Glucose promotes its own metabolism by acting on the cell-surface glucose-sensing receptor T1R3
Glucose promotes its own metabolism by acting on the cell-surface glucose-sensing receptor T1R3
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DOI:
10.1507/endocrj.ej13-0431
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发表时间:
2014-02-01
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2
通讯作者:
Kojima, Itaru
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作者:
Nakagawa, Yuko;Ohtsu, Yoshiaki;Kojima, Itaru
A homodimer of taste type 1 receptor 3 (T1R3) functions as a sweet taste-sensing receptor in pancreatic beta-cells. This receptor is activated by various sweet molecules including sugars such as glucose. To determine the role of this receptor in glucose-induced insulin secretion, we addressed whether or not this receptor modulates glucose metabolism in MIN6 cells. We measured changes in intracellular ATP ([ATP](i)) in MIN6 cells expressing luciferase. Sucralose, an agonist of T1R3, induced immediate and sustained elevation of [ATP](i) in the presence of 5.5 mM glucose. The effect of sucralose was dose-dependent and, at 5 mM, was greater than that induced by 25 mM glucose. In contrast, carbachol, GLP-1 or high concentration of potassium did not reproduce the sucralose action. Sucralose facilitated the increase in [ATP](i) induced by a mitochondrial fuel methylsuccinate, and potentiated glucose-induced elevation of [ATP](i). Administration of a non-metabolizable glucose analogue, 3-O-methylglucose, which acts as an agonist of T1R3, induced a small and transient increase in [ATP](i). 3-O-Methylglucose augmented elevation of [ATP](i) induced by methylsuccinate, and also enhanced glucose-induced increase in [ATP](i). Knock down of T1R3 by using shRNA attenuated [ATP](i)-response to high concentration of glucose and also reduced the glucose-induced insulin secretion. These results indicate that activation of the homodimer of T1R3 facilitates the metabolic pathway in mitochondria and augments ATP production. The results obtained by using 3-O-methylglucose suggest that glucose, by acting on the homodimer of T1R3, promotes its own metabolism.