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Glucose-dependent insulinotropic effects of JTT-608, a novel antidiabetic compound.

Abstract
The effects of JTT-608 [trans-4-(4-methylcyclohexyl)-4-oxobutyric acid], a novel antidiabetic compound, on insulin secretion were investigated using mouse insulinoma cell line (MIN6 cells) and isolated, perfused rat pancreas. JTT-608 enhanced insulin secretion in MIN6 cells in a dose dependent (10-300 microM) and glucose concentration-dependent (2.8-16.7 mM) manner. Unlike sulphonylureas, JTT-608 minimally stimulated insulin secretion at low glucose concentrations but potently enhanced insulin secretion at high glucose concentrations. In isolated, perfused pancreas of normal rats, JTT-608 (100-300 microM) dose-dependently enhanced insulin secretion in the first and second phases at high glucose concentrations but minimally stimulated insulin secretion at a basal glucose concentration. In isolated, perfused pancreas of neonatally streptozotocin-induced non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus rats (nSTZ rats), JTT-608 (200 microM) normalized the first phase and doubled the second phase of insulin secretion. In MIN6 cells, JTT-608 did not inhibit the binding of [3H]glibenclamide to membrane fractions but enhanced K+-ATP channel-independent insulin secretion. These results suggest that JTT-608 enhances insulin secretion in a different manner and via a different mechanism from hypoglycemic sulphonylureas.
AuthorsN Furukawa, T Ohta, T Noguchi, F Yonemori, K Wakitani
JournalEuropean journal of pharmacology (Eur J Pharmacol) Vol. 371 Issue 1 Pg. 51-8 (Apr 23 1999) ISSN: 0014-2999 [Print] Netherlands
PMID10355594 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Blood Glucose
  • Butyrates
  • Cyclohexanes
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Insulin
  • Streptozocin
  • Glucose
  • Glyburide
  • 4-(4-methylcyclohexyl)-4-oxobutyric acid
Topics
  • Animals
  • Blood Glucose (metabolism)
  • Butyrates (pharmacology)
  • Cell Line
  • Cyclohexanes (pharmacology)
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Glucose (metabolism)
  • Glyburide (metabolism)
  • Hypoglycemic Agents (pharmacology)
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Insulin (metabolism)
  • Insulin Secretion
  • Islets of Langerhans (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Streptozocin (pharmacology)

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