PMID- 26105159 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161213 LR - 20181217 IS - 1097-4644 (Electronic) IS - 0730-2312 (Linking) VI - 117 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Jan TI - The Paradoxical Effects of AMPK on Insulin Gene Expression and Glucose-Induced Insulin Secretion. PG - 239-46 LID - 10.1002/jcb.25271 [doi] AB - The activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is known to repress the expression of the insulin gene and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). However, the mechanisms by which this occurs, as well as the effects of AMPK activation on glucolipotoxicity-induced beta-cell dysfunction, have not been elucidated. To investigate the effects of 5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorgamma-coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha) on beta-cell-specific genes under glucolipotoxic conditions, we performed real-time PCR and measured insulin secretion by primary islets. To study these effects in vivo, we administered AICAR for 10 days (1 mg/g body weight) to 90% pancreatectomized hyperglycemic mice. The exposure of isolated rat and human islets to glucolipotoxic conditions and the overexpression of PGC-1alpha suppressed insulin and NEUROD1 mRNA expression. However, the expression of these genes was preserved by AICAR treatment and by PGC-1alpha inhibition. Exposure of isolated islets to glucolipotoxic conditions for 3 days decreased GSIS, which was also well maintained by AICAR treatment and by PGC-1alpha inhibition. The administration of AICAR to 90% pancreatectomized hyperglycemic mice improved glucose tolerance and insulin secretion. These results indicate that treatment of islets with an AMPK agonist under glucolipotoxic conditions protects against glucolipotoxicity-induced beta-cell dysfunction. A better understanding of the functions of molecules such as PGC-1alpha and AMPK, which play key roles in intracellular fuel regulation, could herald a new era for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by providing protection against glucolipotoxicity. CI - (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Kim, Ji-Won AU - Kim JW AD - Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 137-040, Korea. FAU - You, Young-Hye AU - You YH AD - Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 137-040, Korea. FAU - Ham, Dong-Sik AU - Ham DS AD - Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 137-040, Korea. FAU - Yang, Hae Kyung AU - Yang HK AD - Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 137-040, Korea. FAU - Yoon, Kun-Ho AU - Yoon KH AD - Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 137-040, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cell Biochem JT - Journal of cellular biochemistry JID - 8205768 RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha) RN - 0 (Ppargc1a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Ribonucleotides) RN - 360-97-4 (Aminoimidazole Carboxamide) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - F0X88YW0YK (AICA ribonucleotide) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Aminoimidazole Carboxamide/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Glucose/*pharmacology MH - Insulin/*metabolism MH - Insulin Secretion MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/drug effects/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha/drug effects/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Ribonucleotides/pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - AICAR OT - AMPK OT - GLUCOLIPOTOXICITY OT - PGC-1alpha OT - TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS EDAT- 2015/06/25 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2015/06/25 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/06/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/jcb.25271 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Biochem. 2016 Jan;117(1):239-46. doi: 10.1002/jcb.25271.