Differential Acute and Long Term Actions of Succinic Acid Monomethyl Ester Exposure on Insulin‐Secreting BRIN‐BD11 Cells

Abstract

Esters of succinic acid are potent insulin secretagogues, and have been proposed as novel antidiabetic agents for type 2 diabetes. This study examines the effects of acute and chronic exposure to succinic acid monomethyl ester (SAM) on insulin secretion, glucose metabolism and pancreatic beta cell function using the BRIN-BD11 cell line. SAM stimulated insulin release in a dose-dependent manner at both non-stimulatory (1.1mM) and stimulatory (16.7mM) glucose. The depolarizing actions of arginine also stimulated a significant increase in SAM-induced insulin release but 2-ketoisocaproic acid (KIC) inhibited SAM induced insulin secretion indicating a possible competition between the preferential oxidative metabolism of these two agents. Prolonged (18hour) exposure to SAM revealed decreases in the insulin-secretory responses to glucose, KIC, glyceraldehyde and alanine. Furthermore, SAM diminished the effects of nonmetabolized secretagogues arginine and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX). While the ability of BRIN-BD11 cells to oxidise glucose was unaffected by SAM culture, glucose utilization was substantially reduced. Collectively, these data suggest that while SAM may enhance the secretory potential of non-metabolized secretagogues, it may also serve as a preferential metabolic fuel in preference to other important physiological nutrients and compromise pancreatic beta cell function following prolonged exposure.

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