PMID- 28465244 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170911 LR - 20170911 IS - 1879-0631 (Electronic) IS - 0024-3205 (Linking) VI - 181 DP - 2017 Jul 15 TI - PERK/eIF2alpha contributes to changes of insulin signaling in HepG2 cell induced by intermittent hypoxia. PG - 17-22 LID - S0024-3205(17)30201-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.lfs.2017.04.022 [doi] AB - AIMS: Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is associated with abnormal glucose metabolism. Nowadays, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress emerges as an important mechanism underlying the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, it remains unclear that intermittent hypoxia (IH) could induce ER stress, resulting in abnormality of glucose metabolism. Thus, in the current study we explore the changes of insulin signaling under IH and the role of ER stress underlying these changes. MAIN METHODS: HepG2 cells were exposed to room air (RA) or IH for 8h, 16h and 24h respectively. Oxygen concentration in IH groups was in a dynamic cycle from 21% to 1% every 5min, while it remained at 21% in RA groups. Insulin was added into cell culture medium for AKT and p-AKT measurement. In another experiment set, HepG2 cells were pre-cultured with 4-PBA prior to IH or RA exposure. Expression of AKT, p-AKT, p-JNK, p-IRE1, p-PERK and p-eIF2alpha was examined by Western Blot. KEY FINDINGS: Compared with RA, p-AKT expression in HepG2 cells under IH for 24h was significantly lower even with insulin treatment. Expression of p-JNK, p-IRE1, ATF6, p-PERK and p-eIF2alpha were upregulated. p-AKT level in HepG2 with 4-PBA preculture under IH was restored. p-PERK and p-eIF2alpha expression in HepG2 cells in IH groups with 4-PBA preculture were inhibited while levels of p-JNK and p-IRE1 remained unchanged. SIGNIFICANCE: IH, the hallmarker of OSAHS, could disturb insulin signaling via activating PERK/eIF2alpha. CI - Copyright (c) 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Yi, Huahua AU - Yi H AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, No. 197, Ruijin Er Road., Shanghai, 200025, China. FAU - Gu, Chenjuan AU - Gu C AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, No. 197, Ruijin Er Road., Shanghai, 200025, China. FAU - Li, Min AU - Li M AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, No. 197, Ruijin Er Road., Shanghai, 200025, China. Electronic address: limin_4212@163.com. FAU - Zhang, Zhiguo AU - Zhang Z AD - Department of Endocrine and Metabolism Institute, Ruijin Hospital, No. 197, Ruijin Er Road, Shanghai 200025, China. FAU - Li, Qingyun AU - Li Q AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, No. 197, Ruijin Er Road., Shanghai, 200025, China. FAU - Feng, Jing AU - Feng J AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, No. 197, Ruijin Er Road., Shanghai, 200025, China. FAU - Zhou, Jun AU - Zhou J AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, No. 197, Ruijin Er Road., Shanghai, 200025, China. FAU - Du, Juan AU - Du J AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, No. 197, Ruijin Er Road., Shanghai, 200025, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170429 PL - Netherlands TA - Life Sci JT - Life sciences JID - 0375521 RN - 0 (4-phenylbutylamine) RN - 0 (Butylamines) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (PERK kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (eIF-2 Kinase) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Blotting, Western MH - Butylamines/pharmacology MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/*physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/genetics MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia/*complications MH - Insulin/administration & dosage/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/*physiopathology MH - Time Factors MH - Up-Regulation/genetics MH - eIF-2 Kinase/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - AKT OT - ER stress OT - Intermittent hypoxia OT - PERK OT - eIF2alpha EDAT- 2017/05/04 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/12 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/04 06:00 PHST- 2017/01/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/04/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/04/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/04 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0024-3205(17)30201-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.lfs.2017.04.022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Life Sci. 2017 Jul 15;181:17-22. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2017.04.022. Epub 2017 Apr 29.