Endocrinology, Vol 125, 3109-3114, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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Comparison of the effects of various C-terminal and N-terminal fragment peptides of glucagon-like peptide-1 on insulin and glucagon release from the isolated perfused rat pancreas

S Suzuki, K Kawai, S Ohashi, H Mukai and K Yamashita
Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Truncated glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) possesses a potent stimulatory activity for insulin secretion and a slight inhibiting activity for glucagon secretion. The aim of this paper is to examine the activities of N- and C-terminal fragments of GLP-1 using a rat pancreas perfusion system. Concerning the N-terminal portion, GLP-1(7- 37) amide elicited a clear insulinotropic activity at 0.1 or 1 nM with the perfusate containing 5.5 mM glucose and 5 mM arginine, while 10 nM GLP-1-(1-37) amide, -(6-37) amide, and -(8-37) amide did not. Concerning the C-terminal portion, GLP-1-(7-37) amide, -(7-37), and -(7- 36) amide had a similar potency of insulinotropic activity, and GLP-1- (7-35) was less potent; 0.1 nM GLP-1-(7-35) did not stimulate insulin release, nor did 10 nM GLP-1-(7-20). Glucagon release was significantly suppressed by 1 and 10 nM GLP-1-(7-37) amide, 10 nM GLP-1-(7-37), and 1 nM GLP-1-(7-36) amide. Other fragment peptides of GLP-1, including GLP- 1-(7-35), had no effect. From these results it is concluded that histidine at position 7 of GLP-1 as a free N-terminal amino acid is very important in GLP-1's insulinotropic activity and probably in glucagon-inhibiting activity, and that C-terminal amidation and three C- terminal amino acids are less important for these activities.

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