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Kim JH, Delghingaro-Augusto V, Chan JY, Laybutt DR, Proietto J, Nolan CJ. The Role of Fatty Acid Signaling in Islet Beta-Cell Adaptation to Normal Pregnancy. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:799081. [PMID: 35069446 PMCID: PMC8766493 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.799081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Maintenance of a normal fetal nutrient supply requires major adaptations in maternal metabolic physiology, including of the islet beta-cell. The role of lipid signaling processes in the mechanisms of islet beta-cell adaptation to pregnancy has been minimally investigated. OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of pregnancy on islet fatty acid (FA) metabolic partitioning and FA augmentation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). METHODS Age matched virgin, early pregnant (gestational day-11, G11) and late pregnant (G19) Sprague-Dawley rats were studied. Fasted and fed state biochemistry, oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT), and fasted and post-OGTT liver glycogen, were determined to assess in vivo metabolic characteristics. In isolated islets, FA (BSA-bound palmitate 0.25 mmol/l) augmentation of GSIS, FA partitioning into esterification and oxidation processes using metabolic tracer techniques, lipolysis by glycerol release, triacylglycerols (TG) content, and the expression of key beta-cell genes were determined. RESULTS Plasma glucose in pregnancy was lower, including during the OGTT (glucose area under the curve 0-120 min (AUC0-120); 655±24 versus 849±13 mmol.l-1.min; G19 vs virgin; P<0.0001), with plasma insulin concentrations equivalent to those of virgin rats (insulin AUC0-120; 97±7 versus 83±7 ng.ml-1.min; G19 vs virgin; not significant). Liver glycogen was depleted in fasted G19 rats with full recovery after oral glucose. Serum TG increased during pregnancy (4.4±0.4, 6.7±0.5; 17.1±1.5 mmol/l; virgin, G11, G19, P<0.0001), and islet TG content decreased (147±42, 172±27, 73±13 ng/µg protein; virgin, G11, G19; P<0.01). GSIS in isolated islets was increased in G19 compared to virgin rats, and this effect was augmented in the presence of FA. FA esterification into phospholipids, monoacylglycerols and TG were increased, whereas FA oxidation was reduced, in islets of pregnant compared to virgin rats, with variable effects on lipolysis dependent on gestational age. Expression of Ppargc1a, a key regulator of mitochondrial metabolism, was reduced by 51% in G11 and 64% in G19 pregnant rat islets compared to virgin rat islets (P<0.001). CONCLUSION A lowered set-point for islet and hepatic glucose homeostasis in the pregnant rat has been confirmed. Islet adaptation to pregnancy includes increased FA esterification, reduced FA oxidation, and enhanced FA augmentation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion.
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- Jee-Hye Kim
- Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medicine (Austin Health), University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Heights, VIC, Australia
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- Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Department of Endocrinology, The Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia
- *Correspondence: Christopher J. Nolan,
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Nalla A, Ringholm L, Sørensen SN, Damm P, Mathiesen ER, Nielsen JH. Possible mechanisms involved in improved beta cell function in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. Heliyon 2020; 6:e04569. [PMID: 32904239 PMCID: PMC7452446 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Pregnancy is known to be associated with an increased demand for insulin that is normally compensated by an increased beta cell mass and insulin secretion. Recent studies have suggested enhanced beta cell function during pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes (T1D). To explore the possible mechanisms behind enhanced beta cell function during pregnancy in women with T1D we investigated the impact of circulating factors in serum from nine women from each group of pregnant women with and without T1D, after pregnancy and non-diabetic non-pregnant women on rat islet cell proliferation and apoptosis, and on T-lymphocyte activation. In addition, circulating levels of pancreatic hormones and selected cytokines and adipokines were measured. Rat islet cell proliferation was higher in serum from pregnant women with T1D (p < 0.05) compared to T1D women after pregnancy. Apoptosis in INS-1E cell was lower (p < 0.05) in serum from pregnant women with T1D compared to T1D women after pregnancy. T-lymphocyte cell (Jurkat) proliferation was reduced by serum from pregnant women without T1D only (p < 0.05). Higher C-peptide levels and lower levels of ghrelin, IL-6, MCP-1, IL-8 and adipsin were observed in pregnant women with T1D compared to T1D women after pregnancy. In conclusion, the improved beta cell function in women with T1D during pregnancy may be due to lower levels of proinflammatory cytokines and/or higher levels of pregnancy-associated growth factors.
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- Amarnadh Nalla
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Corresponding author.
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- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Departments of Endocrinology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Departments of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Departments of Endocrinology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Retnakaran R, Ye C, Kramer CK, Connelly PW, Hanley AJ, Sermer M, Zinman B. Evaluation of Circulating Determinants of Beta-Cell Function in Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016; 101:2683-91. [PMID: 27023450 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2016-1402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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CONTEXT Gestational diabetes (GDM) arises in women in whom there is insufficient β-cell compensation for the insulin resistance of late pregnancy. The mechanisms underlying both normal antepartum β-cell adaptation and its aberrancy in GDM are unclear. Preclinical studies have suggested that the hormones prolactin and human placental lactogen (HPL) may stimulate β-cell mass, whereas the furan fatty acid metabolite 3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropanoic acid (CMPF) has recently emerged as a potential negative regulator of β-cell function. However, there has been limited study of these factors in humans. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to systematically evaluate HPL, prolactin, and CMPF in relation to glucose homeostasis and β-cell function in women with and without GDM. DESIGN/SETTING/PARTICIPANTS Three-hundred-and-ninety-five women underwent an oral glucose tolerance test in late pregnancy, enabling assessment of GDM status, glycemia (area-under-the-glucose-curve on oral glucose tolerance test [AUCglucose]), β-cell function (Insulin Secretion-Sensitivity Index-2, insulinogenic index/homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance [HOMA-IR]), insulin sensitivity/resistance (Matsuda index, HOMA-IR), and circulating HPL, prolactin, and CMPF. RESULTS Serum concentrations of HPL, prolactin, and CMPF were similar between women with GDM (n = 105) and women without GDM (n = 290). However, on multiple linear regression analyses, CMPF emerged as a significant predictor of AUCglucose in women with GDM (t = 4.75, P < .0001) but not in their peers (P = .60). Furthermore, CMPF independently predicted lower Insulin Secretion-Sensitivity Index-2 (t = -2.28, P = .02) and lower insulinogenic index/HOMA-IR (t = -2.22, P = .03) in women with GDM but not in the non-GDM group (both P = .93). Neither HPL nor prolactin was significantly associated with AUCglucose, β-cell function, or insulin sensitivity. CONCLUSION CMPF is a potential circulating determinant of β-cell dysfunction and hyperglycemia in women with GDM.
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- Ravi Retnakaran
- Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes (R.R., C.Y., C.K.K., A.J.H., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Endocrinology (R.R., C.K.K., P.W.C., A.J.H., B.Z.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (R.R., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital (P.W.C.), Toronto, Canada; Department of Nutritional Sciences (A.J.H.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.S.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes (R.R., C.Y., C.K.K., A.J.H., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Endocrinology (R.R., C.K.K., P.W.C., A.J.H., B.Z.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (R.R., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital (P.W.C.), Toronto, Canada; Department of Nutritional Sciences (A.J.H.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.S.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes (R.R., C.Y., C.K.K., A.J.H., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Endocrinology (R.R., C.K.K., P.W.C., A.J.H., B.Z.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (R.R., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital (P.W.C.), Toronto, Canada; Department of Nutritional Sciences (A.J.H.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.S.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes (R.R., C.Y., C.K.K., A.J.H., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Endocrinology (R.R., C.K.K., P.W.C., A.J.H., B.Z.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (R.R., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital (P.W.C.), Toronto, Canada; Department of Nutritional Sciences (A.J.H.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.S.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes (R.R., C.Y., C.K.K., A.J.H., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Endocrinology (R.R., C.K.K., P.W.C., A.J.H., B.Z.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (R.R., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital (P.W.C.), Toronto, Canada; Department of Nutritional Sciences (A.J.H.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.S.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes (R.R., C.Y., C.K.K., A.J.H., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Endocrinology (R.R., C.K.K., P.W.C., A.J.H., B.Z.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (R.R., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital (P.W.C.), Toronto, Canada; Department of Nutritional Sciences (A.J.H.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.S.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes (R.R., C.Y., C.K.K., A.J.H., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Endocrinology (R.R., C.K.K., P.W.C., A.J.H., B.Z.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (R.R., B.Z.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital (P.W.C.), Toronto, Canada; Department of Nutritional Sciences (A.J.H.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.S.), Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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