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Glucose prevents the development of diabetes induced by alloxan. In the present study, the protective mechanism of glucose against alloxan-induced β-cell damage was investigated using HIT-T 15 cell, a Syrian hamster transformed β-cell line. Alloxan caused β-cell damages with DNA fragmentation, inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin release, and decrease of cellular ATP level, but all of these β-cell damages by alloxan were prevented by the presence of 20 mM glucose. Oligomycin, a specific inhibitor of ATP synthase, completely abolished the protective effects of glucose against alloxan-induced cell damage. Furthermore, treatment of nuclei isolated from HIT-T15 cells with ATP significantly prevented the DNA fragmentation induced by Ca2+. The results indicate that ATP produced during glucose metabolism plays a pivotal role in the protection of glucose against alloxan-induced β-cell damage.
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Rho, HW., Lee, JN., Kim, HR. et al. Protective mechanism of glucose against alloxan-induced β-cell damage: pivotal role of ATP. Exp Mol Med 32, 12–17 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/emm.2000.3
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