KsJ) mice showed a similar metabolic pattern until 10 wk with no change in pancreatic SRIF-LI content or concentration. Thereafter a progressive fall in serum insulin and a marked rise in serum glucose was associated with increasing pancreatic SRIF-LI content and concentration. These studies suggest that the genetically hyperphagic syndromes are unassociated with any change in hypothalamic or gastric SRIF-LI; that pancreatic SRIF-LI increases occur in response to, rather than as the cause of, relative hypoinsulinemia; and that the genetic background of the mice (KsJ or 6J) rather than the mutant gene (db or ob) determines the defect in carbohydrate metabolism and the pancreatic SRIF-LI response.
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September 01 1980
Temporal Relationship of Tissue Somatostatin-like Immunoreactivity to Metabolic Changes in Genetically Obese and Diabetic Mice
Michael Berelowitz;
Michael Berelowitz
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Michael Reese Medical Center and University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine
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Douglas L Coleman;
Douglas L Coleman
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Michael Reese Medical Center and University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine
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Lawrence A Frohman
Lawrence A Frohman
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Michael Reese Medical Center and University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine
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Michael Berelowitz, Douglas L Coleman, Lawrence A Frohman; Temporal Relationship of Tissue Somatostatin-like Immunoreactivity to Metabolic Changes in Genetically Obese and Diabetic Mice. Diabetes 1 September 1980; 29 (9): 717–723. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.29.9.717
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