title: Effect of vanadate on gene expression of the insulin signaling pathway in skeletal muscle of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: An insulin signaling pathway microarray was used to evaluate the gene expression profiling of the insulin signaling pathway in the skeletal muscle of streptozotocin-induced diabetic, NaVO(3)-treated diabetic and insulin-treated diabetic rats for the investigation of the effect of vanadium and insulin on the insulin signaling pathway. Of 96 genes surveyed, transcriptional patterns of 19 genes (20%) showed alterations in diabetic rats compared with controls. Although most of these changed gene expressions were improved after treatment with NaVO(3) (14, 74%) and insulin (16, 84%), NaVO(3) and insulin treatment resulted in the alteration of 20 and 12 additional gene transcripts compared no treatment. We found that both NaVO(3) and insulin treatment achieved a desirable glucose level and most of the alterative gene transcripts in diabetic rats were normalized with NaVO(3) and insulin treatment. Comparison of the gene expression profiling indicates that there is a significant difference between the NaVO(3)-treated group and the insulin-treated group. The present study demonstrated for the first time that several candidate genes of the insulin signaling pathway are involved in the effect of vanadium treatment on hyperglycemia. This study opens the way for more focused investigations that may identify the genes responsible for diabetes and vanadium treatment in the global insulin signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006003:Glycogen / Q000032:analysis; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013311:Streptozocin / Q000633:toxicity; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D014638:Vanadates; D013311:Streptozocin; D006003:Glycogen