Pancreatic Cell News Volume 1.16 | Aug 10 2010

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    Pancreatic Cell News 1.16, August 10, 2010.

    TOP STORY 

    Small-Molecule Inducers of Insulin Expression in Pancreatic Alpha Cells  ShareThis
    High-content screening for small-molecule inducers of insulin expression identified the compound BRD7389, which caused alpha cells to adopt several morphological and gene expression features of a beta cell state. [ Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A]

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    CURRENT PUBLICATIONS (Ranked by Impact Factor of the Journal)

    DIABETES

    INS-1 Cells Undergoing Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis Enhance the Regenerative Capacity of Neighboring Cells
    Results suggest that apoptosing INS-1 cells shed microparticles that may stimulate PSP/reg induction in neighboring cells, a mechanism that may facilitate the recovery of beta cell mass in HNF1A-maturity-onset-diabetes-of-the-young. [Diabetes]

    Transgenic Expression of Haem Oxygenase-1 in Pancreatic Beta Cells Protects Non-Obese Mice Used as a Model of Diabetes from Autoimmune Destruction and Prolongs Graft Survival Following Islet Transplantation
    Transgenic overexpression of Ho-1 in beta cells protected NOD mice from diabetes and delayed the autoimmune destruction of islet grafts, providing valuable insight into the development of better strategies for clinical islet transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes. [Diabetologia]

    Cholesterol Biosynthesis Pathway Intermediates and Inhibitors Regulate Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion and Secretory Granule Formation in Pancreatic Beta Cells
    Researchers found that insulin secretion and content are diminished by beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A inhibitor lovastatin but not by lipoprotein depletion from the culture medium in MIN6 beta cells. [Endocrinology]

    Identification of the Ectonucleotidases Expressed in Mouse, Rat and Human Langerhans Islets: Potential Role of NTPDase3 in Insulin Secretion
    All pancreatic endocrine cells express NTPDase3, which was shown to modulate insulin secretion in rat INS-1 (832/13) beta cells. Ecto-5′-nucleotidase is expressed in rat Langerhans islet cells but is absent in human and mouse endocrine cells. [Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab]

    Transgenic Overexpression of Active Calcineurin in Beta Cells Results in Decreased Beta Cell Mass and Hyperglycemia
    Researchers identify calcineurin as an important factor in controlling glucose homeostasis and indicate that chronic depolarization leading to increased calcineurin activity may contribute, along with other genetic and environmental factors, to beta cell dysfunction and diabetes. [PLoS One]

    PANCREATIC CANCER

    Targeted Inhibition of Src Kinase Signaling Attenuates Pancreatic Tumorigenesis
    Results establish a mechanistic rationale for Src inhibition with dasatinib as a therapeutic target in the treatment of pancreatic cancer and identify potential biomarkers of resistance to Src inhibition. [Mol Cancer Ther]

    Nuclear Expression of Interleukin-33 in Pancreatic Stellate Cells
    Activated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) expressed IL-33 in the nucleus. IL-33 might regulate the PDGF-induced proliferation in PSCs. [Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol]

    Transcriptional Regulation of CXC-ELR Chemokines KC and MIP-2 in Mouse Pancreatic Acini
    Acinar cells are a likely source of KC and MIP-2 up-regulation during pancreatitis. This upregulation is dependent on calcium and PKC. MIP-2 upregulation requires both NFkappa-B and AP-1 in these cells. [Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol]

    Phylogenetic and Regulatory Region Analysis of Wnt5 Genes Reveals Conservation of a Regulatory Module with Putative Implication in Pancreas Development
    Researchers concluded that during evolution the Wnt5 gene has been duplicated in early vertebrates, and that some paralogs conserved a module within their regulatory region functionally related to embryonic development of pancreas. [Biol Direct]

    Pancreatic Cancer Cells Resistant to Chemoradiotherapy Rich in “Stem-Cell-Like” Tumor Cells
    Researchers found chemoradiation-resistant pancreatic cancer cells to be similar to cancer stem cells (CSCs) and to undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), suggesting that chemoradiation resistance-induced EMT is linked to CSC generation. [Dig Dis Sci]

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    INDUSTRY NEWS

    Celgene/Abraxis Receive Verbal Confirmation of Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) 30-Day Waiting Period
    Celgene Corporation announced that it has received verbal confirmation of early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act 30-day waiting period without the United States Federal Trade Commission requesting additional information with regard to Celgene’s pending acquisition of Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. [Celgene Corporation Press Release]

    GlaxoSmithKline and Amplimmune Form Global Strategic Collaboration
    Amplimmune, Inc. announced that it has entered into a broad strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to further develop PD-1 targeting therapies that may be effective in the treatment of cancer and other diseases. GSK will obtain exclusive worldwide rights to AMP-224 as well as other potential next generation fusion proteins that target PD-1. [Amplimmune, Inc. Press Release]

    Living Cell Technologies Receives Approval to Expand DIABECELL® New Zealand Trial
    Living Cell Technologies Limited reported that the Minister of Health has approved an addition to the New Zealand Phase II clinical trial of DIABECELL® to include more patients. [Living Cell Technologies Limited Press Release]

    Mixtard 30 — Going, Going, Gone?
    The drug company Novo Nordisk announced that its only conventional human biphasic insulin, human Mixtard 30, would no longer be available in the UK from January 2011, a decision that affects an estimated 90,000 patients. [Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin]

    Panel Recommends Defining Select Agents by DNA Sequence
    The way to bring synthetically designed genomes that could be potentially as deadly as known pathogens under regulation, according to a new National Academies report, is to develop a new system of defining select agents based on DNA sequences. [ScienceInsider]

    Free Access to U.S. Research Papers Could Yield $1 Billion in Benefits
    A new economic analysis finds that making taxpayer-funded scientific papers freely available would yield more than $1 billion in benefits to the U.S. economy over 30 years–five times the costs of archiving the papers. [ScienceInsider]


    POLICY NEWS

    Scientists Decry Proposed Ban on Chimp Research
    In the latest twist in the protracted debate over the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research, U.S. senators introduced the Great Ape Protection Act, an identical bill to one that has been stuck in a House of Representatives committee for more than a year. [Senate, United States]

    Senate Bill Would Encourage Drugs Targeting Rare Kids’ Diseases
    A group of bipartisan senators introduced legislation to entice drug makers to focus more intently on cures for uncommon children’s diseases. [Senate, United States]

    FDA Issues Assessments of the 510(k) Program and Use of Science in Decision-Making
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued two comprehensive evaluations containing recommendations that address three key objectives of the agency’s public health mission as it relates to medical devices — foster device innovation, create a more predictable regulatory environment, and enhance device safety. [Food and Drug Administration, United States]

    Solicitation for Nominations: New Clinical Preventive Health for the United States Preventive Services Task Force (2010-19117) [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United States]

    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting (2010-19210) [National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, United States]

    Coordinating and Bioinformatics Unit for the Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers and the Diabetic Complications Consortium (U24) (RFA-DK-10-007) [National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, United States]

    NIH Common Fund Transformative Research Projects Program (R01) (RFA-RM-10-010) [National Institutes of Health, United States]

    Clinical Studies of Safety and Effectiveness of Orphan Products Research Project Grant (R01) [Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0394] [Food and Drug Administration, United States]

    Comprehensive List of Guidance Documents at the Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-1998-N-0050] (formerly Docket No. 1998N-0046) [Food and Drug Administration, United States]

    Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting [Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001] [Food and Drug Administration, United States]

    2010 Biological License Application Supplement Noteworthy Approvals [Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, United States]


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    September 13-15, 2010
    Philadelphia, United States 

    Annual Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) World Congress
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    Sydney, Australia

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    September 21, 2010
    Chicago, United States

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    October 8-12, 2010
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    October 29-30, 2010
    Leipzig, Germany

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    November 3-6, 2010
    Chicago, United States

    Select Biosciences International Forum on Stem Cells
    November 12-13, 2010
    Tianjin, China

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    January 12-17, 2011
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    Epithelial Plasticity and Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
    January 21-26, 2011
    Vancouver, Canada

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    January 24-25, 2011
    San Diego, United States

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    Washington, DC, United States

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