PUBLICATION
Interrupted Glucagon Signaling Reveals Hepatic α Cell Axis and Role for L-Glutamine in α Cell Proliferation
- Authors
- Dean, E.D., Li, M., Prasad, N., Wisniewski, S.N., Von Deylen, A., Spaeth, J., Maddison, L., Botros, A., Sedgeman, L.R., Bozadjieva, N., Ilkayeva, O., Coldren, A., Poffenberger, G., Shostak, A., Semich, M.C., Aamodt, K.I., Phillips, N., Yan, H., Bernal-Mizrachi, E., Corbin, J.D., Vickers, K.C., Levy, S.E., Dai, C., Newgard, C., Gu, W., Stein, R., Chen, W., Powers, A.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170608-2
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Cell Metabolism 25: 1362-1373.e5 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Chen, Wenbiao, Li, Mingyu
- Keywords
- Slc38a5, alpha cell, amino acid, amino acid transport, glucagon, glucagon receptor, glutamine, liver, pancreatic islet, proliferation
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral/genetics
- Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral/metabolism
- Animals
- Cell Proliferation*
- Glucagon/genetics
- Glucagon/metabolism*
- Glutamine/genetics
- Glutamine/metabolism*
- Liver/metabolism*
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Signal Transduction*
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 28591638 Full text @ Cell Metab.
Citation
Dean, E.D., Li, M., Prasad, N., Wisniewski, S.N., Von Deylen, A., Spaeth, J., Maddison, L., Botros, A., Sedgeman, L.R., Bozadjieva, N., Ilkayeva, O., Coldren, A., Poffenberger, G., Shostak, A., Semich, M.C., Aamodt, K.I., Phillips, N., Yan, H., Bernal-Mizrachi, E., Corbin, J.D., Vickers, K.C., Levy, S.E., Dai, C., Newgard, C., Gu, W., Stein, R., Chen, W., Powers, A.C. (2017) Interrupted Glucagon Signaling Reveals Hepatic α Cell Axis and Role for L-Glutamine in α Cell Proliferation. Cell Metabolism. 25:1362-1373.e5.
Abstract
Decreasing glucagon action lowers the blood glucose and may be useful therapeutically for diabetes. However, interrupted glucagon signaling leads to α cell proliferation. To identify postulated hepatic-derived circulating factor(s) responsible for α cell proliferation, we used transcriptomics/proteomics/metabolomics in three models of interrupted glucagon signaling and found that proliferation of mouse, zebrafish, and human α cells was mTOR and FoxP transcription factor dependent. Changes in hepatic amino acid (AA) catabolism gene expression predicted the observed increase in circulating AAs. Mimicking these AA levels stimulated α cell proliferation in a newly developed in vitro assay with L-glutamine being a critical AA. α cell expression of the AA transporter Slc38a5 was markedly increased in mice with interrupted glucagon signaling and played a role in α cell proliferation. These results indicate a hepatic α islet cell axis where glucagon regulates serum AA availability and AAs, especially L-glutamine, regulate α cell proliferation and mass via mTOR-dependent nutrient sensing.
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