title: GLP-2 potentiates L-type Ca2+ channel activity associated with stimulated glucose uptake in hippocampal neurons.
abstract: Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) is a neuropeptide secreted from endocrine cells in the gut and neurons in the brain. GLP-2 stimulates intestinal crypt cell proliferation and mucosal blood flow while decreasing gastric emptying and gut motility. However, a GLP-2-mediated signaling network has not been fully established in primary cells. Since the GLP-2 receptor mRNA and protein were highly expressed in the mouse hippocampus, we further characterized that human (125)I-labeled GLP-2(1-33) specifically bound to cultured hippocampal neurons with K(d) = 0.48 nM, and GLP-2 acutely induced subcellular translocalization of the early gene c-Fos. Using the whole cell patch clamp, we recorded barium currents (I(Ba)) flowing through voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels (VGCC) in those neurons in the presence of GLP-2 with and without inhibitors. We showed that GLP-2 (20 nM) enhanced the whole cell I(Ba) mediated by L-type VGCC that was defined using an L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker (nifedipine, 10 microM). Moreover, GLP-2-potentiation of L-type VGCC was abolished in neurons pretreated with a PKA inhibitor (PKI(14-22), 1 microM). Finally, using a fluorescent nonmetabolized glucose analog (6-NBDG) tracing imaging, we showed that glucose was taken up directly by cultured neurons. GLP-2 increased 2-deoxy-d-[(3)H]glucose uptake that was dependent upon dosage, activation of PKA, and potentiation of L-type VGCC. We conclude that GLP-2 potentiates L-type VGCC activity through activating PKA signaling, partially stimulating glucose uptake by primary cultured hippocampal neurons. The potentiation of L-type VGCC may be physiologically relevant to GLP-2-induced neuroendocrine modulation of neurotransmitter release and hormone secretion.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xinfu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D053767:Glucagon-Like Peptide 2 / Q000502:physiology*; D000067758:Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Receptor; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D053767:Glucagon-Like Peptide 2; D000067758:Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Receptor; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D005947:Glucose