dc.contributor | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | |
dc.contributor | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-20T14:00:48Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-05T14:46:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-05-20T14:00:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-05T14:46:28Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014-05-20T14:00:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-04-01 | |
dc.identifier | Hormone and Metabolic Research. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag Kg, v. 43, n. 4, p. 275-281, 2011. | |
dc.identifier | 0018-5043 | |
dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/21474 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1055/s-0030-1269896 | |
dc.identifier | WOS:000288984100009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3895252 | |
dc.description.abstract | Long-term dexamethasone therapy may induce peripheral insulin resistance (IR), which in turn elicits increased beta-cell function and proliferation. However, whether such adaptive compensations occur during short-term treatment with dexamethasone is unclear. Here, we compared morphofunctional parameters in endocrine pancreas after short- and long-term dexamethasone administration. Groups of rats received daily i.p. injection of 1 mg/kg b.w. dexamethasone for 1 (DEX-1), 3 (DEX-3), or 5 consecutive days (DEX-5), whilst control rats were saline-treated (CTL). Despite the absence of apparent IR in DEX-1 rats, this group exhibited increased circulating insulin levels and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS), compared to the CTL group (p < 0.05). Evident IR as well as marked hyperinsulinemia and GSIS, as judged by the static and dynamic insulin secretion values, were observed in DEX-3 and DEX-5 rats (p < 0.05). GSIS in islets cultured with 1 mu M dexamethasone was lower compared to the control (p < 0.05). Marked increases in beta-cell proliferation were observed in DEX-3 and DEX-5 rats, compared to CTL and DEX-1 rats (p < 0.05). The alterations observed in DEX-3 rats were more pronounced in DEX-5 rats, which also exhibited a higher content of islet Cdk4 and Cd2 proteins, compared to the CTL group (p < 0.05). We conclude that short-term dexamethasone treatment (DEX-1) induces an increase in beta-cell function that does not require the presence of discernible IR. As the treatment continues, the IR develops rapidly, and increased insulin secretion as well as beta-cell hyperplasia is demanded for the appropriate maintenance of glucose homeostasis. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Georg Thieme Verlag Kg | |
dc.relation | Hormone and Metabolic Research | |
dc.relation | 2.560 | |
dc.relation | 0,918 | |
dc.rights | Acesso restrito | |
dc.source | Web of Science | |
dc.subject | beta-cell proliferation | |
dc.subject | dexamethasone | |
dc.subject | Glucocorticoid | |
dc.subject | insulin secretion | |
dc.subject | insulin resistance | |
dc.subject | short- and long-term treatment | |
dc.title | Morphofunctional Alterations in Endocrine Pancreas of Short- and Long-term Dexamethasone-treated Rats | |
dc.type | Artigo | |