title: Dexamethasone increases Na+/K+ ATPase activity in insulin secreting cells through SGK1.
abstract: Glucocorticoids blunt insulin release, an effect partially due to activation of Kv channels. Similar to those channels Na+/K+ ATPase activity repolarizes the plasma membrane. The present study explored whether glucocorticoids increase the Na+/K+ ATPase activity in pancreatic beta-cells. The glucocorticoid dexamethasone (100 nmol/l for 1 day) significantly increased Na+/K+ ATPase alpha1/beta1-subunit transcript levels and ouabain-sensitive outward current reflecting Na+/K+ ATPase activity in INS-1 cells, effects blunted by glucocorticoid-receptor-blocker RU487 (1 micromol/l). Dexamethasone (100 nmol/l) increased K+ current in beta-cells from wild type mice but not from knockout mice lacking functional serum and glucocorticoid inducible kinase SGK1. Thus, glucocorticoids indeed up-regulate Na+/K+ ATPase activity, an effect requiring SGK1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Gmelinstr. 5, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ullrich
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Avram
authors.forename: Felicia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ranta
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kuhl
authors.forename: Hans-Ulrich
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Häring
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000099184:Serum-Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinases
chemical_list: D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D000099184:Serum-Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinases