Diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI1-86) is a
peptide that is present in large amounts in the intestine and pancreas and which inhibits
glucose-stimulated
insulin release from both perfused pancreas and isolated islets in low nanomolar concentrations. Here, DBI33-50 (also known as ODN,
octadecaneuropeptide), one of the naturally occurring processing products of DBI1-86, and certain synthetic modified derivatives, have been shown to inhibit
glucose and
glibenclamide-stimulated insulin secretion from isolated rat islets and
glibenclamide-stimulated insulin secretion from hamster-
insulinoma (HIT-T15) beta-cell line. DBI17-50 (TTN;
triakontatetraneuropeptide), another prominent processing product of
DBI, had no effect. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) for the effect of ODN on insulin secretion induced by 8.3 of 16.7 mM
glucose was approximately the same: 5 to 6 nM. Moreover, ODN inhibited
insulin release induced by 0.01 or 1 microM
glibenclamide with a similar IC50 (8 to 10 nM) in both isolated pancreatic islets and in HIT-T15 beta-cells. At concentration up to 1 microM, ODN had no effect on insulin secretion induced by
PACAP (pituitary
adenylate cyclase polypeptide), BAYK 8644 (methyl-(1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3-nitro-4,2-trifluoromethylphenyl) pyridine-5-carboxylate), and only marginally it affected
IBMX-(isobutylmethylxanthine) induced insulin secretion. This indicates that ODN does not act directly on
ATP-regulated K+ channels, voltage dependent Ca2+ channels or cAMP production. In contrast, ODN inhibited insulin secretion induced by
sodium nitroprussiate in a manner that is independent from the presence of extracellular Ca2+. These results suggest that ODN or ODN-like
peptide fragments of
DBI, may inhibit
glucose or
glibenclamide-induced insulin secretion via a signaling pathway that regulate the cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration.