Pax6 Haploinsufficiency Causes Abnormal Metabolic Homeostasis by Down-Regulating Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 in Mice
Pax6 Haploinsufficiency Causes Abnormal Metabolic Homeostasis by Down-Regulating Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 in Mice
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Pax6 单倍体不足通过下调胰高血糖素样肽 1 导致小鼠代谢稳态异常
DOI:
10.1210/en.2008-1006
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Gao, Xiang
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作者:
Ding, Jun;Gao, Yan;Gao, Xiang
Heterozygosity for the Pax6 allele is associated with impaired glucose tolerance in humans. With a Pax6 mutant mouse model, we found many of the metabolic abnormalities were consistent with the effects of down-regulating the expression of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). In addition to impaired glucose tolerance, adult heterozygous mutant mice (Pax6(m/+)) secreted less insulin responding to glucose and arginine administration compared with control mice. Moreover, Pax6(m/+) mice showed increased food intake compared with control mice, although they were resistant to diet-induced fat accumulation. Indeed, levels of circulating GLP-1 and intestinal transcription of Gcg/Proglucagon were dramatically reduced in Pax6(m/+) mice. Mutated Pax6 also failed to activate the Gcg/Proglucagon promoter by in vitro transfection assay. Finally, administering the GLP-1 receptor agonist exendin-4 to Pax6(m/+) mice largely reversed their abnormal food intake, glycemic excursion, and insulin secretion. Our studies suggested that disruption of metabolic homeostasis mainly caused by Pax6 haploinsufficiency was mainly mediated by down-regulation of GLP-1. Administration of exendin-4 may be a useful therapy in humans with a similar mutation. (Endocrinology 150: 2136-2144, 2009)