Abstract
Functional effects of acute and prolonged (48 h) exposure to the biguanide drug metformin were examined in the clonal pancreatic ß-cell line, BRIN-BD11. Effects of metformin on prolonged exposure to excessive increased concentrations of glucose and palmitic acid were also assessed. In acute 20-min incubations, 12.5-50 µm metformin did not alter basal (1.1 mm glucose) or glucose-stimulated (16.7 mm glucose) insulin secretion. However, higher concentrations of metformin (100-1000 µm) increased (1.3-1.5-fold; p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1451-1459 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Biological Chemistry |
Volume | 391 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2010 |
Keywords
- animals
- calcium
- cell survival
- cultured cells
- drug dose-response relationship
- gene expression
- glucose
- hypoglycemic agents
- insulin
- insulin-secreting cells
- islets of Langerhans
- metformin
- palmitic acid
- rats
- time factors