Mechanisms of insulin secretion in malnutrition: modulation by amino acids in rodent models |
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Authors: | Camila Aparecida Machado de Oliveira Márcia Queiroz Latorraca Maria Alice Rostom de Mello Everardo Magalhães Carneiro |
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Institution: | 1.Departamento de Anatomia, Biologia Celular, Fisiologia e Biofísica,Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP),Campinas,Brazil;2.Departamento de Alimentos e Nutri??o, Faculdade de Nutri??o,Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT),Cuiabá,Brazil;3.Departamento de Educa??o Física,Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP),Rio Claro,Brazil;4.Departamento de Biociências,Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo (Unifesp) Campus Baixada Santista,Santos,Brazil |
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Abstract: | Protein restriction at early stages of life reduces β-cell volume, number of insulin-containing granules, insulin content
and release by pancreatic islets in response to glucose and other secretagogues, abnormalities similar to those seen in type
2 diabetes. Amino acids are capable to directly modulate insulin secretion and/or contribute to the maintenance of β-cell
function, resulting in an improvement of insulin release. Animal models of protein malnutrition have provided important insights
into the adaptive mechanisms involved in insulin secretion in malnutrition. In this review, we discuss studies focusing on
the modulation of insulin secretion by amino acids, specially leucine and taurine, in rodent models of protein malnutrition.
Leucine supplementation increases insulin secretion by pancreatic islets in malnourished mice. This effect is at least in
part due to increase in the expression of proteins involved in the secretion process, and the activation of the PI3K/PKB/mTOR
pathway seems also to contribute. Mice supplemented with taurine have increased insulin content and secretion as well as increased
expression of genes essential for β-cell functionality. The knowledge of the mechanisms through which amino acids act on pancreatic
β-cells to stimulate insulin secretion is of interest for clinical medicine. It can reveal new targets for the development
of drugs toward the treatment of endocrine diseases, in special type 2 diabetes. |
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