Pancreatic cell responses to primary and repeated 2 G influence

The pancreas of the rats exposed to primary and repeated prolonged hypergravity was studied by means of cytological methods. The rats were rotated on centrifuge at 2 G for 19 days and then after 30-day adaptation to 1 G were repeatedly exposed to 2 G for 5 days simultaneously with the rats first subjected to 5-day 2 G. After 5-day and 19-day hypergravity in pancreatic beta-cells the signs of decrease in insulin production were found. Adaptation of rats to 1 G for 30 days restored this process. Repeated 2 G for 5 days induced in beta-cells the changes of structure and hormonal product content indicating the pronounced increase in insulin synthesis and secretion. Response of alpha-cells to repeated 5-day 2 G was in parallel with beta-cell reactions.