title: Role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in glucose-induced insulin secretion.
abstract: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) isoforms (alpha and gamma) are known to be expressed in pancreatic islets as well as in insulin-producing cell lines. Ligands of PPAR have been shown to enhance glucose-induced insulin secretion in rat pancreatic islets. However, their effect on insulin secretion is still unclear. To understand the molecular mechanism by which PPARgamma exerts its effect on glucose-induced insulin secretion, we examined the endogenous activity of PPAR isoforms, and studied the PPARgamma function and its target gene expression in INS-1 cells. We found that: (1) endogenous PPARg was activated in a ligand-dependent manner in INS-1 cells; (2) overexpression of PPARgamma in the absence of PPARgamma ligands enhanced glucose-induced insulin secretion, which indicates that the increased glucose-induced insulin secretion is a PPARgamma-mediated event; (3) the addition of both PPARgamma and retinoid X receptor (RXR) ligands showed a synergistic effect on the augmentation of reporter activity, suggesting that the hetero-dimerization of PPARgamma and RXR is required for the regulation of the target genes; (4) PPARs upregulated both the glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) and Cb1-associated protein (CAP) genes in INS-1 cells. Our findings suggest an important mechanistic pathway in which PPARgamma enhances glucose-induced insulin secretion by activating the expression of GLUT2 and CAP genes in a ligand-dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of Jiangsu Province, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Ze-Kuan
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Neng-Guin
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chang-Yan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhuo-Xian
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Yu-Jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018390:Gene Targeting / Q000379:methods; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D047493:PPAR alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D047495:PPAR gamma / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D047493:PPAR alpha; D047495:PPAR gamma; D005947:Glucose