Insulin action in the brain contributes to glucose lowering during insulin treatment of diabetes |
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Authors: | Gelling Richard W Morton Gregory J Morrison Christopher D Niswender Kevin D Myers Martin G Rhodes Christopher J Schwartz Michael W |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98102, USA. |
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Abstract: | To investigate the role of brain insulin action in the pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes, we asked whether neuronal insulin signaling is required for glucose-lowering during insulin treatment of diabetes. Hypothalamic signaling via the insulin receptor substrate-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (IRS-PI3K) pathway, a key intracellular mediator of insulin action, was reduced in rats with uncontrolled diabetes induced by streptozotocin (STZ-DM). Further, infusion of a PI3K inhibitor into the third cerebral ventricle of STZ-DM rats prior to peripheral insulin injection attenuated insulin-induced glucose lowering by approximately 35%-40% in both acute and chronic insulin treatment paradigms. Conversely, increased PI3K signaling induced by hypothalamic overexpression of either IRS-2 or protein kinase B (PKB, a key downstream mediator of PI3K action) enhanced the glycemic response to insulin by approximately 2-fold in STZ-DM rats. We conclude that hypothalamic insulin signaling via the IRS-PI3K pathway is a key determinant of the response to insulin in the management of uncontrolled diabetes. |
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