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Ferrari F, Bock PM, Motta MT, Helal L. Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Glucose Uptake Stimulated by Physical Exercise in Insulin Resistance State: Role of Inflammation. Arq Bras Cardiol 2020; 113:1139-1148. [PMID: 31644699 PMCID: PMC7021273 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Obesity associated with systemic inflammation induces insulin resistance (IR), with consequent chronic hyperglycemia. A series of reactions are involved in this process, including increased release of proinflammatory cytokines, and activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) and toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) receptors. Among the therapeutic tools available nowadays, physical exercise (PE) has a known hypoglycemic effect explained by complex molecular mechanisms, including an increase in insulin receptor phosphorylation, in AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity, in the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase (CaMKK) pathway, with subsequent activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α), Rac1, TBC1 domain family member 1 and 4 (TBC1D1 and TBC1D4), in addition to a variety of signaling molecules, such as GTPases, Rab and soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attached protein receptor (SNARE) proteins. These pathways promote greater translocation of GLUT4 and consequent glucose uptake by the skeletal muscle. Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase (PDK), atypical protein kinase C (aPKC) and some of its isoforms, such as PKC-iota/lambda also seem to play a fundamental role in the transport of glucose. In this sense, the association between autophagy and exercise has also demonstrated a relevant role in the uptake of muscle glucose. Insulin, in turn, uses a phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-dependent mechanism, while exercise signal may be triggered by the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The objective of this review is to describe the main molecular mechanisms of IR and the relationship between PE and glucose uptake.
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- Filipe Ferrari
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Cardiologia e Ciências Cardiovasculares - Faculdade de Medicina - Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil.,Grupo de Pesquisa em Cardiologia do Exercício - CardioEx (HCPA/UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiopatologia do Exercício (LaFiEx), (HCPA/UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil.,Instituto de Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde (IATS), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil.,Faculdades Integradas de Taquara, Taquara, RS - Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana, BA - Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Cardiologia e Ciências Cardiovasculares - Faculdade de Medicina - Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil.,Laboratório de Fisiopatologia do Exercício (LaFiEx), (HCPA/UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
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In aerobes, oxygen is essential for maintenance of life. However, incomplete reduction of oxygen leads to generation of reactive oxygen species. These oxidants oxidise biological macromolecules present in their vicinity and thereby impair cellular functions causing oxidative stress (OS). Aerobes have evolved both enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidant defences to protect themselves from OS. Although hormones as means of biological coordination involve in regulation of physiological activities of tissues by regulating metabolism, any change in their normal titre leads to pathophysiological states. While, hormones such as melatonin, insulin, oestrogen, progesterone display antioxidant features, thyroid hormone, corticosteroids and catecholamines elicit free radical generation and OS, and the role of testosterone in inducing OS is debateable. This review is an attempt to understand the impact of free radical generation and cross talk between the hormones modulating antioxidant defence system under various pathophysiological conditions.
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- Gagan B N Chainy
- Department of Biotechnology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India
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E4orf1 protein reduces the need for endogenous insulin. Nutr Diabetes 2019; 9:17. [PMID: 31127081 PMCID: PMC6534626 DOI: 10.1038/s41387-019-0085-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background E4orf1 protein derived from adenovirus-36 reduces glucose excursion in mice, and lowers endogenous insulin response, suggesting a reduced need for insulin. We tested if the E4orf1-mediated lowering of insulin response is due to increased tissue sensitivity to insulin, reduced ability to produce or release insulin, or a reduced need for insulin release. Methods Experiment 1: hyperinsulinemic–euglycemic clamps (HEC) and glucose tolerance test (GTT) were performed in high fat fed transgenic mice expressing E4orf1 or non-transgenic littermates (n = 12 each), for 4 weeks. Experiments 2, 3, and 4: E4orf1 or null vectors were expressed in rat-pancreatic β-cell line (INS-1) for 72 h, and cells were exposed to varying levels of glucose. Cell lysates and media were collected. Experiment 5: 3T3L1-preadipocytes that express E4orf1 upon doxycycline induction, or null vector were induced with doxycycline and then exposed to protein transport inhibitor. Supernatant and cell lysate were collected. Experiment 6: 3T3L1-preadipocytes that express E4orf1 upon doxycycline induction, or null vector were co-cultured with INS-1 cells for 24 h. Media was collected. Results Experiment 1: E4orf1 transgenic mice cleared glucose faster compared to non-transgenic mice during GTT. HEC showed that E4orf1 did not alter tissue sensitivity to exogenous insulin in mice. Experiments 2, 3, and 4: in INS1 cells, E4orf1 did not alter Glut2 abundance or Akt activation, suggesting no reduction in glucose sensing or insulin synthesis, respectively. E4orf1 did not influence glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in media by INS1 cells. Experiment 5: E4orf1 was present in cell lysate, but not in media, indicating it is not a secretory protein. Experiment 6: INS1 cells released less insulin in media when co-cultured in the presence of E4orf1-expressing 3T3-L1 cells. Conclusions Our studies support the working hypothesis that the E4orf1-mediated lowering of insulin response is not due to increased tissue sensitivity to insulin, or reduced ability to produce or release insulin, but likely to be due to a reduced need for insulin release.
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Utility of curcumin for the treatment of diabetes mellitus: Evidence from preclinical and clinical studies. JOURNAL OF NUTRITION & INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnim.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Na HN, Hegde V, Dubuisson O, Dhurandhar NV. E4orf1 Enhances Glucose Uptake Independent of Proximal Insulin Signaling. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161275. [PMID: 27537838 PMCID: PMC4990264 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Impaired proximal insulin signaling is often present in diabetes. Hence, approaches to enhance glucose disposal independent of proximal insulin signaling are desirable. Evidence indicates that Adenovirus-derived E4orf1 protein may offer such an approach. This study determined if E4orf1 improves insulin sensitivity and downregulates proximal insulin signaling in vivo and enhances cellular glucose uptake independent of proximal insulin signaling in vitro. High fat fed mice were injected with a retrovirus plasmid expressing E4orf1, or a null vector. E4orf1 significantly improved insulin sensitivity in response to a glucose load. Yet, their proximal insulin signaling in fat depots was impaired, as indicated by reduced tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor (IR), and significantly increased abundance of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase-1 (ENPP1). In 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes E4orf1 expression impaired proximal insulin signaling. Whereas, treatment with rosiglitazone reduced ENPP1 abundance. Unaffected by IR-KD (insulin receptor knockdown) with siRNA, E4orf1 significantly up-regulated distal insulin signaling pathway and enhanced cellular glucose uptake. In vivo, E4orf1 impairs proximal insulin signaling in fat depots yet improves glycemic control. This is probably explained by the ability of E4orf1 to promote cellular glucose uptake independent of proximal insulin signaling. E4orf1 may provide a therapeutic template to enhance glucose disposal in the presence of impaired proximal insulin signaling.
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- Ha-Na Na
- Infection and Obesity Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Infection and Obesity Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Infection and Obesity Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Infection and Obesity Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Chen WC, Chen YM, Huang CC, Tzeng YD. Dehydroepiandrosterone Supplementation Combined with Whole-Body Vibration Training Affects Testosterone Level and Body Composition in Mice. Int J Med Sci 2016; 13:730-740. [PMID: 27766021 PMCID: PMC5069407 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.16132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), the most abundant sex steroid, is primarily secreted by the adrenal gland and a precursor hormone used by athletes for performance enhancement. Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a well-known light-resistance exercise by automatic adaptations to rapid and repeated oscillations from a vibrating platform, which is also a simple and convenient exercise for older adults. However, the potential effects of DHEA supplementation combined with WBV training on to body composition, exercise performance, and hormone regulation are currently unclear. The objective of the study is to investigate the effects of DHEA supplementation combined with WBV training on body composition, exercise performance, and physical fatigue-related biochemical responses and testosterone content in young-adult C57BL/6 mice. In this study, male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups (n = 8 per group) for 6-weeks treatment: sedentary controls with vehicle (SC), DHEA supplementation (DHEA, 10.2 mg/kg), WBV training (WBV; 5.6 Hz, 2 mm, 0.13 g), and WBV training with DHEA supplementation (WBV+DHEA; WBV: 5.6 Hz, 2 mm, 0.13 g and DHEA: 10.2 mg/kg). Exercise performance was evaluated by forelimb grip strength and exhaustive swimming time, as well as changes in body composition and anti-fatigue levels of serum lactate, ammonia, glucose, creatine kinase (CK), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) after a 15-min swimming exercise. In addition, the biochemical parameters and the testosterone content were measured at the end of the experiment. Six-week DHEA supplementation alone significantly increased mice body weight (BW), muscle weight, testosterone level, and glycogen contents (liver and muscle) when compared with SC group. DHEA supplementation alone had no negative impact on all tissue and biochemical profiles, but could not improve exercise performance. However, WBV+DHEA supplementation also significantly decreased BW, testosterone level and glycogen content of liver, as well as serum lactate and ammonia levels after the 15-min swimming exercise when compared with DHEA supplementation alone. Although DHEA supplementation alone had no beneficial effect in the exercise performance of mice, the BW, testosterone level and glycogen content significantly increased. On the other hand, WBV training combined with DHEA decreased the BW gain, testosterone level and glycogen content caused by DHEA supplementation. Therefore, WBV training could inhibit DHEA supplementation to synthesis the testosterone level or may decrease the DHEA supplement absorptive capacity in young-adult mice.
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- Wen-Chyuan Chen
- Center for General Education, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 33301, Taiwan;; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sleep Center, Linkou-Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33301, Taiwan
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- Center for General Education, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 33301, Taiwan;; Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan 33301, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan 33301, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 813 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Dal S, Jeandidier N, Schaschkow A, Spizzo AH, Seyfritz E, Sookhareea C, Bietiger W, Péronet C, Moreau F, Pinget M, Maillard E, Sigrist S. Portal or subcutaneous insulin infusion: efficacy and impact on liver inflammation. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2015; 29:488-98. [PMID: 26095147 DOI: 10.1111/fcp.12129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Revised: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Intraperitoneal insulin allows physiological portal insulin administration and first-pass hepatic insulin extraction, but the impact on liver metabolism and inflammation is unknown. Our objective was to compare the impact, on metabolic control and liver function, of the same dose of insulin administered either intraperitoneally or subcutaneously during continuous infusion in diabetic rats. Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: control (C), untreated diabetic (streptozotocin, 100 mg/kg) and diabetic rats treated by continual subcutaneous Insuplant® infusion (CSII) and continual intraperitoneal Insuplant(®) infusion (CPII) of 2 UI/200 g/day (via an osmotic mini-pump for 1-4 weeks). Insulin signalling pathways were analysed through hepatic expression of growth hormone receptor and phosphorylated insulin receptor substrate 1. Metabolic control was determined by measurement of body weight, blood glucose and fructosamine. Liver function was assessed by measuring insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), with global inflammation assessed by levels of alpha-2-macroglobulin (α2M) and lipid peroxidation in plasma. Liver inflammation was evaluated by quantification of hepatic macrophage infiltration and reactive oxygen species production. CPII induced a better improvement in metabolic control and liver function than CSII, producing a significant decrease in blood glucose and fructosamine, coupled with increased IGF-1 and hepatic glycogen storage. Moreover, liver oxidative stress and liver inflammation were reduced. Such observations indicate that the same insulin level in CPII improves glucose control and hepatic glucose metabolism and function, attenuating the hepatic inflammatory response to diabetes. These data demonstrate the importance of focusing on therapeutics to allow first-pass hepatic insulin extraction or prevent diabetic complications.
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- Stéphanie Dal
- DIATHEC, EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Université de Strasbourg, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Bld René Leriche, Strasbourg, 67200, France
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- Structure d'Endocrinologie, Diabète -Nutrition et Addictologie, Pôle NUDE, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- DIATHEC, EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Université de Strasbourg, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Bld René Leriche, Strasbourg, 67200, France
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- Structure d'Endocrinologie, Diabète -Nutrition et Addictologie, Pôle NUDE, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- DIATHEC, EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Université de Strasbourg, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Bld René Leriche, Strasbourg, 67200, France
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- DIATHEC, EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Université de Strasbourg, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Bld René Leriche, Strasbourg, 67200, France
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- DIATHEC, EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Université de Strasbourg, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Bld René Leriche, Strasbourg, 67200, France
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- DIATHEC, EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Université de Strasbourg, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Bld René Leriche, Strasbourg, 67200, France
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- Structure d'Endocrinologie, Diabète -Nutrition et Addictologie, Pôle NUDE, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- Structure d'Endocrinologie, Diabète -Nutrition et Addictologie, Pôle NUDE, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- DIATHEC, EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Université de Strasbourg, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Bld René Leriche, Strasbourg, 67200, France
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- DIATHEC, EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Université de Strasbourg, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Bld René Leriche, Strasbourg, 67200, France
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Homayounfar R, Jeddi-Tehrani M, Cheraghpour M, Ghorbani A, Zand H. Relationship of p53 accumulation in peripheral tissues of high-fat diet-induced obese rats with decrease in metabolic and oncogenic signaling of insulin. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2015; 214:134-9. [PMID: 25016051 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 06/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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This paper aimed to explore the role of p53 in adipose and some other peripheral tissues of a diet-induced obese model and targeted it using pharmacological approach to ameliorate diet-induced insulin resistance. Five week old male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups and fed on low-fat diet (13% control lean group), high-fat diet (41% obese group), or high-fat diet plus a single dose of pifithrin-α in the end of experiments (PFT group). Insulin, glucose, and other serum parameters were analyzed by standard colorimetric kits. Protein levels were evaluated by immunoblotting and immunofluorescence methods. After 12weeks, both body weight and insulin resistance were significantly higher in obese rats than in the control ones. P53 and PTEN protein levels were markedly elevated in peripheral tissues in addition to adipose tissues. AKT activation was decreased in the peripheral tissues of obese rats and was in correlation with the increase of p53 and PTEN level. Systemic pifithrin-α administration considerably diminished p53 levels and ameliorated AKT phosphorylation in all peripheral tissues including adipose tissues. Interestingly, the systemic inhibition of p53 was in correlation with improving insulin glucose at serum level. The present results clearly showed that p53 activation in peripheral tissues was in correlation with decreased insulin action. These results indicated p53 activation in the peripheral tissues of obese subjects as a protective mechanism against chronic insulin elevation, suggested that p53 could be a new target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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- Reza Homayounfar
- Department of Biochemistry, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
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- Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Nutrition and Diet Therapy, Department of Cellular and Molecular Nutrition, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Jiménez-Maldonado A, de Álvarez-Buylla ER, Montero S, Melnikov V, Castro-Rodríguez E, Gamboa-Domínguez A, Rodríguez-Hernández A, Lemus M, Murguía JM. Chronic exercise increases plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels, pancreatic islet size, and insulin tolerance in a TrkB-dependent manner. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115177. [PMID: 25531651 PMCID: PMC4274083 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Physical exercise improves glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) enhances insulin activity in diabetic rodents. Because physical exercise modifies BDNF production, this study aimed to investigate the effects of chronic exercise on plasma BDNF levels and the possible effects on insulin tolerance modification in healthy rats. METHODS Wistar rats were divided into five groups: control (sedentary, C); moderate- intensity training (MIT); MIT plus K252A TrkB blocker (MITK); high-intensity training (HIT); and HIT plus K252a (HITK). Training comprised 8 weeks of treadmill running. Plasma BDNF levels (ELISA assay), glucose tolerance, insulin tolerance, and immunohistochemistry for insulin and the pancreatic islet area were evaluated in all groups. In addition, Bdnf mRNA expression in the skeletal muscle was measured. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Chronic treadmill exercise significantly increased plasma BDNF levels and insulin tolerance, and both effects were attenuated by TrkB blocking. In the MIT and HIT groups, a significant TrkB-dependent pancreatic islet enlargement was observed. MIT rats exhibited increased liver glycogen levels following insulin administration in a TrkB-independent manner. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Chronic physical exercise exerted remarkable effects on insulin regulation by inducing significant increases in the pancreatic islet size and insulin sensitivity in a TrkB-dependent manner. A threshold for the induction of BNDF in response to physical exercise exists in certain muscle groups. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first results to reveal a role for TrkB in the chronic exercise-mediated insulin regulation in healthy rats.
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, México
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, México
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- Depto de Patología, Instituto Nacional de Nutrición y Ciencias Médicas "Salvador Zubirán,” México City, México D.F.
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, México
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, México
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Gao J, Li J, An Y, Liu X, Qian Q, Wu Y, Zhang Y, Wang T. Increasing effect of Tangzhiqing formula on IRS-1-dependent PI3K/AKT signaling in muscle. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2014; 14:198. [PMID: 24952587 PMCID: PMC4096524 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tangzhiqing fomula (TZQ-F), the mixture of Red Paeony root, Mulberry leaf, Lotus leaf, Danshen root and Hawthorn leaf, regulates the abnormal glucose and lipids in prediabetic patients. In this study, we focus on the mechanism of TZQ-F and its fractions on glucose metabolism. METHODS After orally administration of TZQ-F for 4 weeks in KK-Ay mice, we dissected out the liver and muscle, and employed PCR and western blotting to screening the PI3K/AKT pathway. The following PI3K/AKT signaling pathway were performed in L-6 myotube and HepG2 cells. RESULTS In the liver of KK-Ay mice, no significance was observed on PI3K, AKT and their phosphorylation between TZQ-F and controls , while, in the muscle, up-regulation of PI3K, AKT, Glycogen synthase (GYS) and their phosphorylation type, as well as GluT4, was deteced in TZQ-F. In HepG2 cells, TZQ-F increased IRS-2 by 10 folds, without interrupting AKT, IRS-1 and GluT4. In L-6 myotube cells, TZQ-F and its fractions treatment significantly increased IRS-1 and AKT at mRNA level. CONCLUSION TZQ-F prevents pre-diabetes through increasing effect on IRS-1-dependent PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in muscle.
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- Jing Gao
- Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, 312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, 312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, 312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, 312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, 312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China
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Singh PK, Singh S, Ganesh S. Activation of serum/glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1 (SGK1) underlies increased glycogen levels, mTOR activation, and autophagy defects in Lafora disease. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:3776-86. [PMID: 24131995 PMCID: PMC3861076 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-05-0261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Lafora disease (LD), a fatal genetic form of myoclonic epilepsy, is characterized by abnormally high levels of cellular glycogen and its accumulation as Lafora bodies in affected tissues. Therefore the two defective proteins in LD-laforin phosphatase and malin ubiquitin ligase-are believed to be involved in glycogen metabolism. We earlier demonstrated that laforin and malin negatively regulate cellular glucose uptake by preventing plasma membrane targeting of glucose transporters. We show here that loss of laforin results in activation of serum/glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1 (SGK1) in cellular and animals models and that inhibition of SGK1 in laforin-deficient cells reduces the level of plasma membrane-bound glucose transporter, glucose uptake, and the consequent glycogen accumulation. We also provide evidence to suggest that mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activates SGK1 kinase in laforin-deficient cells. The mTOR activation appears to be a glucose-dependent event, and overexpression of dominant-negative SGK1 suppresses mTOR activation, suggesting the existence of a feedforward loop between SGK1 and mTOR. Our findings indicate that inhibition of SGK1 activity could be an effective therapeutic approach to suppress glycogen accumulation, inhibit mTOR activity, and rescue autophagy defects in LD.
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- Pankaj Kumar Singh
- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India
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Seo SG, Yang H, Shin SH, Min S, Kim YA, Yu JG, Lee DE, Chung MY, Heo YS, Kwon JY, Yue S, Kim KH, Cheng JX, Lee KW, Lee HJ. A metabolite of daidzein, 6,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavone, suppresses adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes via ATP-competitive inhibition of PI3K. Mol Nutr Food Res 2013; 57:1446-55. [PMID: 23737351 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2012] [Revised: 02/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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SCOPE Daidzein is one of the major soy isoflavones. Following ingestion, daidzein is readily metabolized in the liver and converted into hydroxylated metabolites. One such metabolite is 6,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavone (6,7,4'-THIF), which has been the focus of recent studies due to its various health benefits, however, its anti-adipogenic activity has not been investigated. Our objective was to determine the effects of 6,7,4'-THIF on adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and elucidate the mechanisms of action involved. METHODS AND RESULTS Adipogenesis was stimulated in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. Both 6,7,4'-THIF and daidzein were treated in the presence and absence of mixture of isobutylmethylxanthine, dexamethasone, and insulin (MDI). We observed that 6,7,4'-THIF, but not daidzein, inhibited MDI-induced adipogenesis significantly at 40 and 80 μM, associated with decreased peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ and C/EBP-α protein expression. 6,7,4'-THIF significantly suppressed MDI-induced lipid accumulation in the early stage of adipogenesis, attributable to a suppression of cell proliferation and the induction of cell cycle arrest. We also determined that 6,7,4'-THIF, but not daidzein, attenuated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway. 6,7,4'-THIF was found to inhibit PI3K activity via direct binding in an ATP-competitive manner. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that 6,7,4'-THIF suppresses adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes by directly targeting PI3K. Soy isoflavones like 6,7,4'-THIF may have potential for development into novel treatment strategies for chronic obesity.
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- Sang Gwon Seo
- WCU Biomodulation Major, Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Horibata Y, Ando H, Itoh M, Sugimoto H. Enzymatic and transcriptional regulation of the cytoplasmic acetyl-CoA hydrolase ACOT12. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:2049-2059. [PMID: 23709691 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m030163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Acyl-CoA thioesterase 12 (ACOT12) is the major enzyme known to hydrolyze the thioester bond of acetyl-CoA in the cytosol in the liver. ACOT12 contains a catalytic thioesterase domain at the N terminus and a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-related lipid transfer (START) domain at the C terminus. We investigated the effects of lipids (phospholipids, sphingolipids, fatty acids, and sterols) on ACOT12 thioesterase activity and found that the activity was inhibited by phosphatidic acid (PA) in a noncompetitive manner. In contrast, the enzymatic activity of a mutant form of ACOT12 lacking the START domain was not inhibited by the lipids. These results suggest that the START domain is important for regulation of ACOT12 activity by PA. We also found that PA could bind to thioesterase domain, but not to the START domain, and had no effect on ACOT12 dissociation. ACOT12 is detectable in the liver but not in hepatic cell lines such as HepG2, Hepa-1, and Fa2N-4. ACOT12 mRNA and protein levels in rat primary hepatocytes decreased following treatment with insulin. These results suggest that cytosolic acetyl-CoA levels in the liver are controlled by lipid metabolites and hormones, which result in allosteric enzymatic and transcriptional regulation of ACOT12.
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- Yasuhiro Horibata
- Department of Biochemistry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
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Perkey E, Miller RA, Garcia GG. Ex vivo enzymatic treatment of aged CD4 T cells restores cognate T cell helper function and enhances antibody production in mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 189:5582-9. [PMID: 23136198 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Previous in vitro studies showed that CD4 T cells from old mice have defects in TCR signaling, immune synapse formation, activation, and proliferation. We reported that removing a specific set of surface glycoproteins by ex vivo treatment with O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase (OSGE) can reverse many aspects of the age-related decline in CD4 T cell function. However, the specific mechanism by which this process occurs remains unclear, and it is unknown whether this enzymatic treatment can also restore important aspects of adaptive immunity in vivo. By using an in vivo model of the immune response based on adoptive transfer of CD4 T cells from pigeon cytochrome C-specific transgenic H-2(k/k) TCR-Vα(11)Vβ(3) CD4(+) mice to syngeneic hosts, we demonstrate that aging diminishes CD28 costimulatory signals in CD4 T cells. These age-associated defects include changes in phosphorylation of AKT and expression of glucose transporter type I, inducible T cell costimulatory molecule, and CD40L, suggesting that the lack of CD28 costimulation contributes to age-dependent loss of CD4 function. All of these deficits can be reversed by ex vivo OSGE treatment. Blocking B7-CD28 interactions on T cells prevents OSGE-mediated restoration of T cell function, suggesting that changes in surface glycosylation, including CD28, may be responsible for the age-related costimulation decline. Finally, we show that the age-related decline in CD4 cognate helper function for IgG production and long-term humoral immunity can also be restored by OSGE treatment of CD4 T cells prior to adoptive transfer.
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- Eric Perkey
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Hsu YY, Chen CS, Wu SN, Jong YJ, Lo YC. Berberine activates Nrf2 nuclear translocation and protects against oxidative damage via a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt-dependent mechanism in NSC34 motor neuron-like cells. Eur J Pharm Sci 2012; 46:415-25. [PMID: 22469516 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2012.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2011] [Revised: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Berberine (BBR) is a well-known anti-diabetic herbal medicine in Asia due to its beneficial effects on insulin sensitivity, glucose metabolism and glycolysis. Here, we identified the critical role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt involved BBR cellular defense mechanisms and first revealed the novel effect of BBR on nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-related factor-2 (Nrf2)/heme oxygenase (HO)-1 induction in NSC34 motor neuron-like cells. BBR (0.1-10 nM) led to increasing insulin receptor expression, Akt phosphorylation and enhanced oxidant-sensitive Nrf2/HO-1 induction, which were blocked by a PI3K inhibitor, LY294002. In H(2)O(2)-treated cells, BBR significantly attenuated ROS production and increased cell viability, antioxidant defense (GSH and SOD) and oxidant-sensitive proteins (HO-1 and Nrf2), which also were blocked by LY294002. Furthermore, BBR improved mitochondrial function by increasing mitochondrial membrane potential and decreasing the oxygen consumption rate. BBR-induced anti-apoptotic function was demonstrated by increasing anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 and survival of motor neuron protein (SMN) and by decreasing apoptotic proteins (cytochrome c, Bax and caspase). These results suggest that BBR, which is active at nanomolar concentration, is a potential neuroprotective agent via PI3K/Akt-dependent cytoprotective and antioxidant pathways.
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- Ya-Yun Hsu
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan, ROC
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Babenko NA, Kharchenko VS. Ceramides inhibit phospholipase D-dependent insulin signaling in liver cells of old rats. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 77:180-6. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912020095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Hasegawa A, Iwasaka H, Hagiwara S, Hasegawa R, Kudo K, Kusaka J, Asai N, Noguchi T. Remifentanil and glucose suppress inflammation in a rat model of surgical stress. Surg Today 2011; 41:1617-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s00595-010-4457-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Soluble epoxide hydrolase deficiency alters pancreatic islet size and improves glucose homeostasis in a model of insulin resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:9038-43. [PMID: 21571638 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103482108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Visceral obesity has been defined as an important element of the metabolic syndrome and contributes to the development of insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease. Increasing endogenous levels of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are known for their analgesic, antihypertensive, and antiinflammatory effects. The availability of EETs is limited primarily by the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH, EPHX2), which metabolizes EETs to their less active diols. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that EETs are involved in glucose regulation and in retarding the development of insulin resistance. To address the role of EETs in regulating glucose homeostasis and insulin signaling, we used mice with targeted gene deletion of sEH (Ephx2-null mice) and a subsequent study with a selective sEH inhibitor. When wild-type mice are fed a high fat diet, insulin resistance develops. However, knockout or inhibition of sEH activity resulted in a significant decrease in plasma glucose. These findings are characterized by enhancement of tyrosyl phosphorylation of the insulin receptor, insulin receptor substrate 1, and their downstream cascade. In addition, pancreatic islets were larger when sEH was disrupted. This effect was associated with an increase in vasculature. These observations were supported by pharmacological inhibition of sEH. These data suggest that an increase in EETs due to sEH-gene knockout leads to an increase in the size of islets and improved insulin signaling and sensitivity.
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Qu W, Zhao L, Peng X, Yang X, Ying C, Hao L, Sun X. Biphasic effects of chronic ethanol exposure on insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in primary cultured rat skeletal muscle cells: role of the Akt pathway and GLUT4. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2011; 27:47-53. [PMID: 21218507 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.1152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2010] [Revised: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 10/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND mild or moderate chronic alcohol intake has been shown to be associated with increased insulin sensitivity, while chronic alcohol abuse demonstrates a contrary effect. The mechanism underlying this biphasic effect has not yet been clarified. We investigated whether chronic ethanol exposure mediates biphasic changes on insulin sensitivity and whether the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway is involved in vitro. METHODS primary cultured rat skeletal muscle cells were exposed to ethanol (0-400 mM) for 24 h. Insulin sensitivity was assessed by the (3) H-labelled 2-deoxyglucose uptake assay. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, cytosol and cell membrane glucose transporter-4 (GLUT4), as well as the Akt phosphorylated form, were analyzed by Western blots. RESULTS biphasic effects of ethanol on insulin sensitivity were observed in primary cultured skeletal muscle cells in a dose-dependent manner. Compared with the untreated group, 50 and 100 mM concentrations of ethanol resulted in a significant increase in 2-deoxyglucose uptake by 29 and 28%, respectively, while higher concentrations of ethanol (200, 400 mM) showed a significant decrease in 2-deoxyglucose uptake by 28 and 47%, respectively. The changes in glucose transport activity were in line with the changes in Akt Ser473 phosphorylation and GLUT4 expression in an ethanol dose-dependent biphasic manner. The phosphorylation of Akt and GLUT4 protein contents were up-regulated after treatment with low concentrations of ethanol (50, 100 mM) and down-regulated with high concentrations of ethanol (200, 400 mM) for 24 h. CONCLUSION ethanol mediates biphasic changes on insulin sensitivity at least in part via the Akt pathway and GLUT4 expression.
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- Wei Qu
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
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Nakamura J. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate inhibits the antilipolytic action of insulin, probably via the activity of protein kinase Cε. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 648:188-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.08.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Revised: 06/23/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Marín C, Pérez-Martínez P, Delgado-Lista J, Gómez P, Rodríguez F, Yubero-Serrano EM, García-Ríos A, Camargo A, Pérez-Jiménez F, López-Miranda J. The insulin sensitivity response is determined by the interaction between the G972R polymorphism of the insulin receptor substrate 1 gene and dietary fat. Mol Nutr Food Res 2010; 55:328-35. [PMID: 20824664 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201000235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2010] [Revised: 07/17/2010] [Accepted: 07/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Carmen Marín
- Lipids and Atherosclerosis Unit, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba and Ciber Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutricion, Instituto Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain
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Root-Bernstein R, Vonck J. Glucose binds to the insulin receptor affecting the mutual affinity of insulin and its receptor. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 66:2721-32. [PMID: 19554259 PMCID: PMC11115712 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0065-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2009] [Revised: 06/01/2009] [Accepted: 06/04/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Insulin activity is sensitive to glucose concentration but the mechanisms are still unclear. An unexamined possibility is that the insulin receptor (IR) is sensitive to glucose concentration. We demonstrate here that insulin-like peptides derived from the IR bind glucose at low millimolar, and cytochalasin B at low micromolar, concentrations; several insulin-like IR peptides bind insulin at nanomolar Kd; and this binding is antagonized by increasing glucose concentrations. In addition, glucose and cytochalasin B bind to IR isolated from rat liver and increasing glucose decreases insulin binding to this IR preparation. The presence of GLUT 1 in our IR preparation suggests the possibility of additional glucose-mediated allosteric control. We propose a model in which glucose binds to insulin, the IR, and GLUT; insulin binds to the IR; and the IR binds to GLUT. This set of interactions produces an integrated system of insulin-dependent interactions that is highly sensitive to glucose concentration.
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- Robert Root-Bernstein
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, 2174 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Park S, Lim S, Chang W, Song H, Lee S, Song BW, Kim HJ, Cha MJ, Choi E, Jang Y, Chung N, Cho SY, Hwang KC. The inhibition of insulin-stimulated proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells by rosiglitazone is mediated by the Akt-mTOR-P70S6K pathway. Yonsei Med J 2008; 49:592-600. [PMID: 18729301 PMCID: PMC2615285 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.4.592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are known to inhibit the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) by increasing the activity of p27Kip1 and retinoblastoma protein (RB). However, the upstream signaling mechanisms associated with this pathway have not been elucidated. The Akt-mTOR-P70S6 kinase pathway is the central regulator of cell growth and proliferation, and increases cell proliferation by inhibiting the activities of p27Kip1 and retinoblastoma protein (RB). Therefore, we hypothesized in this study that rosiglitazone inhibits VSMC proliferation through the inhibition of the Akt-TOR-P70S6K signaling pathway. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RAoSMCs) were treated with 10microM of rosiglitazone 24 hours before the addition of insulin as a mitogenic stimulus. Western blot analysis was performed to determine the inhibitory effect of rosiglitazone treatment on the Akt-mTOR-P70S6K signaling pathway. Carotid balloon injury was also performed in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) diabetic rats that were pretreated with 3 mg/kg of rosiglitazone. RESULTS Western blot analysis demonstrated significant inhibition of activation of p-Akt, p-m-TOR, and p-p70S6K in cells treated with rosiglitazone. The inhibition of the activation of the p-mTOR-p-p70S6K pathway seemed to be mediated by both the upstream PI3K pathway and MEK-ERK complex. CONCLUSION The inhibitory effect of rosiglitazone on RAoSMC proliferation in vitro and in vivo is mediated by the inhibition of the Akt-mTOR-P70S6K pathway.
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- Sungha Park
- Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 606 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Nakamura J. Protein kinase CβI interacts with the β1-adrenergic signaling pathway to attenuate lipolysis in rat adipocytes. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2008; 1781:277-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Revised: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 03/21/2008] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Avram D, Ranta F, Hennige AM, Berchtold S, Hopp S, Häring HU, Lang F, Ullrich S. IGF-1 protects against dexamethasone-induced cell death in insulin secreting INS-1 cells independent of AKT/PKB phosphorylation. Cell Physiol Biochem 2008; 21:455-62. [PMID: 18453753 DOI: 10.1159/000129638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Appropriate insulin secretion depends on beta-cell mass that is determined by the balance between cell proliferation and death. IGF-1 stimulates proliferation and protects against apoptosis. In contrast, glucocorticoids promote cell death. In this study we examined molecular interactions of the glucocorticoid dexamethasone (dexa) with IGF-1 signalling pathways in insulin secreting INS-1 cells. IGF-1 (50 ng/ml) increased the growth rate and stimulated BrdU incorporation, while dexa (100 nmol/l) inhibited cell growth, BrdU incorporation and induced apoptosis. Dexa-induced cell death was partially antagonized by IGF-1. This protection was further increased by LY294002 (10 micromol/l), an inhibitor of PI3 kinase. In contrast, MAP kinase inhibitor PD98059 (10 micromol/l) significantly reduced the protective effect of IGF-1. The analysis of signalling pathways by Western blotting revealed that dexa increased IRS-2 protein abundance while the expression of PI3K, PKB and ERK remained unchanged. Despite increased IRS-2 protein,IRS-2 tyrosine phosphorylation stimulated by IGF-1 was inhibited by dexa. Dexa treatment reduced basal PKB phosphorylation. However, IGF-1-mediated stimulation of PKB phosphorylation was not affected by dexa, but ERK phosphorylation was reduced. LY294002 restored IGF-1-induced ERK phosphorylation. These data suggest that dexa induces apoptosis in INS-1 cells by inhibiting phosphorylation of IRS-2, PKB and ERK. IGF-1 counteracts dexa-mediated apoptosis in the presence of reduced PKB but increased ERK phosphorylation.
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- Diana Avram
- Institute of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Yu XX, Pandey SK, Booten SL, Murray SF, Monia BP, Bhanot S. Reduced adiposity and improved insulin sensitivity in obese mice with antisense suppression of 4E-BP2 expression. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2008; 294:E530-9. [PMID: 18198353 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00350.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To investigate the possible role of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein-2 (4E-BP2) in metabolism and energy homeostasis, high-fat diet-induced obese mice were treated with a 4E-BP2-specific antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) or a control 4E-BP2 ASO at a dose of 25 mg/kg body wt or with saline twice a week for 6 wk. 4E-BP2 ASO treatment reduced 4E-BP2 levels by >75% in liver and white (WAT) and brown adipose (BAT) tissues. Treatment did not change food intake but lowered body weight by approximately 7% and body fat content by approximately 18%. Treatment decreased liver triglyceride (TG) content by >50%, normalized plasma glucose and insulin levels, and reduced glucose excursion during glucose tolerance test. 4E-BP2 ASO-treated mice showed >8.5% increase in metabolic rate, >40% increase in UCP1 levels in BAT, >45% increase in beta(3)-adrenoceptor mRNA, and 40-55% decrease in mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier, fatty acid synthase, and diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 mRNA levels in WAT. 4E-BP2 ASO-transfected mouse hepatocytes showed an increased fatty acid oxidation rate and a decreased TG synthesis rate. In addition, 4E-BP2 ASO-treated mice demonstrated approximately 60 and 29% decreases in hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase mRNA, respectively, implying decreased hepatic glucose output. Furthermore, increased phosphorylation of Akt(Ser473) in both liver and fat of 4E-BP2 ASO-treated mice and increased GLUT4 levels in plasma membrane in WAT of the ASO-treated mice were observed, indicating enhanced insulin signaling and increased glucose uptake as a consequence of reduced 4E-BP2 expression. These data demonstrate for the first time that peripheral 4E-BP2 plays an important role in metabolism and energy homeostasis.
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- Xing Xian Yu
- Department of Antisense Drug Discovery, Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, USA.
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TNFalpha is a potent inducer of platelet-activating factor synthesis in adipocytes but not in preadipocytes. Differential regulation by PI3K. Cytokine 2008; 41:174-81. [PMID: 18180165 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2007.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2007] [Revised: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) induces platelet-activating factor (PAF) synthesis in many inflammatory cells. Here, we investigate the possibility that TNFalpha stimulates PAF synthesis in rat adipocytes and preadipocytes and that phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) are implicated in this process. Primary cultures were incubated with [3H]lyso-PAF and stimulated by TNFalpha in the presence or absence of wortmannin. We found that, although both cultures synthesized PAF at a similar basal rate, TNFalpha-induced PAF synthesis in adipocytes was 7-fold higher than in preadipocytes. This suggested a maturation of PAF-TNFalpha interrelationship during adipocyte differentiation. Wortmannin enhanced TNFalpha-dependent PAF synthesis in adipocytes but not in preadipocytes, indicating the negative control by PI3K in mature cells. PAF increase was due to the regulation of its biosynthesis since PAF-acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) activity was TNFalpha- and wortmannin-independent. Our hypothesis is that PAF mediates TNFalpha inflammatory effects in both adipocytes and preadipocytes and that this pathway is enhanced during adipocyte differentiation, a mechanism which is highly active during the development of obesity.
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Park KS, Lee JM, Ku BJ, Jo YS, Lee SK, Min KW, Han KA, Kim HJ, Kim HJ. The Effects of D-Chiro-Inositol on Glucose Metabolism in 3T3-L1 Cells. KOREAN DIABETES JOURNAL 2008. [DOI: 10.4093/kdj.2008.32.3.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kang Seo Park
- Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea
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Paul DS, Harmon AW, Devesa V, Thomas DJ, Stýblo M. Molecular mechanisms of the diabetogenic effects of arsenic: inhibition of insulin signaling by arsenite and methylarsonous acid. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2007; 115:734-42. [PMID: 17520061 PMCID: PMC1867998 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2006] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Increased prevalences of diabetes mellitus have been reported among individuals chronically exposed to inorganic arsenic (iAs). However, the mechanisms underlying the diabetogenic effects of iAs have not been characterized. We have previously shown that trivalent metabolites of iAs, arsenite (iAs(III)) and methylarsonous acid (MAs(III)) inhibit insulin-stimulated glucose uptake (ISGU) in 3T3-L1 adipocytes by suppressing the insulin-dependent phosphorylation of protein kinase B (PKB/Akt). OBJECTIVES Our goal was to identify the molecular mechanisms responsible for the suppression of PKB/Akt phosphorylation by iAs(III) and MAs(III). METHODS The effects of iAs(III) and MAs(III) on components of the insulin-activated signal transduction pathway that regulate PKB/Akt phosphorylation were examined in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. RESULTS Subtoxic concentrations of iAs(III) or MAs(III) had little or no effect on the activity of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI-3K), which synthesizes phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP(3)), or on phosphorylation of PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten), a PIP(3) phosphatase. Neither iAs(III) nor MAs(III) interfered with the phosphorylation of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK-1) located downstream from PI-3K. However, PDK-1 activity was inhibited by both iAs(III) and MAs(III). Consistent with these findings, PDK-1-catalyzed phosphorylation of PKB/Akt(Thr308) and PKB/Akt activity were suppressed in exposed cells. In addition, PKB/Akt(Ser473) phosphorylation, which is catalyzed by a putative PDK-2, was also suppressed. Notably, expression of constitutively active PKB/Akt restored the normal ISGU pattern in adipocytes treated with either iAs(III) or MAs(III). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that inhibition of the PDK-1/PKB/Akt-mediated transduction step is the key mechanism for the inhibition of ISGU in adipocytes exposed to iAs(III) or MAs(III), and possibly for impaired glucose tolerance associated with human exposures to iAs.
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- David S Paul
- Department of Nutrition, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7461, USA.
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Kim SK, Novak RF. The role of intracellular signaling in insulin-mediated regulation of drug metabolizing enzyme gene and protein expression. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 113:88-120. [PMID: 17097148 PMCID: PMC1828071 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2006] [Accepted: 07/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Endogenous factors, including hormones, growth factors and cytokines, play an important role in the regulation of hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme expression in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Diabetes, fasting, obesity, protein-calorie malnutrition and long-term alcohol consumption produce changes in hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme gene and protein expression. This difference in expression alters the metabolism of xenobiotics, including procarcinogens, carcinogens, toxicants and therapeutic agents, potentially impacting the efficacy and safety of therapeutic agents, and/or resulting in drug-drug interactions. Although the mechanisms by which xenobiotics regulate drug metabolizing enzymes have been studied intensively, less is known regarding the cellular signaling pathways and components which regulate drug metabolizing enzyme gene and protein expression in response to hormones and cytokines. Recent findings, however, have revealed that several cellular signaling pathways are involved in hormone- and growth factor-mediated regulation of drug metabolizing enzymes. Our laboratory has reported that insulin and growth factors regulate drug metabolizing enzyme gene and protein expression, including cytochromes P450 (CYP), glutathione S-transferases (GST) and microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH), through receptors which are members of the large receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) family, and by downstream effectors such as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK), Akt/protein kinase B (PKB), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and the p70 ribosomal protein S6 kinase (p70S6 kinase). Here, we review current knowledge of the signaling pathways implicated in regulation of drug metabolizing enzyme gene and protein expression in response to insulin and growth factors, with the goal of increasing our understanding of how disease affects these signaling pathways, components, and ultimately gene expression and translational control.
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- Sang K. Kim
- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 2727 Second Avenue, Room 4000, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- College of Pharmacy and Research Center for Transgenic Cloned Pigs, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 2727 Second Avenue, Room 4000, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Labonté ED, Kirby RJ, Schildmeyer NM, Cannon AM, Huggins KW, Hui DY. Group 1B phospholipase A2-mediated lysophospholipid absorption directly contributes to postprandial hyperglycemia. Diabetes 2006; 55:935-41. [PMID: 16567514 PMCID: PMC2048981 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.55.04.06.db05-1286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Postprandial hyperglycemia is an early indicator of abnormality in glucose metabolism leading to type 2 diabetes. However, mechanisms that contribute to postprandial hyperglycemia have not been identified. This study showed that mice with targeted inactivation of the group 1B phospholipase A2 (Pla2g1b) gene displayed lower postprandial glycemia than that observed in wild-type mice after being fed a glucose-rich meal. The difference was caused by enhanced postprandial glucose uptake by the liver, heart, and muscle tissues as well as altered postprandial hepatic glucose metabolism in the Pla2g1b-/- mice. These differences were attributed to a fivefold decrease in the amount of dietary phospholipids absorbed as lysophospholipids in Pla2g1b-/- mice compared with that observed in Pla2g1b+/+ mice. Elevating plasma lysophospholipid levels in Pla2g1b-/- mice via intraperitoneal injection resulted in glucose intolerance similar to that exhibited by Pla2g1b+/+ mice. Studies with cultured hepatoma cells revealed that lysophospholipids dose-dependently suppressed insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis. These results demonstrated that reduction of lysophospholipid absorption enhances insulin-mediated glucose metabolism and is protective against postprandial hyperglycemia.
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- Eric D Labonté
- Department of Pathology, Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, 2120 E. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45237-0507, USA
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Hornberger TA, Chu WK, Mak YW, Hsiung JW, Huang SA, Chien S. The role of phospholipase D and phosphatidic acid in the mechanical activation of mTOR signaling in skeletal muscle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:4741-6. [PMID: 16537399 PMCID: PMC1450240 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0600678103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Signaling by the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) has been reported to be necessary for mechanical load-induced growth of skeletal muscle. The mechanisms involved in the mechanical activation of mTOR signaling are not known, but several studies indicate that a unique [phosphotidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)- and nutrient-independent] mechanism is involved. In this study, we have demonstrated that a regulatory pathway for mTOR signaling that involves phospholipase D (PLD) and the lipid second messenger phosphatidic acid (PA) plays a critical role in the mechanical activation of mTOR signaling. First, an elevation in PA concentration was sufficient for the activation of mTOR signaling. Second, the isozymes of PLD (PLD1 and PLD2) are localized to the z-band in skeletal muscle (a critical site of mechanical force transmission). Third, mechanical stimulation of skeletal muscle with intermittent passive stretch ex vivo induced PLD activation, PA accumulation, and mTOR signaling. Finally, pharmacological inhibition of PLD blocked the mechanically induced increase in PA and the activation of mTOR signaling. Combined, these results indicate that mechanical stimuli activate mTOR signaling through a PLD-dependent increase in PA. Furthermore, we showed that mTOR signaling was partially resistant to rapamycin in muscles subjected to mechanical stimulation. Because rapamycin and PA compete for binding to the FRB domain on mTOR, these results suggest that mechanical stimuli activate mTOR signaling through an enhanced binding of PA to the FRB domain on mTOR.
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- T. A. Hornberger
- Department of Bioengineering and Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412
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- Department of Bioengineering and Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412
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- Department of Bioengineering and Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412
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- Department of Bioengineering and Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412
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- Department of Bioengineering and Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412
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- Department of Bioengineering and Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Insulin resistance is a hallmark of Type II diabetes. It is well documented that insulin sensitizers such as peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists and aspirin improve insulin action in vivo. The detailed mechanisms by which the insulin sensitizers promote insulin signalling, however, are not completely understood and remain somewhat controversial. In the present review, we summarize our studies attempting to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of insulin sensitizers in cells and in animal models of insulin resistance. In 3T3-L1 adipocytes and/or in HEK-293 cells stably expressing recombinant IRS1 protein (insulin receptor substrate protein 1), the peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist rosiglitazone and aspirin promote insulin signalling by decreasing inhibitory IRS1 serine phosphorylation. Increased IRS1 Ser-307 phosphorylation and concomitant decreased insulin signalling as measured by insulin-stimulated IRS1 tyrosine phosphorylation and Akt threonine phosphorylation were observed in adipose tissues of Zucker obese rats compared with lean control rats. Treatment with rosiglitazone for 24 and 48 h increased insulin signalling and decreased IRS1 Ser-307 phosphorylation concomitantly. Treatment of the Zucker obese rats with rosiglitazone for 24 h also reversed the high circulating levels of free fatty acids, which have been shown to correlate with increased IRS1 serine phosphorylation. Taken together, the results suggest that IRS1 inhibitory serine phosphorylation is a key component of insulin resistance and its reversal may be physiologically relevant to insulin sensitization in vivo.
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- G Jiang
- Metabolic Disorders - Diabetes, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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Xu J, Li L, Qian Z, Hong J, Shen S, Huang W. Reduction of PTP1B by RNAi upregulates the activity of insulin controlled fatty acid synthase promoter. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 329:538-43. [PMID: 15737620 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Metabolic deregulation accompanying type II diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance in peripheral tissues (liver, muscle, and adipose), mediated by impairments in insulin receptor (IR) signaling. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) has been shown to be a negative regulator of IR autophosphorylation and thus has been considered as a major therapeutic target for the treatment of type II diabetes. We use RNA interference technique to downregulate PTP1B expression in hepatoma cell line. A secretory HBV s-antigen was introduced as reporter and driven by mouse fatty acid synthase promoter, which is positively controlled by insulin signaling. Liver-targeted hydrodynamic injection in tail vein was introduced to transfer siRNA (or siRNA expression vector) and reporter plasmid into mouse liver. On fasted/refed and glucose stimulation condition, the HBV s-antigen in sera in RNAi group was higher than that in the negative group. Our results provided evidence that upregulation of insulin signaling by reducing PTP1B liver with RNAi can be a potent diabetes treatment method.
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- Jianfeng Xu
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Hutchinson DS, Bengtsson T. alpha1A-adrenoceptors activate glucose uptake in L6 muscle cells through a phospholipase C-, phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-, and atypical protein kinase C-dependent pathway. Endocrinology 2005; 146:901-12. [PMID: 15550506 DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The role of alpha1-adrenoceptor activation on glucose uptake in L6 cells was investigated. The alpha1-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine [pEC50 (-log10 EC50), 5.27 +/- 0.30] or cirazoline (pEC50, 5.00 +/- 0.23) increased glucose uptake in a concentration-dependent manner, as did insulin (pEC50, 7.16 +/- 0.21). The alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine was without any stimulatory effect on glucose uptake. The stimulatory effect of cirazoline was inhibited by the alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin, but not by the beta-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol. RT-PCR showed that the alpha1A-adrenoceptor was the sole alpha1-adrenoceptor subtype expressed in L6 cells. Cirazoline- or insulin-mediated glucose uptake was inhibited by the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase inhibitor LY294002, suggesting a possible interaction between the alpha1-adrenoceptor and insulin pathways. Cirazoline or insulin stimulated phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase activity, but alpha1-adrenoceptor activation did not phosphorylate Akt. Both cirazoline- and insulin-mediated glucose uptake were inhibited by protein kinase C (PKC), phospholipase C, and p38 kinase inhibitors, but not by Erk1/2 inhibitors (despite both treatments being able to phosphorylate Erk1/2). Insulin and cirazoline were able to activate and phosphorylate p38 kinase. The phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and the calcium ionophore A23187 produced significant increases in glucose uptake, indicating roles for PKC and calcium in glucose uptake. Down-regulation of conventional PKC isoforms inhibited glucose uptake mediated by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, but not by insulin or cirazoline. This study demonstrates that alpha1-adrenoceptors mediate increases in glucose uptake in L6 muscle cells. This effect appears to be related to activation of phospholipase C, phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase, p38 kinase, and PKC.
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- Dana S Hutchinson
- Department of Physiology, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Arrhenius Laboratory F3, Stockholm University, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Campbell CSG, Caperuto LC, Hirata AE, Araujo EP, Velloso LA, Saad MJ, Carvalho CRO. The phosphatidylinositol/AKT/atypical PKC pathway is involved in the improved insulin sensitivity by DHEA in muscle and liver of rats in vivo. Life Sci 2004; 76:57-70. [PMID: 15501480 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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DHEA improves insulin sensitivity and has anti-obesity effect in animal models and men. However, the molecular mechanisms by which DHEA improves insulin action have not been clearly understood. In the present study, we examined the protein levels and phosphorylation state of insulin receptor (IR), IRS-1 and IRS-2, the association between IRSs and PI3K and SHP2, the insulin-induced IRSs associated PI 3-kinase activities, and the phosphorylation status of AKT and atypical PKCzeta/lambda in the liver and the muscle of 6 month-old Wistar rats treated with DHEA. There was no change in IR, IRS-1 and IRS-2 protein levels in both tissues of treated rats analysed by immunoblotting. On the other hand, insulin-induced IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation was increased in both tissues while IRS-2 tyrosyl phosphorylation was increased in liver of DHEA treated group. The PI3-kinase/AKT pathway was increased in the liver and the PI3K/atypical PKCzeta/lambda pathway was increased in the muscle of DHEA treated rats. These data indicate that these regulations of early steps of insulin action may play a role in the intracellular mechanism for the improved insulin sensitivity observed in this animal model.
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- Carmen S G Campbell
- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, ICB1, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, Caixa Postal, CEP05389-970, Brazil
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Kim SK, Woodcroft KJ, Khodadadeh SS, Novak RF. Insulin signaling regulates gamma-glutamylcysteine ligase catalytic subunit expression in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2004; 311:99-108. [PMID: 15169830 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.070375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Decreased glutathione (GSH) levels and gamma-glutamylcysteine ligase (GCL) activity have been observed in diabetic patients, and insulin reportedly increases GSH synthesis via increased GCL catalytic subunit (GCLC) gene expression. The signaling pathways responsible for mediating insulin effects on GCLC expression and GSH levels, however, are unknown. The signaling pathways involved in the regulation of GSH synthesis in response to insulin were examined in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. GSH levels, GCL activity, GCLC protein, and mRNA levels were increased to 140, 160, 600, and 340% of that monitored in untreated cells, respectively, in hepatocytes cultured with 100 nM insulin. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors, wortmannin and LY294002 [2-(4-morpholinyl)-9-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one], dominant-negative Akt, or rapamycin, an inhibitor of mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) and ribosomal p70 S6 kinase (p70S6K) phosphorylation, inhibited the insulin-mediated increase in GCLC protein and GSH levels. Although the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) extracellular signal-regulated kinase, p38 MAPK, and JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) were activated in response to insulin, PD98059 (2'-amino-3'-methoxyflavone), an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase, SP600125 (1,9-pyrazoloanthrone), an inhibitor of JNK, and SB203580 [4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-methylsulfinylphenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl)1H-imidazole], an inhibitor of p38 MAPK, failed to inhibit the insulin-mediated increase in GCLC protein levels. In conclusion, these data show that insulin signaling pathways involving PI3K/Akt/p70S6K, but not MAPKs, are active in the insulin-mediated regulation of GSH synthesis via increased GCLC expression.
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- Sang K Kim
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 2727 Second Avenue, Room 4000, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Fagan TE, Cefaratti C, Romani A. Streptozotocin-induced diabetes impairs Mg2+ homeostasis and uptake in rat liver cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2004; 286:E184-93. [PMID: 14701664 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00200.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Male Sprague-Dawley rats rendered diabetic by streptozotocin injection presented 10 and 20% decreases in total hepatic Mg2+ content at 4 and 8 wk, respectively, following diabetes onset. This decrease was associated with a parallel decrease in K+ and ATP content and an increase in Na+ level. In diabetic liver cells, the Mg2+ extrusion elicited by alpha1-adrenoceptor stimulation was markedly reduced compared with nondiabetic livers, whereas that induced by beta-adrenoceptor stimulation was unaffected. In addition, diabetic hepatocytes did not accumulate Mg2+ following stimulation of protein kinase C pathway by vasopressin, diacylglycerol analogs, or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate derivates despite the reduced basal content in cellular Mg2+. Experiments performed in purified plasma membrane from diabetic livers located the defect at the level of the bidirectional Na+/Mg2+ exchanger operating in the basolateral domain of the hepatocyte cell membrane, which could extrude but not accumulate Mg2+ in exchange for Na+. The impairment of Mg2+ uptake mechanism, in addition to the decrease in cellular ATP level, can contribute to explaining the decrease in liver Mg2+ content observed under diabetic conditions.
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- Theresa E Fagan
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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Perrini S, Henriksson J, Zierath JR, Widegren U. Exercise-induced protein kinase C isoform-specific activation in human skeletal muscle. Diabetes 2004; 53:21-4. [PMID: 14693693 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.1.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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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We determined whether protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms are redistributed and phosphorylated in response to acute exercise in skeletal muscle. Muscle biopsies were obtained from six healthy subjects (four women, two men; age 25 +/- 1 years) before, during, and after 60 min of one-leg cycle ergometry at approximately 70% VO(2peak). Exercise for 30 and 60 min was associated with a three- and fourfold increase in PKC-zeta/lambda abundance and a four- and threefold increase in phosphorylation, respectively, in total membranes (P < 0.05) and a decrease in PKC-zeta/lambda phosphorylation in cytosolic fractions. During exercise recovery, PKC-zeta/lambda abundance and phosphorylation remained elevated. PKC-zeta/lambda abundance and phosphorylation were increased in nonexercised muscle upon cessation of exercise, indicating a systemic response may contribute to changes in PKC abundance and phosphorylation. Exercise did not change PKC-delta or -epsilon abundance or phosphorylation in either the cytosolic or total membrane fraction. In conclusion, exercise is associated with an isoform-specific effect on PKC. PKC-zeta/lambda are candidate PKC isoforms that may play a role in the regulation of exercise-related changes in metabolic and gene-regulatory responses.
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- Sebastio Perrini
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Section for Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Wainszelbaum MJ, Belaunzarán ML, Lammel EM, Florin-Christensen M, Florin-Christensen J, Isola ELD. Free fatty acids induce cell differentiation to infective forms in Trypanosoma cruzi. Biochem J 2003; 375:705-12. [PMID: 12887332 PMCID: PMC1223715 DOI: 10.1042/bj20021907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2002] [Revised: 07/23/2003] [Accepted: 07/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Intestinal extracts of Triatoma infestans induce cell differentiation of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes into the infective metacyclic form. Part of this effect can be explained by the presence of haemoglobin fragments, which stimulate trypanosomal adenylate cyclase. In this work we examined the metacyclogenic activity of lipids present in this intestinal extract. We found that lipid extracts of the intestinal extract have significant stimulatory effects that reside with the free-fatty-acid fraction, especially oleic acid. These compounds stimulate de novo diacylglycerol formation and protein kinase C activity in the parasite. Moreover, metacyclogenesis is stimulated by phorbol esters and cell-permeant diacylglycerol, while protein kinase C down-regulation or incubation with inhibitors of this kinase abrogates this effect. These results indicate that free fatty acids are a novel signal, inducing metacyclogenesis, acting through a pathway involving diacylglycerol biosynthesis and protein kinase C activation.
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- Marisa J Wainszelbaum
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires Paraguay 2155, 1121ABG Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Zimmermann R, Haemmerle G, Wagner EM, Strauss JG, Kratky D, Zechner R. Decreased fatty acid esterification compensates for the reduced lipolytic activity in hormone-sensitive lipase-deficient white adipose tissue. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:2089-99. [PMID: 12923228 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m300190-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [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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It has been observed previously that hormone-sensitive lipase-deficient (HSL-ko) mice have reduced white adipose tissue (WAT) stores compared to control mice. These findings contradict the expectation that the decreased lipolytic activity in WAT of HSL-ko mice would cause accumulation of triglycerides (TGs) in that tissue. Here we demonstrate that the cellular TG synthesis in HSL-deficient WAT is markedly reduced due to downregulation of the enzymatic activities of glycerophosphate acyltransferase, dihydroxyacetonphosphate acyltransferase, lysophosphatidate acyltransferase, and diacylglycerol acyltransferase. Fatty acid de novo synthesis is also decreased due to reduced cellular glucose uptake, reduced glucose incorporation into adipose tissue lipids, and reduced activities of acetyl:CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthase. Finally, the activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), acyl:CoA synthetase (ACS), and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, the enzymes that provide glycerol-3-phosphate, acyl-CoA, and NADPH for TG synthesis, respectively, are decreased in HSL-ko mice. The reduced expression of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) target genes PEPCK, ACS, and aP2, as well as reduced mRNA levels of PPAR gamma itself, suggest the involvement of this transcription factor in the downregulation of lipogenesis. Taken together, these results establish that in the absence of HSL, the reduced NEFA production is counteracted by a drastic reduction of NEFA reesterification that provides sufficient quantities of NEFA for release into the circulation. These metabolic adaptations result in decreased fat mass in HSL-ko mice.
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- Robert Zimmermann
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Kim SK, Woodcroft KJ, Kim SG, Novak RF. Insulin and glucagon signaling in regulation of microsomal epoxide hydrolase expression in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Drug Metab Dispos 2003; 31:1260-8. [PMID: 12975336 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.31.10.1260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) plays an important role in the detoxification of a broad range of epoxide intermediates and has been reported to be decreased during diabetes and fasting. The signaling pathways involved in the regulation of mEH expression in response to insulin and glucagon were examined in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. mEH protein levels were increased 2- to 6-fold in hepatocytes cultured for 1 to 4 days, respectively, in the presence of insulin. Concentration-response studies revealed that insulin concentrations >or=1 nM resulted in increased mEH protein levels. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors wortmannin or LY294002 [2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one], and rapamycin, an inhibitor of p70 S6 kinase phosphorylation, ameliorated the insulin-mediated increase in mEH protein levels. The p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase inhibitors SB203580 and SB202190 also abrogated the insulin-mediated increase in mEH protein. Treatment of cells with glucagon, 8-bromo-cAMP, or dibutyryl-cAMP for 3 days resulted in decreased mEH protein levels. Pretreatment with the protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor H89 (N-[2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinoline) prior to glucagon addition markedly attenuated the glucagon effect, implicating PKA signaling in the regulation of mEH expression. These data demonstrate that insulin and glucagon regulate, in an opposing manner, the expression of mEH in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Furthermore, these data suggest that PI3K and p70 S6 kinase are active in the regulation of insulin-mediated mEH expression. We also provide data implicating p38 MAP kinase in the insulin-mediated increase in mEH levels. Moreover, cAMP and PKA are implicated in mediating the inhibitory effect of glucagon on mEH expression.
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- Sang K Kim
- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Nomura M, He Z, Koyama I, Ma WY, Miyamoto KI, Dong Z. Involvement of the Akt/mTOR pathway on EGF-induced cell transformation. Mol Carcinog 2003; 38:25-32. [PMID: 12949840 DOI: 10.1002/mc.10140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Our previous study demonstrated that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) is necessary for epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced cell transformation in mouse epidermal JB6 cells. Akt and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) are regarded as PI3K downstream effectors. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the role of Akt and mTOR on EGF-induced cell transformation in JB6 cells using rapamycin, a specific mTOR inhibitor, and cells expressing dominant negative mutants of Akt1 (DNM-Akt1). We found that the treatment of cells with rapamycin inhibited EGF-induced cell transformation but only slightly inhibited JB6 cell proliferation at 72 h. Although LY294002, a PI3K inhibitor, attenuated EGF-induced activator protein 1 (AP-1) activation, treatment with rapamycin did not affect AP-1 activity. Treatment with rapamycin inhibited EGF-induced phosphorylation and activation of ribosomal p70 S6 protein kinase (p70 S6K), an mTOR downstream target, but had no effect on phosphorylation and activation of Akt. Rapamycin also had no effect on EGF-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases (ERKs). We showed that introduction of DNM-Akt1 into JB6 mouse epidermal Cl 41 (JB6 Cl 41) cells inhibits EGF-induced cell transformation without blocking cell proliferation. The expression of DNM-Akt1 also suppressed EGF-induced p70 S6K activation as well as Akt activation. These results indicated an involvement of the Akt/mTOR pathway in EGF-induced cell transformation in JB6 cells.
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- Masaaki Nomura
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Holland WL, Stauter EC, Stith BJ. Quantification of phosphatidic acid and lysophosphatidic acid by HPLC with evaporative light-scattering detection. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:854-8. [PMID: 12562857 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d200040-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phosphatidic acid (PA) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) are lipids that regulate cellular processes. PA stimulates kinases and may play a role in exocytosis and membrane fusion. LPA can induce cell proliferation, platelet aggregation, and microfilament formation. Due to the growing interest in these lipids, rapid purification and quantification of these lipids is desirable. We now describe a method that utilizes one HPLC run to separate trace amounts of PA and LPA from large amounts of lipids found in cellular extracts. A two-pump HPLC with a solvent system consisting of chloroform, methanol, water, and ammonium hydroxide was employed to produce a reliable, efficient purification of the two lipids. Lipid mass was quantified by a sensitive evaporative light-scattering detector. Using this new method, insulin addition increased both PA (87%) and LPA (217%) mass in Xenopus laevis oocytes.
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- William L Holland
- Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Denver, 80217-3364, USA
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Dwyer DS, Ardizzone TD, Bradley RJ. Psychoactive drugs affect glucose transport and the regulation of glucose metabolism. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2003; 51:503-30. [PMID: 12420369 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(02)51015-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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- Donard S Dwyer
- Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
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Kumar N, Dey CS. Gliclazide increases insulin receptor tyrosine phosphorylation but not p38 phosphorylation in insulin-resistant skeletal muscle cells. J Exp Biol 2002; 205:3739-46. [PMID: 12409500 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.205.23.3739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sulfonylurea drugs are used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The mechanism of action of sulfonylureas is to release insulin from pancreatic cells and they have been proposed to act on insulin-sensitive tissues to enhance glucose uptake. The goal of the present study was to test the hypothesis that gliclazide, a second-generation sulfonylurea, could enhance insulin signaling in insulin-resistant skeletal muscle cells. We demonstrated that gliclazide enhanced insulin-stimulated insulin receptor tyrosine phosphorylation in insulin-resistant skeletal muscle cells. Although insulin receptor substrate-1 tyrosine phosphorylation was unaffected by gliclazide treatment, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity was partially restored by treatment with gliclazide. No increase in 2-deoxyglucose uptake in insulin-resistant cells by treatment with gliclazide was observed. Further investigations into the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway revealed that insulin-stimulated p38 phosphorylation was impaired, as compared with extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase(JNK), which were phosphorylated normally in insulin-resistant cells. Treatment with gliclazide could not restore p38 phosphorylation in insulin-resistant cells. We propose that gliclazide can regulate part of the insulin signaling in insulin-resistant skeletal muscle, and p38 could be a potential therapeutic target for glucose uptake to treat insulin resistance.
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- Naresh Kumar
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Punjab, India
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Chen HC, Stone SJ, Zhou P, Buhman KK, Farese RV. Dissociation of obesity and impaired glucose disposal in mice overexpressing acyl coenzyme a:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 in white adipose tissue. Diabetes 2002; 51:3189-95. [PMID: 12401709 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.11.3189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Acyl coenzyme A:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) is one of two DGAT enzymes known to catalyze the final step in mammalian triglyceride synthesis. Mice deficient in DGAT1 are resistant to obesity and have enhanced insulin sensitivity. To understand better the relationship between triglyceride synthesis and energy and glucose metabolism, we generated transgenic (aP2-Dgat1) mice in which expression of murine DGAT1 in the white adipose tissue (WAT) was twofold higher than normal. aP2-Dgat1 mice that were fed a regular diet had larger adipocytes and greater total fat pad weight than wild-type (WT) mice. In response to a high-fat diet, aP2-Dgat1 mice became more obese ( approximately 20% greater body weight after 15 weeks) than WT mice. However, the increase in adiposity in aP2-Dgat1 mice was not associated with impaired glucose disposal, as demonstrated by glucose and insulin tolerance tests. Correlating with this finding, triglyceride deposition in the liver and skeletal muscle, two major target tissues of insulin, was similar in aP2-Dgat1 and WT mice. Thus, DGAT1 overexpression in murine WAT provides a model in which obesity does not impair glucose disposal. Our findings support the lipotoxicity hypothesis that the deposition of triglycerides in insulin-sensitive tissues other than adipocytes causes insulin resistance.
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MESH Headings
- Acyltransferases/genetics
- Acyltransferases/metabolism
- Adipose Tissue/enzymology
- Adipose Tissue, Brown/enzymology
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Diacylglycerol O-Acyltransferase
- Dietary Fats
- Glucose Intolerance/genetics
- Liver/enzymology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology
- Myocardium/enzymology
- Obesity/genetics
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Receptors, Cell Surface/deficiency
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Leptin
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- Hubert C Chen
- Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, California 94141-9100, USA
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