title: Tissue-specific alterations in G protein expression in genetic versus diet-induced models of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the mouse.
abstract: Various tissues were obtained from the well-characterized genetic model (C57BL/6J-ob/ob) of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and from a diet-induced model of NIDDM produced in the same genetic background (C57BL/6J). The objectives were to determine whether the previously observed changes in guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein (G protein) expression in adipose tissue from ob/ob mice were mirrored by concomitant changes in other tissues, and whether NIDDM of a different etiology would share similar alterations in G protein expression. Plasma membranes from adipocytes, brain, heart, liver, and testes were probed with alpha-subunit-specific antisera, and the level of G protein expression in each model was compared with that in its lean littermate control. Adipose, heart, and liver cell membranes from ob/ob mice contained significantly less alpha-subunit of stimulatory G protein (Gs alpha) than those from their lean littermates. As compared with the lean littermates, heart alpha-subunit-2 of inhibitory G protein (Gi alpha-2), liver Gi alpha-3, and adipocyte G1 alpha-1 and Gi alpha-3 were also reduced in ob/ob mice. In contrast, Gi alpha-2 and Go alpha were increased over lean-control levels in brain tissue from ob/ob mice, whereas Gs alpha was unchanged. G protein expression in the testes did not differ between lean and ob/ob mice. In the diet-induced model of NIDDM, Gs alpha expression in the liver was twofold greater in obese/diabetic mice as compared with lean controls. However, G protein expression in all other tissues examined did not differ between obese/diabetic animals and lean littermates.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Gettys
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramkumar
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Surwit
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins