Wednesday 26 November 2008

physiology - What is the effect of exendin on beta-cells?

I recently tested exendin on INS1e cells in an Edu incorporation assay (similar to BrdU incorporation) to observe if this compound induces proliferation of the cells. Compound incubation was for 24 hours. I saw no incorporation of EdU with this compound over untreated levels. In addition, during the assay I look at overall cell number with a DNA stain, but I did not see any effect on total cell number with exendin (ie, if it were toxic the total cell number should go down which I have observed with other compounds).

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