title: Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide is an integrative hormone with osteotropic effects.
abstract: Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) is a gut-derived hormone known to be important in modulating glucose-induced insulin secretion. In addition, GIP receptors are widely distributed and may have effects on multiple other tissues: fat cells, adrenal glands, endothelium and brain. We have demonstrated recently that GIP also has anabolic effects on bone-derived cells. We now demonstrate that GIP administration prevents the bone loss associated with ovariectomy. We propose that GIP plays a unique role in signaling the bone about nutrient availability, indicating the importance of the gut hormones in directing absorbed nutrients to the bone, and suggesting the concept of an 'entero-osseous axis'. Thus, GIP plays an integrative role helping coordinate efficient and targeted nutrient absorption and distribution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bollag
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cranford
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Mulloy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Isales
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects*; D001846:Bone Development / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005749:Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011964:Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011964:Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone; D005749:Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide; C041086:gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor