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Combined potentiating action of phytochemical(s) from Cinnamomum tamala and Aloe vera for their anti-diabetic and insulinomimetic effect using in vivo rat and in vitro NIH/3T3 cell culture system. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2014; 175:2542-63. [PMID: 25536877 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1448-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The present investigation was undertaken to analyze the ethanolic extracts of leaves of Cinnamomum tamala and Aloe vera for their anti-diabetic and insulinomimitic effect by determining the levels of blood sugar, glycosylated hemoglobin, and serum lipid profile (total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein (HDL), and low density lipoprotein (LDL)) after daily administration of each alone and in combined at 250 mg/kg in alloxan (ALX)-induced diabetic rats. Treatment of diabetic rats with the extracts restored the elevated biochemical parameters significantly. The anti-diabetic effect further potentiated the insulin signaling pathway by co-administration of both extracts. The molecular mechanisms of modulating gene expression and cellular signaling through the insulin receptor were also evaluated on specific targets of the insulin signaling pathway, including insulin receptor substrate (IRS), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K), AKT, and the glucose transporter (GLUT4) on NIH/3T3 cell line by western blotting, ELISA, semiquantitative RT-PCR, and real-time PCR. The active principle of both extracts revealed insulin mimicking effect as indicated by increased expression of pIRS1 and pAKT in time-dependent manner. There was no significant difference in PI3-K content between unchallenged and challenged groups. Enhanced expression of GLUT-4 transcript further suggested that the Cinnamomum and Aloe phytochemicals could serve as a good adjuvant in the present armamentarium of anti-diabetic drugs by either mimicking or improving insulin action. This study reveals that ethanolic extracts of C. tamala and A. vera have potent therapeutic efficacy and prospect for the development of phytomedicine for diabetes mellitus.
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Mechanisms regulating GLUT4 transcription in skeletal muscle cells are highly conserved across vertebrates. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80628. [PMID: 24260440 PMCID: PMC3832493 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) plays a key role in glucose uptake in insulin target tissues. This transporter has been extensively studied in many species in terms of its function, expression and cellular traffic and complex mechanisms are involved in its regulation at many different levels. However, studies investigating the transcription of the GLUT4 gene and its regulation are scarce. In this study, we have identified the GLUT4 gene in a teleost fish, the Fugu (Takifugu rubripes), and have cloned and characterized a functional promoter of this gene for the first time in a non-mammalian vertebrate. In silico analysis of the Fugu GLUT4 promoter identified potential binding sites for transcription factors such as SP1, C/EBP, MEF2, KLF, SREBP-1c and GC-boxes, as well as a CpG island, but failed to identify a TATA box. In vitro analysis revealed three transcription start sites, with the main residing 307 bp upstream of the ATG codon. Deletion analysis determined that the core promoter was located between nucleotides -132/+94. By transfecting a variety of 5´deletion constructs into L6 muscle cells we have determined that Fugu GLUT4 promoter transcription is regulated by insulin, PG-J2, a PPARγ agonist, and electrical pulse stimulation. Furthermore, our results suggest the implication of motifs such as PPARγ/RXR and HIF-1α in the regulation of Fugu GLUT4 promoter activity by PPARγ and contractile activity, respectively. These data suggest that the characteristics and regulation of the GLUT4 promoter have been remarkably conserved during the evolution from fish to mammals, further evidencing the important role of GLUT4 in metabolic regulation in vertebrates.
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Olson AL. Regulation of GLUT4 and Insulin-Dependent Glucose Flux. ISRN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 2012:856987. [PMID: 27335671 PMCID: PMC4890881 DOI: 10.5402/2012/856987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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GLUT4 has long been known to be an insulin responsive glucose transporter. Regulation of GLUT4 has been a major focus of research on the cause and prevention of type 2 diabetes. Understanding how insulin signaling alters the intracellular trafficking of GLUT4 as well as understanding the fate of glucose transported into the cell by GLUT4 will be critically important for seeking solutions to the current rise in diabetes and metabolic disease.
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- Ann Louise Olson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, BMSB 964, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA
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Bashan N, Kovsan J, Kachko I, Ovadia H, Rudich A. Positive and negative regulation of insulin signaling by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. Physiol Rev 2009; 89:27-71. [PMID: 19126754 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00014.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Regulated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS)/reactive nitrogen species (RNS) adequately balanced by antioxidant systems is a prerequisite for the participation of these active substances in physiological processes, including insulin action. Yet, increasing evidence implicates ROS and RNS as negative regulators of insulin signaling, rendering them putative mediators in the development of insulin resistance, a common endocrine abnormality that accompanies obesity and is a risk factor of type 2 diabetes. This review deals with this dual, seemingly contradictory, function of ROS and RNS in regulating insulin action: the major processes for ROS and RNS generation and detoxification are presented, and a critical review of the evidence that they participate in the positive and negative regulation of insulin action is provided. The cellular and molecular mechanisms by which ROS and RNS are thought to participate in normal insulin action and in the induction of insulin resistance are then described. Finally, we explore the potential usefulness and the challenges in modulating the oxidant-antioxidant balance as a potentially promising, but currently disappointing, means of improving insulin action in insulin resistance-associated conditions, leading causes of human morbidity and mortality of our era.
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- Nava Bashan
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Oort PJ, Warden CH, Baumann TK, Knotts TA, Adams SH. Characterization of Tusc5, an adipocyte gene co-expressed in peripheral neurons. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2007; 276:24-35. [PMID: 17689857 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2007] [Accepted: 06/22/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Tumor suppressor candidate 5 (Tusc5, also termed brain endothelial cell derived gene-1 or BEC-1), a CD225 domain-containing, cold-repressed gene identified during brown adipose tissue (BAT) transcriptome analyses was found to be robustly-expressed in mouse white adipose tissue (WAT) and BAT, with similarly high expression in human adipocytes. Tusc5 mRNA was markedly increased from trace levels in pre-adipocytes to significant levels in developing 3T3-L1 adipocytes, coincident with several mature adipocyte markers (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1, GLUT4, adipsin, leptin). The Tusc5 transcript levels were increased by the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) agonist GW1929 (1microg/mL, 18h) by >10-fold (pre-adipocytes) to approximately 1.5-fold (mature adipocytes) versus controls (p<0.0001). Taken together, these results suggest an important role for Tusc5 in maturing adipocytes. Intriguingly, we discovered robust co-expression of the gene in peripheral nerves (primary somatosensory neurons). In light of the marked repression of the gene observed after cold exposure, these findings may point to participation of Tusc5 in shared adipose-nervous system functions linking environmental cues, CNS signals, and WAT-BAT physiology. Characterization of such links is important for clarifying the molecular basis for adipocyte proliferation and could have implications for understanding the biology of metabolic disease-related neuropathies.
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- Pieter J Oort
- USDA/Agricultural Research Service Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Hebert SL, Simmons C, Thompson AL, Zorc CS, Blalock EM, Kraner SD. Basic helix-loop-helix factors recruit nuclear factor I to enhance expression of the NaV 1.4 Na+ channel gene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 1769:649-58. [PMID: 17936922 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2007.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2007] [Revised: 08/18/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have previously shown that the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors coordinate Na(V) 1.4 Na(+) channel gene expression in skeletal muscle, but the identity of the co-factors they direct is unknown. Using C2C12 muscle cells as a model system, we test the hypothesis that the bHLH factors counteract negative regulation exerted through a repressor E box (-90/-85) by recruiting positive-acting transcription factors to the nucleotides (-135/-57) surrounding the repressor E box. We used electrophoretic mobility shift assays to identify candidate factors that bound the repressor E box or these adjacent regions. Repressor E box-binding factors included the known transcription factor, ZEB/AREB6, and a novel repressor E box-binding factor designated REB. Mutations of the repressor E box that interfere with the binding of these factors prevented repression. The transcription factor, nuclear factor I (NFI), bound immediately upstream and downstream of the repressor E box. Mutation of the NFI-binding sites diminished the ability of myogenin and MRF4 to counteract repression. Based on these observations we suggest that bHLH factors recruit NFI to enhance skeletal muscle Na(+) channel expression.
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- Sadie L Hebert
- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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Miller RS, Diaczok D, Cooke DW. Repression of GLUT4 expression by the endoplasmic reticulum stress response in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 362:188-192. [PMID: 17698029 PMCID: PMC2018654 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 07/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Expression of GLUT4 is decreased in adipocytes in obesity and type 2 diabetes, contributing to the insulin resistance of these states. Recent investigations suggest a role for activation of the ER stress response in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. We investigated activation of the ER stress response in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. We show that activation of the ER stress response decreased GLUT4 expression at the level of gene transcription. Activation of the ER stress response also increased the expression of CHOP10, an inhibitor of the activity and expression of C/EBPalpha. As expected, activation of the ER stress response decreased expression of C/EBPalpha, an activator of GLUT4 expression, providing a mechanism to account for the repression of GLUT4 by ER stress activation. Our studies identify repression of GLUT4 expression as another potential mechanism for obesity-induced activation of the ER stress response to contribute to the insulin resistance of obesity.
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- Ryan S Miller
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Im SS, Kwon SK, Kang SY, Kim TH, Kim HI, Hur MW, Kim KS, Ahn YH. Regulation of GLUT4 gene expression by SREBP-1c in adipocytes. Biochem J 2006; 399:131-9. [PMID: 16787385 PMCID: PMC1570175 DOI: 10.1042/bj20060696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Expression of the GLUT4 (glucose transporter type 4 isoform) gene in adipocytes is subject to hormonal or metabolic control. In the present study, we have characterized an adipose tissue transcription factor that is influenced by fasting/refeeding regimens and insulin. Northern blotting showed that refeeding increased GLUT4 mRNA levels for 24 h in adipose tissue. Consistent with an increased GLUT4 gene expression, the mRNA levels of SREBP (sterol-regulatory-element-binding protein)-1c in adipose tissue were also increased by refeeding. In streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, insulin treatment increased the mRNA levels of GLUT4 in adipose tissue. Serial deletion, luciferase reporter assays and electrophoretic mobility-shift assay studies indicated that the putative sterol response element is located in the region between bases -109 and -100 of the human GLUT4 promoter. Transduction of the SREBP-1c dominant negative form to differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes caused a reduction in the mRNA levels of GLUT4, suggesting that SREBP-1c mediates the transcription of GLUT4. In vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation revealed that refeeding increased the binding of SREBP-1 to the putative sterol-response element in the GLUT4. Furthermore, treating streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats with insulin restored SREBP-1 binding. In addition, we have identified an Sp1 binding site adjacent to the functional sterol-response element in the GLUT4 promoter. The Sp1 site appears to play an additive role in SREBP-1c mediated GLUT4 gene upregulation. These results suggest that upregulation of GLUT4 gene transcription might be directly mediated by SREBP-1c in adipose tissue.
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- Seung-Soon Im
- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- †Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- ‡Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- †Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- ‡Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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- ‡Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- †Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- ‡Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- ‡Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- †Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- †Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- ‡Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- §The Institute of Genetic Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- †Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- ‡Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Pessler-Cohen D, Pekala PH, Kovsan J, Bloch-Damti A, Rudich A, Bashan N. GLUT4 repression in response to oxidative stress is associated with reciprocal alterations in C/EBP alpha and delta isoforms in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Arch Physiol Biochem 2006; 112:3-12. [PMID: 16754198 DOI: 10.1080/13813450500500399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Insulin responsiveness of adipocytes is acquired during normal adipogenesis, and is essential for maintaining whole-body insulin sensitivity. Differentiated adipocytes exposed to oxidative stress become insulin resistant, exhibiting decreased expression of genes like the insulin-responsive glucose transporter GLUT4. Here we assessed the effect of oxidative stress on DNA binding capacity of C/EBP isoforms known to participate in adipocyte differentiation, and determine the relevance for GLUT4 gene regulation. By electrophoretic mobility shift assay, nuclear proteins from oxidized adipocytes exhibited decreased binding of C/EBPalpha-containing dimers to a DNA oligonucleotide harboring the C/EBP binding sequence from the murine GLUT4 promoter. C/EBPdelta-containing dimers were increased, while C/EBPbeta-dimers were unchanged. These alterations were mirrored by a 50% decrease and a 2-fold increase in the protein content of C/EBPalpha and C/EBPdelta, respectively. In oxidized cells, GLUT4 protein and mRNA levels were decreased, and a GLUT4 promoter segment containing the C/EBP binding site partially mediated oxidative stress-induced repression of a reported gene. The antioxidant lipoic acid protected against oxidation-induced decrease in GLUT4 and C/EBPalpha mRNA, but did not prevent the increase in C/EBPdelta mRNA. We propose that oxidative stress induces adipocyte insulin resistance partially by affecting the expression of C/EBPalpha and delta, resulting in altered C/EBP-dimer composition potentially occupying the GLUT4 promoter.
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- Dorit Pessler-Cohen
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Cooke DW, Patel YM. GLUT4 expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes is repressed by proteasome inhibition, but not by inhibition of calpains. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2005; 232:37-45. [PMID: 15737467 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2004.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2004] [Accepted: 12/08/2004] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Because of recent studies showing linkage of type 2 diabetes with the calpain 10 gene, we investigated the ability of calpains to regulate GLUT4 expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes with the calpain inhibitor ALLN significantly decreased the mRNA and protein expression of GLUT4. GLUT4 expression was not affected by treatment with the more selective calpain inhibitors PD150606, calpeptin, or a calpastatin peptide. In contrast, treatment with the proteasome inhibitors lactacystin or MG132 repressed GLUT4 mRNA level to 35% (10 microM lactacystin) and 12% (10 microM MG132) of control levels. Therefore, the expression of GLUT4 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes was repressed by proteasome inhibition, but not by inhibition of calpains; the effect of ALLN was due to its ability to inhibit proteasome function, rather than its action to inhibit calpains. Concomitant with the repression of GLUT4 mRNA levels, proteasome inhibition decreased GLUT4 protein levels in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. The decrease in GLUT4 expression occurred at the transcriptional level, as treatment with proteasome inhibitors decreased GLUT4 transcription measured by a nuclear run-on assay. Thus, these data demonstrate a new pathway for the regulation of GLUT4 expression that involves proteasomal degradation of factors that regulate GLUT4 expression.
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- David W Cooke
- Department of Pediatrics and the Ilyssa Center for Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Park 211, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Miura S, Tsunoda N, Ikeda S, Kai Y, Cooke DW, Lane MD, Ezaki O. Nuclear factor 1 regulates adipose tissue-specific expression in the mouse GLUT4 gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 325:812-8. [PMID: 15541363 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.10.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previous studies demonstrated that an adipose tissue-specific element(s) (ASE) of the murine GLUT4 gene is located between -551 and -506 in the 5'-flanking sequence and that a high-fat responsive element(s) for down-regulation of the GLUT4 gene is located between bases -701 and -552. A binding site for nuclear factor 1 (NF1), that mediates insulin and cAMP-induced repression of GLUT4 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes is located between bases -700 and -688. To examine the role of NF1 in the regulation of GLUT4 gene expression in white adipose tissues (WAT) in vivo, we created two types of transgenic mice harboring mutated either 5' or 3' half-site of NF1-binding sites in GLUT4 minigene constructs. In both cases, the GLUT4 minigene was not expressed in WAT, while expression was maintained in brown adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and heart. This was an unexpected finding, since a -551 GLUT4 minigene that did not have the NF1-binding site was expressed in WAT. We propose a model that explains the requirement for both the ASE and the NF1-binding site for expression of GLUT4 in WAT.
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- Shinji Miura
- Division of Clinical Nutrition, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
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Miura S, Tsunoda N, Ikeda S, Kai Y, Ono M, Maruyama K, Takahashi M, Mochida K, Matsuda J, Lane MD, Ezaki O. Regulatory sequence elements of mouse GLUT4 gene expression in adipose tissues. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 312:277-84. [PMID: 14637133 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.10.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ablation of GLUT4 in adipose tissues results in whole body insulin resistance and high-fat feeding down-regulates GLUT4 mRNA in white adipose tissues. Previous studies demonstrated that adipose tissue specific element(s) (ASE) of the murine GLUT4 gene is located between -551 and -442 relative to transcription start site and that high-fat responsive element(s) (HFRE) for down-regulation of the GLUT4 gene is located between bases -1001 and -442. To further characterize these regulatory elements, the regulation of GLUT4 minigenes containing -701, -551, and -506 bp of 5(')-flanking region was studied in transgenic mice. GLUT4 minigene mRNA from -506 transgenic mice did not express in adipose tissues, indicating that ASE located within 45 bp is located between bases -551 and -506. An 80-kDa of nuclear DNA binding protein was found to bind to a -TCCTCGTGGGAAGCG- element located between bases -551 and -537. High-fat diet feeding down-regulated GLUT4 minigene mRNA in -701 transgenic mice, but not in -551 transgenic mice, indicating that HFRE is located within 150 bp between bases -701 and -551 of the GLUT4 gene and is distinct from ASE.
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- Shinji Miura
- Division of Clinical Nutrition, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
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Carlson CJ, Koterski S, Sciotti RJ, Poccard GB, Rondinone CM. Enhanced basal activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases in adipocytes from type 2 diabetes: potential role of p38 in the downregulation of GLUT4 expression. Diabetes 2003; 52:634-41. [PMID: 12606502 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.3.634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Serine and threonine kinases may contribute to insulin resistance and the development of type 2 diabetes. To test the potential for members of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase family to contribute to type 2 diabetes, we examined basal and insulin-stimulated Erk 1/2, JNK, and p38 phosphorylation in adipocytes isolated from healthy and type 2 diabetic individuals. Maximal insulin stimulation increased the phosphorylation of Erk 1/2 and JNK in healthy control subjects but not type 2 diabetic patients. Insulin stimulation did not increase p38 phosphorylation in either healthy control subjects or type 2 diabetic patients. In type 2 diabetic adipocytes, the basal phosphorylation status of these MAP kinases was significantly elevated and was associated with decreased IRS-1 and GLUT4 in these fat cells. To determine whether MAP kinases were involved in the downregulation of IRS-1 and GLUT4 protein levels, selective inhibitors were used to inhibit these MAP kinases in 3T3-L1 adipocytes treated chronically with insulin. Inhibition of Erk 1/2, JNK, or p38 had no effect on insulin-stimulated reduction of IRS-1 protein levels. However, inhibition of the p38 pathway prevented the insulin-stimulated decrease in GLUT4 protein levels. In summary, type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased basal activation of the MAP kinase family. Furthermore, upregulation of the p38 pathway might contribute to the loss of GLUT4 expression observed in adipose tissue from type 2 diabetic patients.
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- Christian J Carlson
- Insulin Signaling, Metabolic Diseases Division, Global Pharmaceutical Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064, USA
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Dowell P, Cooke DW. Olf-1/early B cell factor is a regulator of glut4 gene expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:1712-8. [PMID: 11696544 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108589200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A negative regulatory element in the 5'-flanking region of the murine glut4 gene mediates chronic insulin- and cAMP-induced repression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Previous work demonstrated that members of the nuclear factor 1 (NF1) family of transcription factors and an unidentified factor bind to and mediate repression from this regulatory element. By using a yeast one-hybrid screen, Olf-1/Early B cell factor (O/E-1) was isolated as a candidate for this unidentified factor. A protein complex from 3T3-L1 adipocyte nuclear extract that bound the negative regulatory element was recognized by O/E-specific antiserum, and binding activity was competed effectively by distinct O/E-binding sequences. O/E binding activity was also detected in nuclear extracts from insulin-responsive, GLUT4-expressing tissues including adipose, skeletal muscle, and heart. Mutations within the negative regulatory element that abolish binding of O/E proteins concomitantly blocked insulin-induced repression in reporter gene assays. These results suggest that one or more members of the O/E transcription factor family function as important regulators of glut4 gene expression and therefore may play a heretofore unanticipated role in glucose homeostasis and insulin signaling.
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- Paul Dowell
- Departments of Biological Chemistry and Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Oshel KM, Knight JB, Cao KT, Thai MV, Olson AL. Identification of a 30-base pair regulatory element and novel DNA binding protein that regulates the human GLUT4 promoter in transgenic mice. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:23666-73. [PMID: 10825161 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001452200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have previously demonstrated that the important cis-acting elements regulating transcription of the human GLUT4 gene reside within 895 base pairs (bp) upstream of the transcription initiation site (Thai, M. V., Guruswamy, S., Cao, K. T., Pessin, J. E., and Olson, A. L. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 14285-14292). Our studies demonstrated that an MEF2 binding site within this region was necessary, but not sufficient, for GLUT4 promoter function in transgenic mice. We have identified a second regulatory element (Domain I) that functions cooperatively with the MEF2 domain in regulating GLUT4 transcription. Using a yeast-one hybrid screen, we obtained a partial cDNA and generated an antibody directed against a protein binding specifically to Domain I. Sequence analysis of the partial cDNA indicates that the protein binding to Domain I is a novel protein. The antibody specifically labels two proteins of approximately 70 and 50 kDa in Western blot analysis. These molecular masses correspond to Domain I binding proteins identified by UV-cross-linking nuclear extracts to a Domain I probe. The antibody raised against the Domain I binding protein inhibited formation of a Domain I-protein complex in electrophoretic mobility shift assays. We conclude that we have identified an authentic, novel, Domain I binding protein required for transcriptional regulation of the human GLUT4 promoter.
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- K M Oshel
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA
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Mora S, Pessin JE. The MEF2A isoform is required for striated muscle-specific expression of the insulin-responsive GLUT4 glucose transporter. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:16323-8. [PMID: 10748204 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m910259199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Previously, we have demonstrated that an MEF2 consensus sequence located between -473/-464 in the human GLUT4 gene was essential for both tissue-specific and hormonal/metabolic regulation of GLUT4 expression (Thai, M. V., Guruswamy, S., Cao, K. T., Pessin, J. E., and Olson, A. L. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 14285-14292). To identify the specific MEF2 isoform(s) responsible for GLUT4 expression, we studied the pattern of expression of the MEF2 isoforms in insulin-sensitive tissues. Both heart and skeletal muscle were found to express the MEF2A, MEF2C, and MEF2D isoforms but not MEF2B. However, only the MEF2A protein was selectively down-regulated in insulin-deficient diabetes. Co-immunoprecipitation with isoform-specific antibodies revealed that, in the basal state, essentially all of the MEF2A protein was presented as a MEF2A-MEF2D heterodimer without any detectable MEF2A-MEF2A homodimers or MEF2A-MEF2C and MEF2C-MEF2D heterodimers. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that nuclear extracts from diabetic animals had reduced binding to the MEF2 binding site compared with extracts from control or insulin-treated animals. Furthermore, immunodepletion of the MEF2A-MEF2D complex from control extracts abolished binding to the MEF2 element. However, addition of MEF2A to diabetic nuclear extracts fully restored binding activity to the MEF2 element. These data strongly suggest that the MEF2A-MEF2D heterodimer is selectively decreased in insulin-deficient diabetes and is responsible for hormonally regulated expression of the GLUT4 gene.
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- S Mora
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Nawano M, Ueta K, Oku A, Arakawa K, Saito A, Funaki M, Anai M, Kikuchi M, Oka Y, Asano T. Hyperglycemia impairs the insulin signaling step between PI 3-kinase and Akt/PKB activations in ZDF rat liver. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 266:252-6. [PMID: 10581198 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Akt/PKB activation is reportedly essential for insulin-induced glucose metabolism in the liver. During the hypoinsulinemic and hyperglycemic phase in the Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat liver, insulin-induced phosphorylations of the insulin receptor (IR) and insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1/2 were significantly enhanced. Similarly, phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase activities associated with IRS-1/2 were markedly increased in ZDF rat liver compared with those in the control lean rat liver. However, interestingly, insulin-induced phosphorylation and kinase activation of Akt/PKB were severely suppressed. The restoration of normoglycemia by sodium-dependent glucose transporter (SGLT) inhibitor to ZDF rats normalized elevated PI 3-kinase activation and phosphorylation of IR and IRS-1/2 to lean control rat levels. In addition, impaired insulin-induced Akt/PKB activation was also normalized. These results suggest that chronic hyperglycemia reduces the efficiency of the activation step from PI 3-kinase to Akt/PKB kinase and that this impairment is the molecular mechanism underlying hyperglycemia-induced insulin resistance in the liver.
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- M Nawano
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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Cooke DW, Lane MD. Transcription factor NF1 mediates repression of the GLUT4 promoter by cyclic-AMP. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 260:600-4. [PMID: 10403812 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Prolonged treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes with 8-Br-cAMP decreases expression of GLUT4, the insulin-responsive glucose transporter. Expression of a promoter-reporter gene construct that contained 785 base pairs of 5'-flanking region of the murine GLUT4 gene was down regulated by 8-Br-cAMP (p < 0.001), whereas expression of constructs that contained 641 or 469 base pairs of 5'-flanking region was not. A reporter gene construct in which bases -706 to -676 were deleted was not repressed by 8-Br-cAMP, thereby identifying a 30 bp region as necessary for repression of the GLUT4 promoter by 8-Br-cAMP. Mutations in this regulatory element that disrupt binding of the transcription factor NF1 abolish the 8-Br-cAMP-induced repression of the gene. Although insulin and cAMP both repress the GLUT4 promoter through this cis-element, they appear to do this through different mechanisms, as treatment with 8-Br-cAMP does not induce the phosphorylation of NF1 that is induced by insulin treatment.
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- D W Cooke
- Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21287-2520, USA.
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Tang QQ, Jiang MS, Lane MD. Repressive effect of Sp1 on the C/EBPalpha gene promoter: role in adipocyte differentiation. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:4855-65. [PMID: 10373535 PMCID: PMC84284 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.7.4855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Expression of C/EBPalpha is required for differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes into adipocytes. Previous investigations indicated that transcription of the C/EBPalpha gene is sequentially activated during differentiation, initially by C/EBPbeta and C/EBPdelta and later by C/EBPalpha (autoactivation). These events are mediated by a C/EBP regulatory element in the promoter of the C/EBPalpha gene. This article presents evidence that members of the Sp family, notably Sp1, act repressively on the C/EBPalpha promoter prior to the induction of differentiation. Sp1 was shown to bind to a GC box at the 5' end of the C/EBP regulatory element in the C/EBPalpha promoter and, in so doing, to competitively prevent binding to and transactivation of the promoter by the C/EBPs. One of the differentiation inducers methylisobutylxanthine (a cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor) or Forskolin, both of which increase the cellular cAMP level, causes down-regulation of Sp1. This decrease in Sp1 level early in the differentiation program appears to facilitate access of C/EBPbeta and/or C/EBPdelta to the C/EBP regulatory element and, thereby, derepression of the C/EBPalpha gene.
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- Q Q Tang
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Cooke DW, Lane MD. The transcription factor nuclear factor I mediates repression of the GLUT4 promoter by insulin. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:12917-24. [PMID: 10212282 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.18.12917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Insulin represses GLUT4 expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes through an insulin response element located at bases -706 to -676 in the 5'-flanking sequence. Nuclear proteins related to the nuclear factor I (NF1) family of transcription factors bind to this insulin response element. Mutations that disrupt binding of NF1 proteins to the insulin response element impair the insulin response in reporter gene assays. Insulin treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes induces a rapid change in the level of phosphorylation of NF1 proteins, providing a potential mechanism for insulin's ability to regulate gene expression through NF1. Another as yet unidentified protein, not related to NF1, also binds to the GLUT4 insulin response element and is able to mediate partial repression of the GLUT4 promoter in reporter gene assays.
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- D W Cooke
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-2520, USA.
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- M J Charron
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
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