title: Glucose regulates secretion of exogenously expressed insulin from HepG2 cells in vitro and in a mouse model of diabetes mellitus in vivo.
abstract: Glucose-controlled insulin secretion is a key component of its regulation. Here, we examined whether liver cell secretion of insulin derived from an engineered construct can be regulated by glucose. Adenovirus constructs were designed to express proinsulin or mature insulin containing the conditional binding domain (CBD). This motif binds GRP78 (HSPA5), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein that enables the chimeric hormone to enter into and stay within the ER until glucose regulates its release from the organelle. Infected HepG2 cells expressed proinsulin mRNA and the protein containing the CBD. Immunocytochemistry studies suggested that GRP78 and proinsulin appeared together in the ER of the cell. The amount of hormone released from infected cells varied directly with the ambient concentration of glucose in the media. Glucose-regulated release of the hormone from infected cells was rapid and sustained. Removal of glucose from the cells decreased release of the hormone. In streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice, when infected with adenovirus expressing mature insulin, glucose levels declined. Our data show that glucose regulates release of exogenously expressed insulin from the ER of liver cells. This approach may be useful in devising new ways to treat diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Wanke
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Muruve
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: N C W
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D056945:Hep G2 Cells; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; C000717247:HSPA5 protein, human; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C000717248:Hspa5 protein, mouse; D007328:Insulin; D005947:Glucose