Protective effects of a nicotinamide derivative, isonicotinamide, against streptozotocin-induced ?-cell damage and diabetes in mice.
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ABSTRACT: Nicotinamide rescues ?-cell damage and diabetes in rodents, but a large-scale clinical trial failed to show the benefit of nicotinamide in the prevention of type 1 diabetes. Recent studies have shown that Sirt1 deacetylase, a putative protector of ?-cells, is inhibited by nicotinamide. We investigated the effects of isonicotinamide, which is a derivative of nicotinamide and does not inhibit Sirt1, on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in mice.Male C57BL/6 mice were administered with three different doses of STZ (65, 75, and 100 mg/kg BW) alone or in combination with subsequent high-fat feeding. The mice were treated with isonicotinamide (250 mg/kg BW/day) or phosphate-buffered saline for 10 days. The effects of isonicotinamide on STZ-induced diabetes were assessed by blood glucose levels, glucose tolerance test, and immunohistochemistry.Isonicotinamide effectively prevented hyperglycemia induced by higher doses of STZ (75 and 100mg/kg BW) alone and low-dose STZ (65 mg/kg BW) followed by 6-week high-fat diet in mice. The protective effects of isonicotinamide were associated with decreased apoptosis of ?-cells and reductions in both insulin content and insulin-positive area in the pancreas of STZ-administered mice. In addition, isonicotinamide inhibited STZ-induced apoptosis in cultured isolated islets.These data clearly demonstrate that isonicotinamide exerts anti-diabetogenic effects by preventing ?-cell damage after STZ administration. These findings warrant further investigations on the protective effects of isonicotinamide and related compounds against ?-cell damage in diabetes.
SUBMITTER: Fukaya M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4084867 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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