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Up-regulating the hemeoxygenase system enhances insulin sensitivity and improves glucose metabolism in insulin-resistant diabetes in Goto-Kakizaki rats.

Abstract
Insulin-mediated signal transduction is positively correlated to adiponectin, adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and glucose-transporter-4 (GLUT4) but negatively to oxidative/inflammatory mediators such as nuclear factor-kappaB, activating-protein (AP)-1, AP-2, and c-Jun-N-terminal-kinase. Although hemeoxygenase (HO) suppresses oxidative insults, its effects on insulin-sensitizing agents like AMPK and GLUT4 remains unclear and were investigated using Goto-Kakizaki rats (GK), a nonobese insulin-resistant type-2 diabetic model. HO was induced with hemin or inhibited with chromium mesoporphyrin (CrMP). The application of hemin to GK rats evoked a 3-month antidiabetic effect, whereas the HO-inhibitor, CrMP, exacerbated hyperglycemia and nullified insulin-signaling/glucose metabolism. Interestingly, the antidiabetic was accompanied by a paradoxical increase of insulin alongside the potentiation of insulin-sensitizing agents such as adiponectin, AMPK, and GLUT4 in the gastrocnemius muscle. Furthermore, hemin enhanced mediators/regulators of insulin signaling like cGMP and cAMP and suppressed oxidative insults by up-regulating HO-1, HO activity, superoxide dismutase, catalase, and the total antioxidant capacity in the gastrocnemius muscle. Accordingly, oxidative markers/mediators including nuclear factor-kappaB, AP-1, AP-2, c-Jun-N-terminal-kinase, and 8-isoprostane were abated, whereas CrMP annulled the cytoprotective and antidiabetic effects of hemin. Correspondingly, ip glucose tolerance, insulin tolerance, and homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance analyses revealed improved glucose tolerance, reduced insulin intolerance, enhanced insulin sensitivity, and reduced insulin resistance in hemin-treated GK rats. In contrast, CrMP, abolished the insulin-sensitizing effects and restored and/or exacerbated insulin resistance. Our study unveils a 3-month enduring antidiabetic effect of hemin and unmasks the synergistic interaction among the HO system, adiponectin, AMPK, and GLUT4 that could be explored to enhance insulin signaling and improve glucose metabolism in insulin-resistant diabetes.
AuthorsJoseph Fomusi Ndisang, Ashok Jadhav
JournalEndocrinology (Endocrinology) Vol. 150 Issue 6 Pg. 2627-36 (Jun 2009) ISSN: 1945-7170 [Electronic] United States
PMID19228889 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Adiponectin
  • Glucose Transporter Type 4
  • Insulin
  • Mesoporphyrins
  • NF-kappa B
  • Slc2a4 protein, rat
  • Transcription Factor AP-1
  • chromium mesoporphyrin
  • Hemin
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Heme Oxygenase-1
  • Protein Kinases
  • AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
  • Cyclic GMP
  • Glucose
Topics
  • AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
  • Adiponectin (metabolism)
  • Animals
  • Cyclic AMP (metabolism)
  • Cyclic GMP (metabolism)
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (drug therapy, metabolism, physiopathology)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Glucose (metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Glucose Transporter Type 4 (metabolism)
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 (genetics, metabolism)
  • Hemin (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Insulin (metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Insulin Resistance (physiology)
  • Male
  • Mesoporphyrins (pharmacology)
  • Muscle, Skeletal (drug effects, metabolism)
  • NF-kappa B (metabolism)
  • Protein Kinases (metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Transcription Factor AP-1 (metabolism)
  • Up-Regulation (physiology)

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