title: Overexpression of short heterodimer partner recovers impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion of pancreatic beta-cells overexpressing UCP2.
abstract: The short heterodimer partner (SHP) (NR0B2) is an orphan nuclear receptor whose function in pancreatic beta-cells is unclear. Mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP2) in beta-cells is upregulated in obesity-related diabetes, causing impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). We investigated whether SHP plays a role in UCP2-induced GSIS impairment. We overexpressed SHP in normal islet cells and in islet cells overexpressing UCP2 by an adenovirus-mediated infection technique. We found that SHP overexpression enhanced GSIS in normal islets, and restored GSIS in UCP2-overexpressing islets. SHP overexpression increased the glucose sensitivity of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels and enhanced the ATP/ADP ratio. A peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) antagonist, GW9662, did not block the SHP effect on GSIS. SHP overexpression also corrected the impaired sensitivity of UCP2-overexpressing beta-cells to methylpyruvate, another energy fuel that bypasses glycolysis and directly enters the Krebs cycle. KATP channel inhibition mediated by dihydroxyacetone, which gives reducing equivalents directly to complex II of the electron transport system, was similar in Ad-Null-, Ad-UCP2- and Ad-UCP2+Ad-SHP-infected cells. The mitochondrial metabolic inhibitor sodium azide totally blocked the effect of SHP overexpression on GSIS. These results suggest that SHP positively regulates GSIS in beta-cells and restores glucose sensitivity in UCP2-overexpressing beta-cells by enhancing mitochondrial glucose metabolism, independent of PPARgamma activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Chronic Disease Research Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 194 Dongsan-Dong, Jung-Gu, Daegu, 700-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Y-H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: S-Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H-Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: J-N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: J-H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: S-I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: J-W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K-U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D-K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000813:Anilides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004098:Dihydroxyacetone / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007473:Ion Channels; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D047495:PPAR gamma / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D019810:Sodium Azide / Q000494:pharmacology; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2
chemical_list: C457499:2-chloro-5-nitrobenzanilide; D000813:Anilides; D007328:Insulin; D007473:Ion Channels; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D047495:PPAR gamma; D011773:Pyruvates; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; C000604391:Ucp2 protein, rat; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; C099713:nuclear receptor subfamily 0, group B, member 2; C104813:methyl pyruvate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D019810:Sodium Azide; D005947:Glucose; D004098:Dihydroxyacetone