title: Regulation of hormone-sensitive lipase in islets.
abstract: An unique isoform of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) is expressed in beta-cells. Recent findings suggest that HSL could be involved in the regulation of glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS), however, these findings are controversial. To test the hypothesis that HSL is involved in control of normal GSIS via changes in its expression and/or activity in response to stimuli, we examined the effects of free fatty acid (FFA) loading and glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) stimulation on the regulation of HSL expression and activity. With prolonged FFA loading, there was increased expression of beta-cell HSL and increased HSL hydrolytic activity in clonal beta-cells. Short-term treatment with GLP-1 increased HSL activity without changing the expression of the beta-cell isoform of HSL. Basal insulin secretion was increased, whereas GLP-1 potentiation of GSIS was decreased in islets isolated from HSL-/- mice, as compared to islets from wild type mice. Furthermore, using PancChip 2.2 cDNA microarrays (NIDDK consortium), the gene expression profile in the islets of HSL-/- mice was compared with wild type mice. Results showed changes in several metabolic pathways due to changes in lipid homeostasis caused by inactivation of HSL. Quantitative PCR for selected genes also revealed changes in genes that are related to insulin secretion, such as UCP-2. Therefore, these results suggest that the beta-cell isoform of HSL is involved in maintaining lipid homeostasis in islets and contributes to the proper control of GSIS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Wen-Jun.Shen@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Wen-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Shailja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Michie
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Osuga
authors.forename: Shun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Fredric B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Kraemer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005838:Genotype; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D002787:Sterol Esterase / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D007328:Insulin; D002787:Sterol Esterase