Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the effect of different concentrations of leptin on PDX-1 gene expression in isolated rat islets.
Methods:Leptin was added to isolated islets at final concentrations of 0,10,25,50,102,103 ng·mL
-1 to media containing 2.2 mmol·L
-1(low),5.5 mmol·L
-1(normal) and 11.1 mmol·L
-1(high) glucose.All islets samples were harvested after incubation for 24 h,and total RNA was extracted for a single series for PDX-1 RT-PCR.
Results: There was no change in PDX-1 gene expression with different concentrations of leptin with glucose of 2.2 mmol·L
-1,5.5 mmol·L
-1 and 11.1 mmol·L
-1.
Conclusion: Leptin has no significant effect on PDX-1 gene expression.