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Prolonged exposure of rat islet β-cells to 10 mmol/liter glucose has been previously shown to activate more cells into a glucose-responsive state (&amp;gt;90%) than has exposure to 6 mmol/liter glucose (50%). The present study demonstrates that this recruitment of more activated cells results in 4- to 6-fold higher levels of proinsulin I and proinsulin II messenger RNA (mRNA). However, only the rate of proinsulin I synthesis is increased. Failure to increase the rate of proinsulin II synthesis in the glucose-activated cells results in cellular depletion of the insulin II isoform, which can be responsible for degranulation of β-cells cultured at 10 mmol/liter glucose. Higher glucose levels (20 mmol/liter) during culture did not correct this dissociation between the stimulated insulin I formation and the nonstimulated insulin II formation. On the contrary, the rise from 10 to 20 mmol/liter glucose resulted in a 2-fold reduction in the levels of proinsulin II mRNA, but not of proinsulin I mRNA; this process further increased the ratio of insulin I over insulin II to 5-fold higher values than those in freshly isolated β-cells. The present data suggest that an elevated insulin I over insulin II ratio in pancreatic tissue is a marker for a prolonged exposure to elevated glucose levels. The increased ratio in this condition results from a transcriptional and/or a posttranscriptional failure in elevating insulin II formation while insulin I production is stimulated in the glucose-activated β-cells.

Differential Expression of Rat Insulin I and II Messenger Ribonucleic Acid after Prolonged Exposure of Islet β-Cells to Elevated Glucose Levels*