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Gautier-Stein A, Vily-Petit J, Rajas F, Mithieux G. Intestinal gluconeogenesis: A translator of nutritional information needed for glycemic and emotional balance. Biochimie 2023:S0300-9084(23)00313-9. [PMID: 38040189 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
Abstract
At the interface between the outside world and the self, the intestine is the first organ receiving nutritional information. One intestinal function, gluconeogenesis, is activated by various nutrients, particularly diets enriched in fiber or protein, and thus results in glucose production in the portal vein in the post-absorptive period. The detection of portal glucose induces a nervous signal controlling the activity of the central nuclei involved in the regulation of metabolism and emotional behavior. Induction of intestinal gluconeogenesis is necessary for the beneficial effects of fiber or protein-enriched diets on metabolism and emotional behavior. Through its ability to translate nutritional information from the diet to the brain's regulatory centers, intestinal gluconeogenesis plays an essential role in maintaining physiological balance.
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- Amandine Gautier-Stein
- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, NUDICE, UMR_S 1213, Villeurbanne, 69100, France; Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, NUDICE, UMR_S 1213, Lyon, 69372, France.
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, NUDICE, UMR_S 1213, Villeurbanne, 69100, France; Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, NUDICE, UMR_S 1213, Lyon, 69372, France
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, NUDICE, UMR_S 1213, Villeurbanne, 69100, France; Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, NUDICE, UMR_S 1213, Lyon, 69372, France
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, NUDICE, UMR_S 1213, Villeurbanne, 69100, France; Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, NUDICE, UMR_S 1213, Lyon, 69372, France
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Yiew NK, Deja S, Ferguson D, Cho K, Jarasvaraparn C, Jacome-Sosa M, Lutkewitte AJ, Mukherjee S, Fu X, Singer JM, Patti GJ, Burgess SC, Finck BN. Effects of hepatic mitochondrial pyruvate carrier deficiency on de novo lipogenesis and gluconeogenesis in mice. iScience 2023; 26:108196. [PMID: 37942005 PMCID: PMC10628847 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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The liver coordinates the systemic response to nutrient deprivation and availability by producing glucose from gluconeogenesis during fasting and synthesizing lipids via de novo lipogenesis (DNL) when carbohydrates are abundant. Mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism is thought to play important roles in both gluconeogenesis and DNL. We examined the effects of hepatocyte-specific mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) deletion on the fasting-refeeding response. Rates of DNL during refeeding were impaired by hepatocyte MPC deletion, but this did not reduce intrahepatic lipid content. During fasting, glycerol is converted to glucose by two pathways; a direct cytosolic pathway and an indirect mitochondrial pathway requiring the MPC. Hepatocyte MPC deletion reduced the incorporation of 13C-glycerol into TCA cycle metabolites, but not into new glucose. Furthermore, suppression of glycerol and alanine metabolism did not affect glucose concentrations in fasted hepatocyte-specific MPC-deficient mice, suggesting multiple layers of redundancy in glycemic control in mice.
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- Nicole K.H. Yiew
- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Siteman Cancer Center, Center for Metabolomics and Isotope Tracing, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Siteman Cancer Center, Center for Metabolomics and Isotope Tracing, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Yiew NK, Deja S, Ferguson D, Cho K, Jarasvaraparn C, Jacome-Sosa M, Lutkewitte AJ, Mukherjee S, Fu X, Singer JM, Patti GJ, Burgess SC, Finck BN. Effects of hepatic mitochondrial pyruvate carrier deficiency on de novo lipogenesis and glycerol-mediated gluconeogenesis in mice. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.17.528992. [PMID: 36824879 PMCID: PMC9949129 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.17.528992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
Abstract
The liver coordinates the systemic response to nutrient deprivation and availability by producing glucose from gluconeogenesis during fasting and synthesizing lipids via de novo lipogenesis (DNL) when carbohydrates are abundant. Mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism is thought to play important roles in both gluconeogenesis and DNL. We examined the effects of hepatocyte-specific mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) deletion on the fasting-refeeding response. Rates of DNL during refeeding were impaired by liver MPC deletion, but this did not reduce intrahepatic lipid content. During fasting, glycerol is converted to glucose by two pathways; a direct cytosolic pathway essentially reversing glycolysis and an indirect mitochondrial pathway requiring the MPC. MPC deletion reduced the incorporation of 13C-glycerol into TCA cycle metabolites but not into newly synthesized glucose. However, suppression of glycerol metabolism did not affect glucose concentrations in fasted hepatocyte-specific MPC-deficient mice. Thus, glucose production by kidney and intestine may compensate for MPC deficiency in hepatocytes.
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- Nicole K.H. Yiew
- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Siteman Cancer Center, Center for Metabolomics and Isotope Tracing, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Siteman Cancer Center, Center for Metabolomics and Isotope Tracing, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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Lallement J, Raho I, Merlen G, Rainteau D, Croyal M, Schiffano M, Kassis N, Doignon I, Soty M, Lachkar F, Krempf M, Van Hul M, Cani PD, Foufelle F, Amouyal C, Le Stunff H, Magnan C, Tordjmann T, Cruciani-Guglielmacci C. Hepatic deletion of serine palmitoyl transferase 2 impairs ceramide/sphingomyelin balance, bile acids homeostasis and leads to liver damage in mice. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2023; 1868:159333. [PMID: 37224999 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2023.159333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Ceramides (Cer) have been shown as lipotoxic inducers, which disturb numerous cell-signaling pathways, leading to metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes. In this study, we aimed to determine the role of de novo hepatic ceramide synthesis in energy and liver homeostasis in mice. We generated mice lacking serine palmitoyltransferase 2 (Sptlc2), the rate limiting enzyme of ceramide de novo synthesis, in liver under albumin promoter. Liver function, glucose homeostasis, bile acid (BA) metabolism and hepatic sphingolipids content were assessed using metabolic tests and LC-MS. Despite lower expression of hepatic Sptlc2, we observed an increased concentration of hepatic Cer, associated with a 10-fold increase in neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMase2) expression, and a decreased sphingomyelin content in the liver. Sptlc2ΔLiv mice were protected against obesity induced by high fat diet and displayed a defect in lipid absorption. In addition, an important increase in tauro-muricholic acid was associated with a downregulation of the nuclear BA receptor FXR target genes. Sptlc2 deficiency also enhanced glucose tolerance and attenuated hepatic glucose production, while the latter effect was dampened in presence of nSMase2 inhibitor. Finally, Sptlc2 disruption promoted apoptosis, inflammation and progressive development of hepatic fibrosis, worsening with age. Our data suggest a compensatory mechanism to regulate hepatic ceramides content from sphingomyelin hydrolysis, with deleterious impact on liver homeostasis. In addition, our results show the involvement of hepatic sphingolipid modulation in BA metabolism and hepatic glucose production in an insulin-independent manner, which highlight the still under-researched role of ceramides in many metabolic functions.
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- Justine Lallement
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, CRSA, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Biochemistry Department, Paris, France
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- Université de Nantes, CHU Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l'institut du thorax, F-44000 Nantes, France; Université de Nantes, CHU Nantes, Inserm, CNRS, SFR Santé, Inserm UMS 016, CNRS UMS 3556, F-44000 Nantes, France; Plateforme de Spectrométrie de Masse du CRNH-O, UMR1280, Nantes, France
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- Plateforme de Spectrométrie de Masse du CRNH-O, UMR1280, Nantes, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, INSERM UMR-S1213, Lyon, France
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- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, 75006 Paris, France
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- Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain), 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and BIOtechnology (WELBIO) department, WEL Research Institute (WELRI), avenue Pasteur, 6, 1300 Wavre, Belgium
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- Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain), 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and BIOtechnology (WELBIO) department, WEL Research Institute (WELRI), avenue Pasteur, 6, 1300 Wavre, Belgium
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- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, 75006 Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, CNRS UMR 9197, Université Paris Saclay, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, F-75013 Paris, France
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Intestinal gluconeogenesis: metabolic benefits make sense in the light of evolution. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023; 20:183-194. [PMID: 36470967 DOI: 10.1038/s41575-022-00707-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
Abstract
The intestine, like the liver and kidney, in various vertebrates and humans is able to carry out gluconeogenesis and release glucose into the blood. In the fed post-absorptive state, intestinal glucose is sensed by the gastrointestinal nervous system. The latter initiates a signal to the brain regions controlling energy homeostasis and stress-related behaviour. Intestinal gluconeogenesis (IGN) is activated by several complementary mechanisms, in particular nutritional situations (for example, when food is enriched in protein or fermentable fibre and after gastric bypass surgery in obesity). In these situations, IGN has several metabolic and behavioural benefits. As IGN is activated by nutrients capable of fuelling systemic gluconeogenesis, IGN could be a signal to the brain that food previously ingested is suitable for maintaining plasma glucose for a while. This process might account for the benefits observed. Finally, in this Perspective, we discuss how the benefits of IGN in fasting and fed states could explain why IGN emerged and was maintained in vertebrates by natural selection.
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Zhao Y, Yang H, Wu F, Luo X, Sun Q, Feng W, Ju X, Liu G. Exploration of N-Arylsulfonyl-indole-2-carboxamide Derivatives as Novel Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase Inhibitors by Molecular Simulation. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810259. [PMID: 36142164 PMCID: PMC9499002 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A series of N-arylsulfonyl-indole-2-carboxamide derivatives have been identified as potent fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) inhibitors (FBPIs) with excellent selectivity for the potential therapy of type II diabetes mellitus. To explore the structure–activity relationships (SARs) and the mechanisms of action of these FBPIs, a systematic computational study was performed in the present study, including three-dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship (3D-QSAR) modeling, pharmacophore modeling, molecular dynamics (MD), and virtual screening. The constructed 3D-QSAR models exhibited good predictive ability with reasonable parameters using comparative molecular field analysis (q2 = 0.709, R2 = 0.979, rpre2 = 0.932) and comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (q2 = 0.716, R2 = 0.978, rpre2 = 0.890). Twelve hit compounds were obtained by virtual screening using the best pharmacophore model in combination with molecular dockings. Three compounds with relatively higher docking scores and better ADME properties were then selected for further studies by docking and MD analyses. The docking results revealed that the amino acid residues Met18, Gly21, Gly26, Leu30, and Thr31 at the binding site were of great importance for the effective bindings of these FBPIs. The MD results indicated that the screened compounds VS01 and VS02 could bind with FBPase stably as its cognate ligand in dynamic conditions. This work identified several potential FBPIs by modeling studies and might provide important insights into developing novel FBPIs.
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- Yilan Zhao
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Key Laboratory of Novel Biomass-Based Environmental and Energy Materials in Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
- Key Laboratory of Novel Biomass-Based Environmental and Energy Materials in Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
- Correspondence: (W.F.); (G.L.)
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
- Key Laboratory of Novel Biomass-Based Environmental and Energy Materials in Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
- Correspondence: (W.F.); (G.L.)
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Maheshwari N, Khan AA, Ali A, Mahmood R. Oral administration of pentachlorophenol impairs antioxidant system, inhibits enzymes of brush border membrane, causes DNA damage and histological changes in rat intestine. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2022; 11:616-627. [PMID: 36051662 PMCID: PMC9424705 DOI: 10.1093/toxres/tfac035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is a broad spectrum biocide that has many domestic and industrial applications. PCP enters the environment due to its wide use, especially as a wood preservative. Human exposure to PCP is through contaminated water and adulterated food products. PCP is highly toxic and is classified as class 2B or probable human carcinogen. In this study, we explored the effect of PCP on rat intestine. Adult rats were orally given different doses of PCP (25-150-mg/kg body weight/day) in corn oil for 5 days, whereas controls were given similar amount of corn oil. The rats were sacrificed 24 h after the last treatment. A marked increase in lipid peroxidation, carbonyl content, and hydrogen peroxide level was seen. The glutathione and sulfhydryl group content was decreased in all PCP treated groups. This strongly suggests the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the intestine. PCP administration suppressed carbohydrate metabolism, inhibited enzymes of brush border membrane (BBM), and antioxidant defense system. It also led to increase in DNA damage, which was evident from comet assay, DNA-protein cross-linking, and DNA fragmentation. Histological studies supported the biochemical results showing marked dose-dependent tissue damage in intestines from PCP treated animals. This study reports for the first time that oral administration of PCP induces ROS, impairs the antioxidant system, damages DNA, and alters the enzyme activities of BBM and metabolic pathways in rat intestine.
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- Nikhil Maheshwari
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U.P., India
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- Departments of Anatomy, J. N. Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U.P., India
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- Departments of Biochemistry, J. N. Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U.P., India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U.P., India
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La Rose AM, Bazioti V, Hoogerland JA, Svendsen AF, Groenen AG, van Faassen M, Rutten MGS, Kloosterhuis NJ, Dethmers-Ausema B, Nijland JH, Mithieux G, Rajas F, Kuipers F, Lukens MV, Soehnlein O, Oosterveer MH, Westerterp M. Hepatocyte-specific glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency disturbs platelet aggregation and decreases blood monocytes upon fasting-induced hypoglycemia. Mol Metab 2021; 53:101265. [PMID: 34091064 PMCID: PMC8243524 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD Ia) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder caused by mutations in the glucose-6-phosphatase (G6PC1) gene. When untreated, GSD Ia leads to severe fasting-induced hypoglycemia. Although current intensive dietary management aims to prevent hypoglycemia, patients still experience hypoglycemic events. Poor glycemic control in GSD Ia is associated with hypertriglyceridemia, hepatocellular adenoma and carcinoma, and also with an increased bleeding tendency of unknown origin. METHODS To evaluate the effect of glycemic control on leukocyte levels and coagulation in GSD Ia, we employed hepatocyte-specific G6pc1 deficient (L-G6pc-/-) mice under fed or fasted conditions, to match good or poor glycemic control in GSD Ia, respectively. RESULTS We found that fasting-induced hypoglycemia in L-G6pc-/- mice decreased blood leukocytes, specifically proinflammatory Ly6Chi monocytes, compared to controls. Refeeding reversed this decrease. The decrease in Ly6Chi monocytes was accompanied by an increase in plasma corticosterone levels and was prevented by the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone. Further, fasting-induced hypoglycemia in L-G6pc-/- mice prolonged bleeding time in the tail vein bleeding assay, with reversal by refeeding. This could not be explained by changes in coagulation factors V, VII, or VIII, or von Willebrand factor. While the prothrombin and activated partial thromboplastin time as well as total platelet counts were not affected by fasting-induced hypoglycemia in L-G6pc-/- mice, ADP-induced platelet aggregation was disturbed. CONCLUSIONS These studies reveal a relationship between fasting-induced hypoglycemia, decreased blood monocytes, and disturbed platelet aggregation in L-G6pc-/- mice. While disturbed platelet aggregation likely accounts for the bleeding phenotype in GSD Ia, elevated plasma corticosterone decreases the levels of proinflammatory monocytes. These studies highlight the necessity of maintaining good glycemic control in GSD Ia.
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- Anouk M La Rose
- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, INSERM UMR-S1213, Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, INSERM UMR-S1213, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Experimental Pathology (ExPat), Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZBME), University of Münster, Münster, Germany; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology (FyFa), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Rutten MG, Derks TG, Huijkman NC, Bos T, Kloosterhuis NJ, van de Kolk KC, Wolters JC, Koster MH, Bongiovanni L, Thomas RE, de Bruin A, van de Sluis B, Oosterveer MH. Modeling Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1a Liver Disease in Mice by Somatic CRISPR/CRISPR-associated protein 9-Mediated Gene Editing. Hepatology 2021; 74:2491-2507. [PMID: 34157136 PMCID: PMC8597008 DOI: 10.1002/hep.32022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Patients with glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD-1a) primarily present with life-threatening hypoglycemia and display severe liver disease characterized by hepatomegaly. Despite strict dietary management, long-term complications still occur, such as liver tumor development. Variations in residual glucose-6-phosphatase (G6PC1) activity likely contribute to phenotypic heterogeneity in biochemical symptoms and complications between patients. However, lack of insight into the relationship between G6PC1 activity and symptoms/complications and poor understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms pose major challenges to provide optimal health care and quality of life for GSD-1a patients. Currently available GSD-1a animal models are not suitable to systematically investigate the relationship between hepatic G6PC activity and phenotypic heterogeneity or the contribution of gene-gene interactions (GGIs) in the liver. APPROACH AND RESULTS To meet these needs, we generated and characterized a hepatocyte-specific GSD-1a mouse model using somatic CRISPR/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9)-mediated gene editing. Hepatic G6pc editing reduced hepatic G6PC activity up to 98% and resulted in failure to thrive, fasting hypoglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hepatomegaly, hepatic steatosis (HS), and increased liver tumor incidence. This approach was furthermore successful in simultaneously modulating hepatic G6PC and carbohydrate response element-binding protein, a transcription factor that is activated in GSD-1a and protects against HS under these conditions. Importantly, it also allowed for the modeling of a spectrum of GSD-1a phenotypes in terms of hepatic G6PC activity, fasting hypoglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hepatomegaly and HS. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, we show that somatic CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing allows for the modeling of a spectrum of hepatocyte-borne GSD-1a disease symptoms in mice and to efficiently study GGIs in the liver. This approach opens perspectives for translational research and will likely contribute to personalized treatments for GSD-1a and other genetic liver diseases.
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- Martijn G.S. Rutten
- Department of PediatricsUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Section of Metabolic DiseasesBeatrix Children’s HospitalUniversity Medical Center GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory MedicineUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Central Animal FacilityGroningen Small Animal Imaging Facility (Gronsai)University Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Dutch Molecular Pathology CenterFaculty of Veterinary MedicineUtrecht UniversityCL UtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Dutch Molecular Pathology CenterFaculty of Veterinary MedicineUtrecht UniversityCL UtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands,Dutch Molecular Pathology CenterFaculty of Veterinary MedicineUtrecht UniversityCL UtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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Nuclear CoRepressors, NCOR1 and SMRT, are required for maintaining systemic metabolic homeostasis. Mol Metab 2021; 53:101315. [PMID: 34390859 PMCID: PMC8429965 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Objective The nuclear receptor corepressor 1 (NCOR1) and the silencing mediator of retinoic acid and thyroid hormone (SMRT, also known as NCOR2) play critical and specific roles in nuclear receptor action. NCOR1, both in vitro and in vivo specifically regulates thyroid hormone (TH) action in the context of individual organs such as the liver, and systemically in the context of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis. In contrast, selective deletion of SMRT in the liver or globally has shown that it plays very little role in TH signaling. However, both NCOR1 and SMRT have some overlapping roles in hepatic metabolism and lipogenesis. Here, we determine the roles of NCOR1 and SMRT in global physiologic function and find if SMRT could play a compensatory role in the regulation of TH action, globally. Methods We used a postnatal deletion strategy to disrupt both NCOR1 and SMRT together in all tissues at 8–9 weeks of age in male and female mice. This was performed using a tamoxifen-inducible Cre recombinase (UBC-Cre-ERT2) to KO (knockout) NCOR1, SMRT, or NCOR1 and SMRT together. We used the same strategy to KO HDAC3 in male and female mice of the same age. Metabolic parameters, gene expression, and thyroid function tests were analyzed. Results Surprisingly, adult mice that acquired NCOR1 and SMRT deletion rapidly became hypoglycemic and hypothermic and perished within ten days of deletion of both corepressors. Postnatal deletion of either NCOR1 or SMRT had no impact on mortality. NCOR1/SMRT KO mice rapidly developed hepatosteatosis and mild elevations in liver function tests. Additionally, alterations in lipogenesis, beta oxidation, along with hepatic triglyceride and glycogen levels suggested defects in hepatic metabolism. The intestinal function was intact in the NCOR1/SMRT knockout (KO) mice. The KO of HDAC3 resulted in a distinct phenotype from the NCOR1/SMRT KO mice, whereas none of the HDAC3 KO mice succumbed after tamoxifen injection. Conclusions The KO of NCOR1 and SMRT rapidly leads to significant metabolic abnormalities that do not survive – including hypoglycemia, hypothermia, and weight loss. Hepatosteatosis rapidly developed along with alterations in hepatic metabolism suggesting a contribution to the dramatic phenotype from liver injury. Glucose production and absorption were intact in NCOR1/SMRT KO mice, demonstrating a multifactorial process leading to their demise. HDAC3 KO mice have a distinct phenotype from the NCOR1/SMRT KO mice—which implies that NCOR1/SMRT together regulate a critical pathway that is required for survival in adulthood and is separate from HDAC3. The knockout of corepressors NCoR1 and SMRT is rapidly lethal. Metabolic abnormalities observed include hypoglycemia and hypothermia. Hepatic glucose production and intestinal absorption is intact despite hypoglycemia. The lethal action of NCoR1/SMRT deletion is independent of HDAC3.
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Husain N, Hasan S, Khan AA, Mahmood R. Copper chloride inhibits brush border membrane enzymes, alters antioxidant and metabolic status and damages DNA in rat intestine: a dose-dependent study. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:43711-43724. [PMID: 33837945 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13804-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Copper (Cu) is an extensively used heavy metal and an indispensible micronutrient for living beings. However, Cu is also toxic and exerts multiple adverse health effects when humans are exposed to high levels of this metal. We have examined the effect of single acute oral dose of copper chloride (CuCl2) on parameters of oxidative stress, cellular metabolism, membrane and DNA damage in rat intestine. Adult male Wistar rats were divided into four groups and separately administered a single oral dose of 5, 15, 30 and 40 mg CuCl2/kg body weight. Rats not administered CuCl2 served as the control. Oral administration of CuCl2 led to significant alterations in the activities of metabolic and membrane-bound enzymes; brush border enzymes were inhibited by 45-75% relative to the control set. Inhibition of antioxidant enzymes diminished the metal-reducing and free radical quenching ability of the cells. Oxidative damage caused cellular oxidation of thiols, proteins and lipids. Diphenylamine and comet assays showed that CuCl2 treatment enhanced DNA damage while DNA-protein crosslinking was also increased in the intestinal cells. Examination of stained sections showed that CuCl2 treatment led to marked histological changes in the intestine. All the changes seen were in a CuCl2 dose-dependent manner with more prominent alterations at higher doses of CuCl2. These results clearly show that oral administration of CuCl2 results in oxidative damage to the intestine which can impair its digestive and absorptive functions.
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- Nazim Husain
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, 202002, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, 202002, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, 202002, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, 202002, India.
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Bai XP, Fan YM, Zhang L, Yang GH, Li X. Influence of Liver Cirrhosis on Blood Glucose, Insulin Sensitivity and Islet Function in Mice. Am J Med Sci 2021; 362:403-417. [PMID: 34274322 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2021.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The relationship between cirrhosis and diabetes is controversial. We studied the influence of cirrhosis on glucose levels and islet function and explored its possible mechanisms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cirrhosis was induced in male C57BL/6 mice by bile duct ligation (BDL). Serum biochemical parameters were determined, and oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) were performed at 4 and 8 weeks after BDL. Histopathology and phospho-NF-κB-p65/I-kappa B α immunohistochemical staining of the liver and islet were observed. The protein levels of the insulin signaling system and the gene expression of insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) in the liver and muscle were determined. The activity of glucokinase (GCK) and glucose 6-phosphatase (G6P) and glycogen levels in liver homogenates were measured. RESULTS After BDL, the mice developed cirrhosis, and fasting glucose decreased significantly, but 2 h postprandial glucose increased, and the insulin areas under the curves increased. At 4 weeks of BDL, the ratios of phospho-NF-κB-p65/I-kappa B α accumulation in the liver and islet increased, the activity of G6P and the glycogen content in liver homogenates decreased, the insulin signaling system and the gene expression of IDE in the liver was downregulated, and the islet areas were decreased. After 8 weeks, these changes were more severe. CONCLUSIONS In different periods of cirrhosis, the levels of fasting glucose and 2 h postprandial glucose changed in different amplitudes. Glycogen concentrations and the activity of G6P in the liver were decreased. The mice developed insulin resistance and the islet areas were decreased. The NF-κB pathway may play a role in the process.
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- Xiu-Ping Bai
- Endocrinology Division, The Second Hospital of ShanXi Medical University, TaiYuan 030001, ShanXi, China.
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- Endocrinology Division, The Second Hospital of ShanXi Medical University, TaiYuan 030001, ShanXi, China
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- Endocrinology Division, The Second Hospital of ShanXi Medical University, TaiYuan 030001, ShanXi, China
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- Central Laboratory, The Second Hospital of ShanXi Medical University, TaiYuan 030001, ShanXi, China
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- Endocrinology Division, The Second Hospital of ShanXi Medical University, TaiYuan 030001, ShanXi, China
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Rahim M, Hasenour CM, Bednarski TK, Hughey CC, Wasserman DH, Young JD. Multitissue 2H/13C flux analysis reveals reciprocal upregulation of renal gluconeogenesis in hepatic PEPCK-C-knockout mice. JCI Insight 2021; 6:e149278. [PMID: 34156032 PMCID: PMC8262479 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.149278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The liver is the major source of glucose production during fasting under normal physiological conditions. However, the kidney may also contribute to maintaining glucose homeostasis in certain circumstances. To test the ability of the kidney to compensate for impaired hepatic glucose production in vivo, we developed a stable isotope approach to simultaneously quantify gluconeogenic and oxidative metabolic fluxes in the liver and kidney. Hepatic gluconeogenesis from phosphoenolpyruvate was disrupted via liver-specific knockout of cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK-C; KO). 2H/13C isotopes were infused in fasted KO and WT littermate mice, and fluxes were estimated from isotopic measurements of tissue and plasma metabolites using a multicompartment metabolic model. Hepatic gluconeogenesis and glucose production were reduced in KO mice, yet whole-body glucose production and arterial glucose were unaffected. Glucose homeostasis was maintained by a compensatory rise in renal glucose production and gluconeogenesis. Renal oxidative metabolic fluxes of KO mice increased to sustain the energetic and metabolic demands of elevated gluconeogenesis. These results show the reciprocity of the liver and kidney in maintaining glucose homeostasis by coordinated regulation of gluconeogenic flux through PEPCK-C. Combining stable isotopes with mathematical modeling provides a versatile platform to assess multitissue metabolism in various genetic, pathophysiological, physiological, and pharmacological settings.
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- Mohsin Rahim
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and.,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Gut microbial alterations in neonatal jaundice pre- and post-treatment. Biosci Rep 2021; 41:228373. [PMID: 33860293 PMCID: PMC8150162 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20210362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Neonatal jaundice is a common disease that affects up to 60% of newborns. Herein, we performed a comparative analysis of the gut microbiome in neonatal jaundice and non-neonatal jaundice infants (NJIs) and identified gut microbial alterations in neonatal jaundice pre- and post-treatment. We prospectively collected 232 fecal samples from 51 infants at five time points (0, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months). Finally, 114 samples from 6 NJIs and 19 non-NJI completed MiSeq sequencing and analysis. We characterized the gut microbiome and identified microbial differences and gene functions. Meconium microbial diversity from NJI was decreased compared with that from non-NJI. The genus Gemella was decreased in NJI versus non-NJI. Eleven predicted microbial functions, including fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase III and pyruvate carboxylase subunit B, decreased, while three functions, including acetyl-CoA acyltransferase, increased in NJI. After treatments, the microbial community presented significant alteration-based β diversity. The phyla Firmicutes and Actinobacteria were increased, while Proteobacteria and Fusobacteria were decreased. Microbial alterations were also analyzed between 6 recovered NJI and 19 non-NJI. The gut microbiota was unique in the meconium microbiome from NJI, implying that early gut microbiome intervention could be promising for the management of neonatal jaundice. Alterations of gut microbiota from NJI can be of great value to bolster evidence-based prevention against 'bacterial dysbiosis'.
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Pereira GA, Sodré FS, Murata GM, Amaral AG, Payolla TB, Campos CV, Sato FT, Anhê GF, Bordin S. Fructose Consumption by Adult Rats Exposed to Dexamethasone In Utero Changes the Phenotype of Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Exacerbates Intestinal Gluconeogenesis. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12103062. [PMID: 33036430 PMCID: PMC7600908 DOI: 10.3390/nu12103062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Fructose consumption by rodents modulates both hepatic and intestinal lipid metabolism and gluconeogenesis. We have previously demonstrated that in utero exposure to dexamethasone (DEX) interacts with fructose consumption during adult life to exacerbate hepatic steatosis in rats. The aim of this study was to clarify if adult rats born to DEX-treated mothers would display differences in intestinal gluconeogenesis after excessive fructose intake. To address this issue, female Wistar rats were treated with DEX during pregnancy and control (CTL) mothers were kept untreated. Adult offspring born to CTL and DEX-treated mothers were assigned to receive either tap water (Control-Standard Chow (CTL-SC) and Dexamethasone-Standard Chow (DEX-SC)) or 10% fructose in the drinking water (CTL-fructose and DEX-fructose). Fructose consumption lasted for 80 days. All rats were subjected to a 40 h fasting before sample collection. We found that DEX-fructose rats have increased glucose and reduced lactate in the portal blood. Jejunum samples of DEX-fructose rats have enhanced phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression and activity, higher facilitated glucose transporter member 2 (GLUT2) and facilitated glucose transporter member 5 (GLUT5) content, and increased villous height, crypt depth, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) staining. The current data reveal that rats born to DEX-treated mothers that consume fructose during adult life have increased intestinal gluconeogenesis while recapitulating metabolic and morphological features of the neonatal jejunum phenotype.
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- Gizela A. Pereira
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-000 SP, Brazil; (G.A.P.); (F.S.S.); (G.M.M.); (A.G.A.); (T.B.P.); (F.T.S.)
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-000 SP, Brazil; (G.A.P.); (F.S.S.); (G.M.M.); (A.G.A.); (T.B.P.); (F.T.S.)
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-000 SP, Brazil; (G.A.P.); (F.S.S.); (G.M.M.); (A.G.A.); (T.B.P.); (F.T.S.)
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-000 SP, Brazil; (G.A.P.); (F.S.S.); (G.M.M.); (A.G.A.); (T.B.P.); (F.T.S.)
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-000 SP, Brazil; (G.A.P.); (F.S.S.); (G.M.M.); (A.G.A.); (T.B.P.); (F.T.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, 13083-887 SP, Brazil; (C.V.C.); (G.F.A.)
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-000 SP, Brazil; (G.A.P.); (F.S.S.); (G.M.M.); (A.G.A.); (T.B.P.); (F.T.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, 13083-887 SP, Brazil; (C.V.C.); (G.F.A.)
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-000 SP, Brazil; (G.A.P.); (F.S.S.); (G.M.M.); (A.G.A.); (T.B.P.); (F.T.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +55-11-3091-7245
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Liu M, Yun P, Hu Y, Yang J, Khadka RB, Peng X. Effects of Grape Seed Proanthocyanidin Extract on Obesity. Obes Facts 2020; 13:279-291. [PMID: 32114568 PMCID: PMC7250358 DOI: 10.1159/000502235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease resulting from excessive fat accumulation and/or abnormal distribution caused by multiple factors. As a major component of metabolic syndrome, obesity is closely related to many diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke and cancer. Hence, the problem of obesity cannot be ignored, and recent studies have shown that grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE) has an antiobesity effect. This paper systematically reviews the research progress and potential mechanism of GSPE emphasizing on obesity prevention and treatment.
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- Miao Liu
- Medical School of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Medical School of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Medical School of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Medical School of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China,
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Sharma R, Kumari M, Prakash P, Gupta S, Tiwari S. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in urine exosomes reflect impairment in renal gluconeogenesis in early insulin resistance and diabetes. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2020; 318:F720-F731. [PMID: 32036699 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00507.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Impaired insulin-induced suppression of renal gluconeogenesis could be a risk for hyperglycemia. Diabetes is associated with elevated renal gluconeogenesis; however, its regulation in early insulin resistance is unclear in humans. A noninvasive marker of renal gluconeogenesis would be helpful. Here, we show that human urine exosomes (uE) contain three gluconeogenic enzymes: phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase, and glucose 6-phosphatase. Their protein levels were positively associated with whole body insulin sensitivity. PEPCK protein in uE exhibited a meal-induced suppression. However, subjects with lower insulin sensitivity had blunted meal-induced suppression. Also, uE from subjects with prediabetes and diabetic rats had higher PEPCK relative to nondiabetic controls. Moreover, uE-PEPCK was higher in drug-naïve subjects with diabetes relative to drug-treated subjects with diabetes. To determine whether increased renal gluconeogenesis is associated with hyperglycemia or PEPCK expression in uE, acidosis was induced in rats by 0.28 M NH4Cl with 0.5% sucrose in drinking water. Control rats were maintained on 0.5% sucrose. At the seventh day posttreatment, gluconeogenic enzyme activity in the kidneys, but not in the liver, was higher in acidotic rats. These rats had elevated PEPCK in their uE and a significant rise in blood glucose relative to controls. The induction of gluconeogenesis in human proximal tubule cells increased PEPCK expression in both human proximal tubules and human proximal tubule-secreted exosomes in the media. Overall, gluconeogenic enzymes are detectable in human uE. Elevated PEPCK and its blunted meal-induced suppression in human urine exosomes are associated with diabetes and early insulin resistance.
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- Rajni Sharma
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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Jejunal Insulin Signalling Is Increased in Morbidly Obese Subjects with High Insulin Resistance and Is Regulated by Insulin and Leptin. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9010196. [PMID: 31936857 PMCID: PMC7019979 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9010196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Little is known about the jejunal insulin signalling pathways in insulin resistance/diabetes states and their possible regulation by insulin/leptin. We study in jejunum the relation between insulin signalling and insulin resistance in morbidly obese subjects with low (MO-low-IR) or with high insulin resistance (MO-high-IR), and with type 2 diabetes treated with metformin (MO-metf-T2DM)), and the effect of insulin/leptin on intestinal epithelial cells (IEC). Insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS1) and the catalytic p110β subunit (p110β) of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) were higher in MO-high-IR than in MO-low-IR. The regulatory p85α subunit of PI3K (p85α)/p110β ratio was lower in MO-high-IR and MO-metf-T2DM than in MO-low-IR. Akt-phosphorylation in Ser473 was reduced in MO-high-IR compared with MO-low-IR. IRS1 and p110-β were associated with insulin and leptin levels. The improvement of body mass index (BMI) and HOMA-IR (homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index) after bariatric surgery was associated with a higher IRS1 and a lower p85α/p110β ratio. IEC (intestinal epithelial cells) incubation with a high glucose + insulin dose produced an increase of p85α and p110β. High dose of leptin produced an increase of IRS1, p85α and p110β. In conclusion, despite the existence of insulin resistance, the jejunal expression of genes involved in insulin signalling was increased in MO-high-IR. Their expressions were regulated mainly by leptin. IRS1 and p85α/p110β ratio was associated with the evolution of insulin resistance after bariatric surgery.
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Qi M, Tan B, Wang J, Li J, Liao S, Yan J, Liu Y, Yin Y. Small intestinal transcriptome analysis revealed changes of genes involved in nutrition metabolism and immune responses in growth retardation piglets1. J Anim Sci 2019; 97:3795-3808. [PMID: 31231776 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skz205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Postnatal growth retardation (PGR) is common in piglets. Abnormal development in small intestine was casually implicated in impaired growth, but the exact mechanism is still implausible. The present study unveiled transcriptome profile of jejunal mucosa, the major site of nutrient absorption, in PGR and healthy piglets using RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq). The middle segments of jejunum and ileum, and jejunal mucosa were obtained from healthy and PGR piglets at 42 d of age. Total RNA samples extracted from jejunal mucosa of healthy and PGR piglets were submitted for RNA-seq. Lower villus height was observed in both jejunum and ileum from PGR piglets suggesting structural impairment in small intestine (P < 0.05). RNA-seq libraries were constructed and sequenced, and produced average 4.8 × 107 clean reads. Analysis revealed a total of 499 differently expressed genes (DEGs), of which 320 DEGs were downregulated in PGR piglets as compared to healthy piglets. The functional annotation based on Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) highlighted that most DEGs were involved in nutrient metabolism and immune responses. Our results further indicated decreased gene expression associated with glucose, lipid, protein, mineral, and vitamin metabolic process, detoxication ability, oxidoreductase activity, and mucosal barrier function; as well as the increased insulin resistance and inflammatory response in the jejunal mucosa of PGR piglets. These results characterized the transcriptomic profile of the jejunal mucosa in PGR piglets, and could provide valuable information with respect to better understanding the nutrition metabolism and immune responses in the small intestine of piglets.
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- Ming Qi
- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Rajas F, Gautier-Stein A, Mithieux G. Glucose-6 Phosphate, A Central Hub for Liver Carbohydrate Metabolism. Metabolites 2019; 9:metabo9120282. [PMID: 31756997 PMCID: PMC6950410 DOI: 10.3390/metabo9120282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Cells efficiently adjust their metabolism according to the abundance of nutrients and energy. The ability to switch cellular metabolism between anabolic and catabolic processes is critical for cell growth. Glucose-6 phosphate is the first intermediate of glucose metabolism and plays a central role in the energy metabolism of the liver. It acts as a hub to metabolically connect glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway, glycogen synthesis, de novo lipogenesis, and the hexosamine pathway. In this review, we describe the metabolic fate of glucose-6 phosphate in a healthy liver and the metabolic reprogramming occurring in two pathologies characterized by a deregulation of glucose homeostasis, namely type 2 diabetes, which is characterized by fasting hyperglycemia; and glycogen storage disease type I, where patients develop severe hypoglycemia during short fasting periods. In these two conditions, dysfunction of glucose metabolism results in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which may possibly lead to the development of hepatic tumors. Moreover, we also emphasize the role of the transcription factor carbohydrate response element-binding protein (ChREBP), known to link glucose and lipid metabolisms. In this regard, comparing these two metabolic diseases is a fruitful approach to better understand the key role of glucose-6 phosphate in liver metabolism in health and disease.
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- Fabienne Rajas
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, F-69008 Lyon, France; (A.G.-S.); (G.M.)
- Université de Lyon, F-69008 Lyon, France
- Université Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
- Correspondence:
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, F-69008 Lyon, France; (A.G.-S.); (G.M.)
- Université de Lyon, F-69008 Lyon, France
- Université Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, F-69008 Lyon, France; (A.G.-S.); (G.M.)
- Université de Lyon, F-69008 Lyon, France
- Université Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Species-Specific Glucose-6-Phosphatase Activity in the Small Intestine-Studies in Three Different Mammalian Models. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20205039. [PMID: 31614497 PMCID: PMC6829527 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20205039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Besides the liver, which has always been considered the major source of endogenous glucose production in all post-absorptive situations, kidneys and intestines can also produce glucose in blood, particularly during fasting and under protein feeding. However, observations gained in different experimental animals have given ambiguous results concerning the presence of the glucose-6-phosphatase system in the small intestine. The aim of this study was to better define the species-related differences of this putative gluconeogenic organ in glucose homeostasis. The components of the glucose-6-phosphatase system (i.e., glucose-6-phosphate transporter and glucose-6-phosphatase itself) were analyzed in homogenates or microsomal fractions prepared from the small intestine mucosae and liver of rats, guinea pigs, and humans. Protein and mRNA levels, as well as glucose-6-phosphatase activities, were detected. The results showed that the glucose-6-phosphatase system is poorly represented in the small intestine of rats; on the other hand, significant expressions of glucose-6-phosphate transporter and of the glucose-6-phosphatase were found in the small intestine of guinea pigs and homo sapiens. The activity of the recently described fructose-6-phosphate transporter–intraluminal hexose isomerase pathway was also present in intestinal microsomes from these two species. The results demonstrate that the gluconeogenic role of the small intestine is highly species-specific and presumably dependent on feeding behavior (e.g., fructose consumption) and the actual state of metabolism.
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Gjorgjieva M, Mithieux G, Rajas F. Hepatic stress associated with pathologies characterized by disturbed glucose production. Cell Stress 2019; 3:86-99. [PMID: 31225503 PMCID: PMC6551742 DOI: 10.15698/cst2019.03.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The liver is an organ with many facets, including a role in energy production and metabolic balance, detoxification and extraordinary capacity of regeneration. Hepatic glucose production plays a crucial role in the maintenance of normal glucose levels in the organism i.e. between 0.7 to 1.1 g/l. The loss of this function leads to a rare genetic metabolic disease named glycogen storage disease type I (GSDI), characterized by severe hypoglycemia during short fasts. On the contrary, type 2 diabetes is characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, partly due to an overproduction of glucose by the liver. Indeed, diabetes is characterized by increased uptake/production of glucose by hepatocytes, leading to the activation of de novo lipogenesis and the development of a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In GSDI, the accumulation of glucose-6 phosphate, which cannot be hydrolyzed into glucose, leads to an increase of glycogen stores and the development of hepatic steatosis. Thus, in these pathologies, hepatocytes are subjected to cellular stress mainly induced by glucotoxicity and lipotoxicity. In this review, we have compared hepatic cellular stress induced in type 2 diabetes and GSDI, especially oxidative stress, autophagy deregulation, and ER-stress. In addition, both GSDI and diabetic patients are prone to the development of hepatocellular adenomas (HCA) that occur on a fatty liver in the absence of cirrhosis. These HCA can further acquire malignant traits and transform into hepatocellular carcinoma. This process of tumorigenesis highlights the importance of an optimal metabolic control in both GSDI and diabetic patients in order to prevent, or at least to restrain, tumorigenic activity during disturbed glucose metabolism pathologies.
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- Monika Gjorgjieva
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008 France.,Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, F-69622 France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008 France.,Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, F-69622 France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008 France.,Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, F-69622 France
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Leboucher A, Pisani DF, Martinez-Gili L, Chilloux J, Bermudez-Martin P, Van Dijck A, Ganief T, Macek B, Becker JAJ, Le Merrer J, Kooy RF, Amri EZ, Khandjian EW, Dumas ME, Davidovic L. The translational regulator FMRP controls lipid and glucose metabolism in mice and humans. Mol Metab 2019; 21:22-35. [PMID: 30686771 PMCID: PMC6407369 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Objectives The Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP) is a widely expressed RNA-binding protein involved in translation regulation. Since the absence of FMRP leads to Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) and autism, FMRP has been extensively studied in brain. The functions of FMRP in peripheral organs and on metabolic homeostasis remain elusive; therefore, we sought to investigate the systemic consequences of its absence. Methods Using metabolomics, in vivo metabolic phenotyping of the Fmr1-KO FXS mouse model and in vitro approaches, we show that the absence of FMRP induced a metabolic shift towards enhanced glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, reduced adiposity, and increased β-adrenergic-driven lipolysis and lipid utilization. Results Combining proteomics and cellular assays, we highlight that FMRP loss increased hepatic protein synthesis and impacted pathways notably linked to lipid metabolism. Mapping metabolomic and proteomic phenotypes onto a signaling and metabolic network, we predicted that the coordinated metabolic response to FMRP loss was mediated by dysregulation in the abundances of specific hepatic proteins. We experimentally validated these predictions, demonstrating that the translational regulator FMRP associates with a subset of mRNAs involved in lipid metabolism. Finally, we highlight that FXS patients mirror metabolic variations observed in Fmr1-KO mice with reduced circulating glucose and insulin and increased free fatty acids. Conclusions Loss of FMRP results in a widespread coordinated systemic response that notably involves upregulation of protein translation in the liver, increased utilization of lipids, and significant changes in metabolic homeostasis. Our study unravels metabolic phenotypes in FXS and further supports the importance of translational regulation in the homeostatic control of systemic metabolism. Loss of the translational regulator FMRP impacts glucose and lipid homeostasis in mouse and human. FMR1-deficiency modifies blood metabolic markers. Loss of FMRP enhances the insulin response and lipolysis. Loss of FMRP exaggerates hepatic protein synthesis. FMRP controls the translation of key hepatic proteins involved in lipid metabolism.
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- Antoine Leboucher
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
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- Division of Integrative Systems Medicine and Digestive Diseases, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Division of Integrative Systems Medicine and Digestive Diseases, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University and University Hospital of Antwerp, Prins Boudewijnlaan 43/6, 2650 Edegem, Belgium
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- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Inserm, Université François Rabelais, IFCE, 37380, Nouzilly, France
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- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Inserm, Université François Rabelais, IFCE, 37380, Nouzilly, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University and University Hospital of Antwerp, Prins Boudewijnlaan 43/6, 2650 Edegem, Belgium
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
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- Centre de Recherche CERVO, Institut en Santé Mentale de Québec, PQ, Canada; Département de Psychiatrie et des Neurosciences, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, PQ, Canada
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- Division of Integrative Systems Medicine and Digestive Diseases, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne, France.
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Environmental pollutant-mediated disruption of gut microbial metabolism of the prebiotic inulin. Anaerobe 2018; 55:96-102. [PMID: 30447394 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Exposure to environmental pollutants is associated with a greater risk for metabolic diseases including cardiovascular disease. Pollutant exposure can also alter gut microbial populations that may contribute to metabolic effects and progression of inflammatory diseases. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), produced from gut fermentation of dietary carbohydrates, such as inulin, exert numerous effects on host energy metabolism and are linked to a reduced risk of diseases. The hypothesis was that exposure to dioxin-like pollutants modulate gut microbial viability and/or fermentation processes. An inulin-utilizing isolate was collected from murine feces, characterized and used in subsequent experiments. Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl, PCB 126 impeded bacterial viability of the isolate at concentrations of 20 and 200 μM. PCB 126 exposure also resulted in a significant loss of intracellular potassium following exposure, indicating cell membrane disruption of the isolate. Furthermore, total fecal microbe samples from mice were harvested, resuspended and incubated for 24 h in anaerobic media containing inulin with or without PCB 126. HPLC analysis of supernatants revealed that PCB 126 exposure reduced succinic acid production, but increased propionate production, both of which can influence host glucose and lipid metabolism. Overall, the presented evidence supports the idea that pollutant exposure may contribute to alterations in host metabolism through gut microbiota-dependent mechanisms, specifically through bacterial fermentation processes or membrane disruption.
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Brooks ED, Landau DJ, Everitt JI, Brown TT, Grady KM, Waskowicz L, Bass CR, D'Angelo J, Asfaw YG, Williams K, Kishnani PS, Koeberl DD. Long-term complications of glycogen storage disease type Ia in the canine model treated with gene replacement therapy. J Inherit Metab Dis 2018; 41:965-976. [PMID: 30043186 PMCID: PMC6328337 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-018-0223-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Revised: 06/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD Ia) in dogs closely resembles human GSD Ia. Untreated patients with GSD Ia develop complications associated with glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) deficiency. Survival of human patients on intensive nutritional management has improved; however, long-term complications persist including renal failure, nephrolithiasis, hepatocellular adenomas (HCA), and a high risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Affected dogs fail to thrive with dietary therapy alone. Treatment with gene replacement therapy using adeno-associated viral vectors (AAV) expressing G6Pase has greatly prolonged life and prevented hypoglycemia in affected dogs. However, long-term complications have not been described to date. METHODS Five GSD Ia-affected dogs treated with AAV-G6Pase were evaluated. Dogs were euthanized due to reaching humane endpoints related to liver and/or kidney involvement, at 4 to 8 years of life. Necropsies were performed and tissues were analyzed. RESULTS Four dogs had liver tumors consistent with HCA and HCC. Three dogs developed renal failure, but all dogs exhibited progressive kidney disease histologically. Urolithiasis was detected in two dogs; uroliths were composed of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate. One affected and one carrier dog had polycystic ovarian disease. Bone mineral density was not significantly affected. CONCLUSIONS Here, we show that the canine GSD Ia model demonstrates similar long-term complications as GSD Ia patients in spite of gene replacement therapy. Further development of gene therapy is needed to develop a more effective treatment to prevent long-term complications of GSD Ia.
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- Elizabeth D Brooks
- Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Box 103856, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
- Division of Laboratory Animal Resources, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Box 103856, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Box 103856, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Box 103856, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Laboratory Animal Resources, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Laboratory Animal Resources, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Box 103856, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Box 103856, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
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Importance of the gastrointestinal tract in type 2 diabetes. Metabolic surgery is more than just incretin effect. Cir Esp 2018; 96:537-545. [PMID: 30337047 DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2018.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bariatric and metabolic surgery is creating new concepts about how the intestine assimilates food. Recent studies highlight the role of the gastrointestinal tract in the genesis and evolution of type 2 diabetes. This article has been written to answer frequent questions about metabolic surgery results and the mechanisms of action. For this purpose, a non-systematic search of different databases was carried out, identifying articles published in the last decade referring to the mechanisms of action of metabolic techniques. Understanding these mechanisms will help grasp why some surgeries are more effective than others and why the results can be so disparate among patients undergoing the same surgical approach.
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Potts A, Uchida A, Deja S, Berglund ED, Kucejova B, Duarte JA, Fu X, Browning JD, Magnuson MA, Burgess SC. Cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase as a cataplerotic pathway in the small intestine. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2018; 315:G249-G258. [PMID: 29631378 PMCID: PMC6139646 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00039.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
Cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) is a gluconeogenic enzyme that is highly expressed in the liver and kidney but is also expressed at lower levels in a variety of other tissues where it may play adjunct roles in fatty acid esterification, amino acid metabolism, and/or TCA cycle function. PEPCK is expressed in the enterocytes of the small intestine, but it is unclear whether it supports a gluconeogenic rate sufficient to affect glucose homeostasis. To examine potential roles of intestinal PEPCK, we generated an intestinal PEPCK knockout mouse. Deletion of intestinal PEPCK ablated ex vivo gluconeogenesis but did not significantly affect glycemia in chow, high-fat diet, or streptozotocin-treated mice. In contrast, postprandial triglyceride secretion from the intestine was attenuated in vivo, consistent with a role in fatty acid esterification. Intestinal amino acid profiles and 13C tracer appearance into these pools were significantly altered, indicating abnormal amino acid trafficking through the enterocyte. The data suggest that the predominant role of PEPCK in the small intestine of mice is not gluconeogenesis but rather to support nutrient processing, particularly with regard to lipids and amino acids. NEW & NOTEWORTHY The small intestine expresses gluconeogenic enzymes for unknown reasons. In addition to glucose synthesis, the nascent steps of this pathway can be used to support amino acid and lipid metabolisms. When phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, an essential gluconeogenic enzyme, is knocked out of the small intestine of mice, glycemia is unaffected, but mice inefficiently absorb dietary lipid, have abnormal amino acid profiles, and inefficiently catabolize glutamine. Therefore, the initial steps of intestinal gluconeogenesis are used for processing dietary triglycerides and metabolizing amino acids but are not essential for maintaining blood glucose levels.
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- Austin Potts
- 1Advanced Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- 1Advanced Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- 2Center for Human Nutrition, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- 1Advanced Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- 2Center for Human Nutrition, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- 1Advanced Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- 2Center for Human Nutrition, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- 3Department of Clinical Nutrition, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- 5Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- 1Advanced Imaging Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas,4Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Ramachandran D, Clara R, Fedele S, Michel L, Burkard J, Kaufman S, Diaz AA, Weissfeld N, De Bock K, Prip-Buus C, Langhans W, Mansouri A. Enhancing enterocyte fatty acid oxidation in mice affects glycemic control depending on dietary fat. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10818. [PMID: 30018405 PMCID: PMC6050244 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29139-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Studies indicate that modulating enterocyte metabolism might affect whole body glucose homeostasis and the development of diet-induced obesity (DIO). We tested whether enhancing enterocyte fatty acid oxidation (FAO) could protect mice from DIO and impaired glycemic control. To this end, we used mice expressing a mutant form of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1a (CPT1mt), insensitive to inhibition by malonyl-CoA, in their enterocytes (iCPT1mt) and fed them low-fat control diet (CD) or high-fat diet (HFD) chronically. CPT1mt expression led to an upregulation of FAO in the enterocytes. On CD, iCPT1mt mice had impaired glycemic control and showed concomitant activation of lipogenesis, glycolysis and gluconeogenesis in their enterocytes. On HFD, both iCPT1mt and control mice developed DIO, but iCPT1mt mice showed improved glycemic control and reduced visceral fat mass. Together these data indicate that modulating enterocyte metabolism in iCPT1mt mice affects glycemic control in a body weight-independent, but dietary fat-dependent manner.
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Excercise and Health Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Inserm, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR, 8104, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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- Physiology and Behavior Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland.
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Kaneko K, Soty M, Zitoun C, Duchampt A, Silva M, Philippe E, Gautier-Stein A, Rajas F, Mithieux G. The role of kidney in the inter-organ coordination of endogenous glucose production during fasting. Mol Metab 2018; 16:203-212. [PMID: 29960865 PMCID: PMC6157617 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Objective The respective contributions to endogenous glucose production (EGP) of the liver, kidney and intestine vary during fasting. We previously reported that the deficiency in either hepatic or intestinal gluconeogenesis modulates the repartition of EGP via glucagon secretion (humoral factor) and gut–brain–liver axis (neural factor), respectively. Considering renal gluconeogenesis reportedly accounted for approximately 50% of EGP during fasting, we examined whether a reduction in renal gluconeogenesis could promote alterations in the repartition of EGP in this situation. Methods We studied mice whose glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) catalytic subunit (G6PC) is specifically knocked down in the kidneys (K-G6pc-/- mice) during fasting. We also examined the additional effects of intestinal G6pc deletion, renal denervation and vitamin D administration on the altered glucose metabolism in K-G6pc-/- mice. Results Compared with WT mice, K-G6pc-/- mice exhibited (1) lower glycemia, (2) enhanced intestinal but not hepatic G6Pase activity, (3) enhanced hepatic glucokinase (GK encoded by Gck) activity, (4) increased hepatic glucose-6-phosphate and (5) hepatic glycogen spared from exhaustion during fasting. Increased hepatic Gck expression in the post-absorptive state could be dependent on the enhancement of insulin signal (AKT phosphorylation) in K-G6pc-/- mice. In contrast, the increase in hepatic GK activity was not observed in mice with both kidney- and intestine-knockout (KI-G6pc-/- mice). Hepatic Gck gene expression and hepatic AKT phosphorylation were reduced in KI-G6pc-/- mice. Renal denervation by capsaicin did not induce any effect on glucose metabolism in K-G6pc-/- mice. Plasma level of 1,25 (OH)2 D3, an active form of vitamin D, was decreased in K-G6pc-/- mice. Interestingly, the administration of 1,25 (OH)2 D3 prevented the enhancement of intestinal gluconeogenesis and hepatic GK activity and blocked the accumulation of hepatic glycogen otherwise observed in K-G6pc-/- mice during fasting. Conclusions A diminution in renal gluconeogenesis that is accompanied by a decrease in blood vitamin D promotes a novel repartition of EGP among glucose producing organs during fasting, featured by increased intestinal gluconeogenesis that leads to sparing glycogen stores in the liver. Our data suggest a possible involvement of a crosstalk between the kidneys and intestine (via the vitamin D system) and the intestine and liver (via a neural gut-brain axis), which might take place in the situations of deficient renal glucose production, such as chronic kidney disease. Reduced renal G6Pase activity promotes increased hepatic glycogen during fasting. Reduced renal G6Pase activity enhances intestinal but not hepatic G6Pase activity. Reduced renal G6Pase activity results in low vitamin D level. Vitamin D injection restores metabolism in mice with reduced renal G6Pase activity.
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- Keizo Kaneko
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France.
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France; Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France.
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Zhang N, Geng T, Wang Z, Zhang R, Cao T, Camporez JP, Cai SY, Liu Y, Dandolo L, Shulman GI, Carmichael GG, Taylor HS, Huang Y. Elevated hepatic expression of H19 long noncoding RNA contributes to diabetic hyperglycemia. JCI Insight 2018; 3:120304. [PMID: 29769440 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.120304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Excessive hepatic glucose production (HGP) contributes significantly to the hyperglycemia of type 2 diabetes; however, the molecular mechanism underlying this dysregulation remains poorly understood. Here, we show that fasting temporally increases the expression of H19 long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) in nondiabetic mouse liver, whereas its level is chronically elevated in diet-induced diabetic mice, consistent with the previously reported chronic hepatic H19 increase in diabetic patients. Importantly, liver-specific H19 overexpression promotes HGP, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance, while H19 depletion enhances insulin-dependent suppression of HGP. Using genome-wide methylation and transcriptome analyses, we demonstrate that H19 knockdown in hepatic cells alters promoter methylation and expression of Hnf4a, a master gluconeogenic transcription factor, and that this regulation is recapitulated in vivo. Our findings offer a mechanistic explanation of lncRNA H19's role in the pathogenesis of diabetic hyperglycemia and suggest that targeting hepatic H19 may hold the potential of new treatment for this disease.
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- Na Zhang
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Cardiology, Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Inserm U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Kurabayashi A, Tanaka C, Matsumoto W, Naganuma S, Furihata M, Inoue K, Kakinuma Y. Murine remote preconditioning increases glucose uptake and suppresses gluconeogenesis in hepatocytes via a brain-liver neurocircuit, leading to counteracting glucose intolerance. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2018. [PMID: 29526685 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AIMS Our previous study revealed that cyclic hindlimb ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) activates cardiac acetylcholine (ACh) synthesis through the cholinergic nervous system and cell-derived ACh accelerates glucose uptake. However, the mechanisms regulating glucose metabolism in vivo remain unknown. We investigated the effects and mechanisms of IR in mice under pathophysiological conditions. METHODS Using IR-subjected male C57BL/6J mice, the effects of IR on blood sugar (BS), glucose uptake, central parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) activity, hepatic gluconeogenic enzyme expression and those of ACh on hepatocellular glucose uptake were assessed. RESULTS IR decreased BS levels by 20% and increased c-fos immunoreactivity in the center of the PNS (the solitary tract and the dorsal motor vagal nucleus). IR specifically downregulated hepatic gluconeogenic enzyme expression and activities (glucose-6-phosphatase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase) and accelerated hepatic glucose uptake. Transection of a hepatic vagus nerve branch decreased this uptake and reversed BS decrease. Suppressed gluconeogenic enzyme expression was reversed by intra-cerebroventricular administration of a choline acetyltransferase inhibitor. Moreover, IR significantly attenuated hyperglycaemia in murine model of type I and II diabetes mellitus. CONCLUSIONS IR provides another insight into a therapeutic modality for diabetes mellitus due to regulating gluconeogenesis and glucose-uptake and advocates an adjunctive mode rectifying disturbed glucose metabolism.
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- Department of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan.
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Hijmans BS, Boss A, van Dijk TH, Soty M, Wolters H, Mutel E, Groen AK, Derks TGJ, Mithieux G, Heerschap A, Reijngoud DJ, Rajas F, Oosterveer MH. Hepatocytes contribute to residual glucose production in a mouse model for glycogen storage disease type Ia. Hepatology 2017; 66:2042-2054. [PMID: 28727166 DOI: 10.1002/hep.29389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 07/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED It is a long-standing enigma how glycogen storage disease (GSD) type I patients retain a limited capacity for endogenous glucose production despite the loss of glucose-6-phosphatase activity. Insight into the source of residual endogenous glucose production is of clinical importance given the risk of sudden death in these patients, but so far contradictory mechanisms have been proposed. We investigated glucose-6-phosphatase-independent endogenous glucose production in hepatocytes isolated from a liver-specific GSD Ia mouse model (L-G6pc-/- mice) and performed real-time analysis of hepatic glucose fluxes and glycogen metabolism in L-G6pc-/- mice using state-of-the-art stable isotope methodologies. Here we show that G6pc-deficient hepatocytes are capable of producing glucose. In vivo analysis of hepatic glucose metabolism revealed that the hepatic glucokinase flux was decreased by 95% in L-G6pc-/- mice. It also showed increased glycogen phosphorylase flux in L-G6pc-/- mice, which is coupled to the release of free glucose through glycogen debranching. Although the ex vivo activities of debranching enzyme and lysosomal acid maltase, two major hepatic α-glucosidases, were unaltered in L-G6pc-/- mice, pharmacological inhibition of α-glucosidase activity almost completely abolished residual glucose production by G6pc-deficient hepatocytes. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that hepatocytes contribute to residual glucose production in GSD Ia. We show that α-glucosidase activity, i.e. glycogen debranching and/or lysosomal glycogen breakdown, contributes to residual glucose production by GSD Ia hepatocytes. A strong reduction in hepatic GCK flux in L-G6pc-/- mice furthermore limits the phosphorylation of free glucose synthesized by G6pc-deficient hepatocytes, allowing the release of glucose into the circulation. The almost complete abrogation of GCK flux in G6pc-deficient liver also explains the contradictory reports on residual glucose production in GSD Ia patients. (Hepatology 2017;66:2042-2054).
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- Brenda S Hijmans
- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1213.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1213.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Section of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Center for Liver Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1213.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1213.,Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Casanova-Martí À, Serrano J, Blay MT, Terra X, Ardévol A, Pinent M. Acute selective bioactivity of grape seed proanthocyanidins on enteroendocrine secretions in the gastrointestinal tract. Food Nutr Res 2017; 61:1321347. [PMID: 28659730 PMCID: PMC5475339 DOI: 10.1080/16546628.2017.1321347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background: Enteroendocrine cells respond to food components by secreting an array of hormones that regulate several functions. We have previously shown that grape seed proanthocyanidins (GSPE) modulate GLP-1 levels. Objective: To deepen on the knowledge of the mechanisms used by GSPE to increase GLP-1, and extend it to its role at modulation of other enterohormones. Design: We used an ex vivo system to test direct modulation of enterohormones; STC-1 cells to test pure phenolic compounds; and rats to test the effects at different gastrointestinal segments. Results: GSPE compounds act at several locations along the gastrointestinal tract modulating enterohormone secretion depending on the feeding condition. GSPE directly promotes GLP-1 secretion in the ileum, while unabsorbed/metabolized forms do so in the colon. Such stimulation requires the presence of glucose. GSPE enhanced GIP and reduced CCK secretion; gallic acid could be partly responsible for this effect. Conclusions: The activity of GSPE modulating enterohormone secretion may help to explain its effects on metabolism. GSPE acts through several mechanisms; its compounds and their metabolites are GLP-1 secretagogues in ileum and colon, respectively. In vivo GLP-1 secretion might also be mediated by indirect pathways involving modulation of other enterohormones that in turn regulate GLP-1 release.
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- Àngela Casanova-Martí
- MoBioFood Research Group. Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- MoBioFood Research Group. Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- MoBioFood Research Group. Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- MoBioFood Research Group. Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- MoBioFood Research Group. Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- MoBioFood Research Group. Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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Intestinal gluconeogenesis is a recently identified function influencing energy homeostasis. Intestinal gluconeogenesis induced by specific nutrients releases glucose, which is sensed by the nervous system surrounding the portal vein. This initiates a signal positively influencing parameters involved in glucose control and energy management controlled by the brain. This knowledge has extended our vision of the gut-brain axis, classically ascribed to gastrointestinal hormones. Our work raises several questions relating to the conditions under which intestinal gluconeogenesis proceeds and may provide its metabolic benefits. It also leads to questions on the advantage conferred by its conservation through a process of natural selection.
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- Maud Soty
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon 69372, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon 69008, France; Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon 69372, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon 69008, France; Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon 69372, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon 69008, France; Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne 69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1213, Lyon 69372, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon 69008, France; Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne 69622, France.
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Acute oral dose of sodium nitrite induces redox imbalance, DNA damage, metabolic and histological changes in rat intestine. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175196. [PMID: 28384248 PMCID: PMC5383256 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Industrialization and unchecked use of nitrate/nitrite salts for various purposes has increased human exposure to high levels of sodium nitrite (NaNO2) which can act as a pro-oxidant and pro-carcinogen. Oral exposure makes the gastrointestinal tract particularly susceptible to nitrite toxicity. In this work, the effect of administration of a single acute oral dose of NaNO2 on rat intestine was studied. Animals were randomly divided into four groups and given single doses of 20, 40, 60 and 75 mg NaNO2/kg body weight. Untreated animals served as the control group. An NaNO2 dose-dependent decline in the activities of brush border membrane enzymes, increase in lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, hydrogen peroxide levels and decreased thiol content was observed in all treated groups. The activities of various metabolic and antioxidant defense enzymes were also altered. NaNO2 induced a dose-dependent increase in DNA damage and DNA-protein crosslinking. Histopathological studies showed marked morphological damage in intestinal cells. The intestinal damage might be due to nitrite-induced oxidative stress, direct action of nitrite anion or chemical modification by reaction intermediates.
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Pandey G, Shankar K, Makhija E, Gaikwad A, Ecelbarger C, Mandhani A, Srivastava A, Tiwari S. Reduced Insulin Receptor Expression Enhances Proximal Tubule Gluconeogenesis. J Cell Biochem 2016; 118:276-285. [PMID: 27322100 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Reduced insulin receptor protein levels have been reported in the kidney cortex from diabetic humans and animals. We recently reported that, targeted deletion of insulin receptor (IR) from proximal tubules (PT) resulted in hyperglycemia in non-obese mice. To elucidate the mechanism, we examined human proximal tubule cells (hPTC) and C57BL/6 mice fed with high-fat diet (HFD, 60% fat for 20 weeks). Immunoblotting revealed a significantly lower protein level of IR in HFD compare to normal chow diet (NCD). Furthermore, a blunted rise in p-AKT308 levels in the kidney cortex of HFD mice was observed in response to acute insulin (0.75 IU/kg body weight, i.p) relative to NCD n = 8/group, P < 0.05). Moreover, we found significantly higher transcript levels of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK, a key gluconeogenic enzyme) in the kidney cortex from HFD, relative to mice on NCD. The higher level of PEPCK in HFD was confirmed by immunoblotting. However, no significant differences were observed in cortical glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) or fructose-1,6, bisphosphosphatase (FBPase) enzyme transcript levels. Furthermore, we demonstrated insulin inhibited glucose production in hPTC treated with cyclic AMP and dexamethasone (cAMP/DEXA) to stimulate gluconeogenesis. Transcript levels of the gluconeogenic enzyme PEPCK were significantly increased in cAMP/DEXA-stimulated hPTC cells (n = 3, P < 0.05), and insulin attenuated this upregulation Furthermore, the effect of insulin on cAMP/DEXA-induced gluconeogenesis and PEPCK induction was significantly attenuated in IR (siRNA) silenced hPTC (n = 3, P < 0.05). Overall the above data indicate a direct role for IR expression as a determinant of PT-gluconeogenesis. Thus reduced insulin signaling of the proximal tubule may contribute to hyperglycemia in the metabolic syndrome via elevated gluconeogenesis. J. Cell. Biochem. 118: 276-285, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Gaurav Pandey
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, 226014, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, 226014, India
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- Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, 226014, India.,Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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do Nascimento LFR, da Silveira LC, Nisembaum LG, Colquhoun A, Abe AS, Mandarim-de-Lacerda CA, de Souza SCR. Morphological and metabolic adjustments in the small intestine to energy demands of growth, storage, and fasting in the first annual cycle of a hibernating lizard (Tupinambis merianae). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2016; 195:55-64. [PMID: 26872995 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Seasonal plasticity in the small intestine of neonatal tegu lizards was investigated using morphometry and analysis of enzymes involved in supplying energy to the intestinal tissue. In the autumn, the intestinal mass (Mi) was 1.0% of body mass and the scaling exponent b=0.92 indicated that Mi was larger in smaller neonates. During arousal from dormancy Mi was 23% smaller; later in spring, Mi increased 60% in relation to the autumn and the exponent b=0.14 indicated that the recovery was disproportionate in smaller tegus. During the autumn, the intestinal villi were greatly elongated; by midwinter, the Hv, SvEp, and VvEp were smaller than during the autumn (59%, 54%, 29%) and were restored to autumn levels during spring. In the active tegus, the maximum activity (Vmax) of enzymes indicated that the enterocytes can obtain energy from different sources, and possess gluconeogenic capacity. During winter, the Vmax of CS, HOAD, GDH, PEPCK was 40-50% lower in relation to the autumn and spring, while the Vmax of HK, PK, LDH, AST was unchanged. The hypoglycemia and the mucosal atrophy/ischemia during winter would prevent the enterocytes from using glucose, whereas they could slowly oxidize fatty acids released from body stores and amino acids from the tissue proteolysis to satisfy their needs of energy. Contrastingly, starvation during spring caused severe mass loss (50%); the tissue protein and the VvEp and VvLP did not change while the thickness of the muscular layer increased 51%, which suggested different effects along the length of the organ. In addition, the Vmax of the glycolytic enzymes was lower, indicating that a regulatory mechanism would spare blood glucose for vital organs during unanticipated food restriction.
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, State University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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DHEA-induced modulation of renal gluconeogenesis, insulin sensitivity and plasma lipid profile in the control- and dexamethasone-treated rabbits. Metabolic studies. Biochimie 2016; 121:87-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Christensen MMH, Højlund K, Hother-Nielsen O, Stage TB, Damkier P, Beck-Nielsen H, Brøsen K. Endogenous glucose production increases in response to metformin treatment in the glycogen-depleted state in humans: a randomised trial. Diabetologia 2015; 58:2494-502. [PMID: 26271344 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3733-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Metformin is believed to reduce glucose levels primarily by inhibiting hepatic glucose production. Recent data indicate that metformin antagonises glucagon-dependent glucose output, suggesting that compensatory mechanisms protect against hypoglycaemia. Here, we examined the effect of metformin on glucose metabolism in humans after a glycogen-depleting fast and the role of reduced-function alleles in OCT1 (also known as SLC22A1). METHODS In a randomised, crossover trial, healthy individuals with or without reduced-function alleles in OCT1 were fasted for 42 h twice, either with or without prior treatment with 1 g metformin twice daily. Participants were recruited from the Pharmacogenomics Biobank of the University of Southern Denmark. Treatment allocation was generated by the Good Clinical Practice Unit, Odense University Hospital, Denmark. Variables of whole-body glucose metabolism were assessed using [3-(3)H]glucose, indirect calorimetry and measurement of substrates and counter-regulatory hormones. The primary outcome was endogenous glucose production (EGP). RESULTS Thirty-seven individuals were randomised. Thirty-four completed the study (12 had none, 13 had one and nine had two reduced-function alleles in OCT1). Three were excluded from the analysis because of early dropout. Metformin significantly stimulated glucose disposal rates and non-oxidative glucose metabolism with no effect on glucose oxidation. This increase in glucose utilisation was explained by a concomitant increase in glycolytic flux and accompanied by increased EGP, most likely mediated by increased plasma lactate, glucagon and cortisol levels. There was no effect of reduced-function OCT1 alleles on any of these measures. All individuals completed the glycogen-depleting fast without hypoglycaemia. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Metformin stimulates glycolytic glucose utilisation and lactate production in the glycogen-depleted state. This may trigger a rise in glucose counter-regulatory hormones and subsequently an increase in EGP, which protects against hypoglycaemia. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01400191 FUNDING: Danish Research Council for Health and Disease (0602-02695B) and Odense University Hospital Free Research Fund, 2012.
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- Mette Marie H Christensen
- Department of Public Health, Clinical Pharmacology, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloews Vej 19, 5000, Odense, Denmark.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Section of Molecular Diabetes & Metabolism, Institute of Molecular Medicine & Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Clinical Pharmacology, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloews Vej 19, 5000, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Clinical Pharmacology, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloews Vej 19, 5000, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health, Clinical Pharmacology, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloews Vej 19, 5000, Odense, Denmark
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Quines CB, Rosa SG, Chagas PM, da Rocha JT, Dobrachinski F, Carvalho NR, Soares FA, da Luz SCA, Nogueira CW. Homeostatic effect of p-chloro-diphenyl diselenide on glucose metabolism and mitochondrial function alterations induced by monosodium glutamate administration to rats. Amino Acids 2015; 48:137-48. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-015-2073-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Rajas F, Clar J, Gautier-Stein A, Mithieux G. Lessons from new mouse models of glycogen storage disease type 1a in relation to the time course and organ specificity of the disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 2015; 38:521-7. [PMID: 25164786 PMCID: PMC5522669 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-014-9761-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Patients with glycogen storage diseases type 1 (GSD1) suffer from life-threatening hypoglycaemia, when left untreated. Despite an intensive dietary treatment, patients develop severe complications, such as liver tumors and renal failure, with aging. Until now, the animal models available for studying the GSD1 did not survive after weaning. To gain further insights into the molecular mechanisms of the disease and to evaluate potential treatment strategies, we have recently developed novel mouse models in which the catalytic subunit of glucose-6 phosphatase (G6pc) is deleted in each glucose-producing organ specifically. For that, B6.G6pc(ex3lox/ex3lox) mice were crossed with transgenic mice expressing a recombinase under the control of the serum albumin, the kidney androgen protein or the villin promoter, in order to obtain liver, kidney or intestine G6pc(-/-) mice, respectively. As opposed to total G6pc knockout mice, tissue-specific G6pc deficiency allows mice to maintain their blood glucose by inducing glucose production in the other gluconeogenic organs. Even though it is considered that glucose is produced mainly by the liver, liver G6pc(-/-) mice are perfectly viable and exhibit the same hepatic pathological features as GSD1 patients, including the late development of hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas. Interestingly, renal G6pc(-/-) mice developed renal symptoms similar to the early human GSD1 nephropathy. This includes glycogen overload that leads to nephromegaly and morphological and functional alterations in the kidneys. Thus, our data suggest that renal G6Pase deficiency per se is sufficient to induce the renal pathology of GSD1. Therefore, these new mouse models should allow us to improve the strategies of treatment on both nutritional and pharmacological points of view.
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- Fabienne Rajas
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, 69008, France,
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Kueper J, Beyth S, Liebergall M, Kaplan L, Schroeder JE. Evidence for the adverse effect of starvation on bone quality: a review of the literature. Int J Endocrinol 2015; 2015:628740. [PMID: 25810719 PMCID: PMC4355339 DOI: 10.1155/2015/628740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Malnutrition and starvation's possible adverse impacts on bone health and bone quality first came into the spotlight after the horrors of the Holocaust and the ghettos of World War II. Famine and food restrictions led to a mean caloric intake of 200-800 calories a day in the ghettos and concentration camps, resulting in catabolysis and starvation of the inhabitants and prisoners. Severely increased risks of fracture, poor bone mineral density, and decreased cortical strength were noted in several case series and descriptive reports addressing the medical issues of these individuals. A severe effect of severely diminished food intake and frequently concomitant calcium- and Vitamin D deficiencies was subsequently proven in both animal models and the most common cause of starvation in developed countries is anorexia nervosa. This review attempts to summarize the literature available on the impact of the metabolic response to Starvation on overall bone health and bone quality.
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- Janina Kueper
- Charité University of Medicine, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Kiryat Hadassah, P.O. Box 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Kiryat Hadassah, P.O. Box 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Kiryat Hadassah, P.O. Box 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Kiryat Hadassah, P.O. Box 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
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Soty M, Penhoat A, Amigo-Correig M, Vinera J, Sardella A, Vullin-Bouilloux F, Zitoun C, Houberdon I, Mithieux G. A gut-brain neural circuit controlled by intestinal gluconeogenesis is crucial in metabolic health. Mol Metab 2014; 4:106-17. [PMID: 25685698 PMCID: PMC4314540 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2014.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Objectives Certain nutrients positively regulate energy homeostasis via intestinal gluconeogenesis (IGN). The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a deficient IGN in glucose control independently of nutritional environment. Methods We used mice deficient in the intestine glucose-6 phosphatase catalytic unit, the key enzyme of IGN (I-G6pc−/− mice). We evaluated a number of parameters involved in energy homeostasis, including insulin sensitivity (hyperinsulinemic euglycaemic clamp), the pancreatic function (insulin secretion in vivo and in isolated islets) and the hypothalamic homeostatic function (leptin sensitivity). Results Intestinal-G6pc−/− mice exhibit slight fasting hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and a deteriorated pancreatic function, despite normal diet with no change in body weight. These defects evoking type 2 diabetes (T2D) derive from the basal activation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). They are corrected by treatment with an inhibitor of α-2 adrenergic receptors. Deregulation in a key target of IGN, the homeostatic hypothalamic function (highlighted here through leptin resistance) is a mechanistic link. Hence the leptin resistance and metabolic disorders in I-G6pc−/− mice are corrected by rescuing IGN by portal glucose infusion. Finally, I-G6pc−/− mice develop the hyperglycaemia characteristic of T2D more rapidly under high fat/high sucrose diet. Conclusions Intestinal gluconeogenesis is a mandatory function for the healthy neural control of glucose homeostasis.
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- Maud Soty
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U855, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69008, France
- Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
- Corresponding author. Inserm U855, Faculté de Médecine Laennec, 7 rue Guillaume Paradin, 69372, Lyon cedex 08, France. Tel.: +33 478 77 10 28; fax: +33 478 77 87 62.
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