Affiliation:
1. Departments of Physiological Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
2. Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
3. Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Abstract
Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) is an anorexigenic peptide widely expressed in the central and peripheral, including the enteric, nervous systems. CART is also expressed in pituitary endocrine cells, adrenomedullary cells, islet somatostatin cells, and in rat antral gastrin cells. We used immunocytochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) to study CART expression in developing rat pancreas. We also examined co-expression of CART and islet hormones and developmental markers and the effect of CART on proliferation using clonal insulin cells (INS-1 832/13). A major portion of each of the islet cell types, except the ghrelin cells, expressed CART during a period before and around birth. Two weeks postnatally, CART expression was restricted to somatostatin cells. Pre- and early postnatally, many of the CART-expressing cells co-expressed cytokeratin 20 (CK20), a marker of duct cells and islet precursor cells, the trophic hormone gastrin, and a smaller subpopulation also harbored the proliferation marker Ki67. CART was also expressed in pancreatic nerve fibers, both sensory and autonomic, and in ganglion nerve cell bodies. Although highly expressed in the developing islets, CART did not affect proliferation of INS-1 cells. We have demonstrated that CART is expressed in several islet cell types during rat development but is restricted to somatostatin cells and neurons in the adult rat.
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