Advanced glycation end-products induce injury to pancreatic beta cells through oxidative stress

作者：Lin, N.; Zhang, H.; Su, Q.^*

来源：Diabetes & Metabolism, 2012, 38(3): 250-257.

DOI：10.1016/j.diabet.2012.01.003

• Reactive oxygen species
• Oxidative stress
• Advanced glycation end-products
• INS-1 cells
• Insulin secretion
• Apoptosis
• beta-cell

Aim. - This study evaluated the direct effects of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) on pancreatic beta cells, including cellular viability, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and insulin secretion, and also looked for the main source of ROS in INS-1 cells and the possible molecular mechanism(s) of cell injury by AGEs.
Methods. - INS-1 cells were cultured with 100, 200 and 500 mg/L of AGEs for specific periods of time. Cell apoptosis was determined by ELISA and real-time PCR assays. ROS were detected by DCFH-DA and MitoSOX Red probes with a flow cytometer, NADPH oxidase activity was measured by lucigenin chemiluminescence and MAPK phosphorylation was measured by Western blot tests.
Results. - Both cell apoptosis and ROS generation increased in AGE-treated cells in a dose-dependent way, and both the mitochondrial electron transport chain and NADPH oxidase pathway participated in ROS generation, although the role of the mitochondrial pathway was earlier and more important. AGEs exerted a toxic effect on insulin secretion that could be largely reversed by inhibiting ROS.
Conclusion. - AGEs injured INS-1 cells by oxidative stress mainly through the mitochondrial pathway, although the JNK and p38 MAPK signaling pathways were also key modulators in ROS-mediated beta-cell death.

• 出版日期2012-6
• 单位上海交通大学