• Department of General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, ChinaCorresponding Author: LIU Yong-feng, E-mail: yfliu@mail.cmu.edu.cn;
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Objective  To investigate the effect of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) inhibitor aminoguanidine on pancreas islets cultured with cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β in rats.
Methods  Islets isolated from Wistar rats were purified and cultured. According to whether cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β and aminoguanidine were added into the medium respectively or not, islets were divided into 4 groups: cultured with islet only was taken as blank control group, cultured with TNF-α+IL-1β as cytokine group, cultured with aminoguanidine as aminoguanidine group, and cultured with TNF-α+IL-1β and aminoguanidine as aminoguanidine+cytokine group. NO level in culture medium and iNOS activity in islets tissue (Test Kit), apoptosis (TUNEL method) and viability of islets cell (acridine orange/ethidium bromide stain), and the function of islets (insulin release test) were measured.
Results  Compared with blank control group, the activity of iNOS in islet tissue and level of NO in culture medium increased, and the mass mortality and apoptosis appeared in islet cells, while insulin secretion decreased in cytokine group (P<0.01). Compared with cytokine group, the activity of iNOS 〔(3.17±0.51) U/ml vs. (38.93±4.72) U/ml〕 and level of NO 〔(50.5±10.4) μmol/L vs. (313.0±35.4) μmol/L〕 decreased, the survival 〔(72.73±3.14)% vs. (57.07±5.07)%〕 increased and the apoptosis rate 〔(20.11±8.48)% vs. (41.17±6.87)%〕 decreased, the insulin secretion (secretion index: 3.50±0.27 vs. 1.96±0.19) improved; There were all significant differences in 2 groups (P<0.01).
Conclusion  The iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine could prevent the islet from the damage of iNOS/NO, alleviate the impairment of cytokines to islets, and ameliorate the survival and function of islets.

Citation: LI Baifeng,LIU Yongfeng,CHENG Ying,ZHANG Jialin. Protective Effect of Aminoguanidine on Pancreatic Islet in Rats. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2009, 16(9): 729-733. doi: Copy