title: Disruption of HIF-1α in hepatocytes impairs glucose metabolism in diet-induced obesity mice.
abstract: The liver plays a central role in glucose homeostasis in the whole-body by responding to environmental factors including nutrients, hormones, and oxygen. In conditions of metabolic overload such as diabetes mellitus and obesity, coordinated regulation between oxygen supply and consumption has been reported to be disrupted and subsequently cause tissue hypoxia, although pathological significance of the disease-related hypoxia remains elusive. To investigate the role of tissue hypoxia in the liver on systemic glucose homeostasis, mice lacking HIF-1α gene, a critical component of a master regulator of hypoxic response, in hepatocytes were exposed to high fat/sucrose diet (HFSD). Exposure to HFSD for 5 weeks elicited liver hypoxia with a transient increase in HIF-1α protein expression in the liver of control mice. Glucose disposal was marginally impaired in control mice when challenged oral glucose tolerance test, but such impairment was enhanced in the mutant mice. This alteration was accompanied by a complete inhibition of glucokinase induction with a significant reduction of hepatic glucose uptake. Mice fed HFSD for 20 weeks exhibited fasting hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance, whereas these metabolic phenotypes deteriorated considerably with severe insulin resistance in skeletal muscles and adipose tissues in the mutant mice. These findings suggest that HIF-1 in hepatocytes plays protective roles against the progression of diabetes mellitus.
authors: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan.
authors: Daigo
authors: D
authors: Ochiai
authors: Nobuhito
authors: N
authors: Goda
authors: Takako
authors: T
authors: Hishiki
authors: Mai
authors: M
authors: Kanai
authors: Nanami
authors: N
authors: Senoo-Matsuda
authors: Tomoyoshi
authors: T
authors: Soga
authors: Randall S
authors: RS
authors: Johnson
authors: Yasunori
authors: Y
authors: Yoshimura
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Suematsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D059305:Diet, High-Fat / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D051379:Mice; D008820:Mice, Obese; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D013395:Sucrose; D005947:Glucose