PMID- 31669915 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200331 LR - 20200331 IS - 1950-6007 (Electronic) IS - 0753-3322 (Linking) VI - 120 DP - 2019 Dec TI - Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor expression and its functions are regulated by androgen. PG - 109555 LID - S0753-3322(19)33465-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109555 [doi] AB - Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) is an important pharmacological target for type 2 diabetes mellitus because it maintains glucose homeostasis and promotes beta cell proliferation. Androgen is suggested not only to regulate hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis but also to affect metabolism. In this study, Glp1r mRNA was found widely expressed in normal male mice and its levels were positively correlated with the serum testosterone (T) concentrations. Using mouse insulinoma 6 (MIN6) cells, which highly express GLP-1R, we observed GLP-1R was upregulated both at transcriptional and protein levels induced by dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and was downregulated by androgen receptor inhibitor ARN-509 or small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting Glp1r mRNA. In normal C57BL/6 mice and db/db mice, Glp1r mRNA levels in the pancreases increased in the DHT treatment group and decreased in the ARN-509 treatment group. And the increased GLP-1R expression had insulinotropic function both in vitro and in vivo. Further analysis showed that the androgen receptor (Ar) located in the cytosol of MIN6 cells and translocated to the nucleus after DHT treatment. In addition, we found that there was an Ar motif in the promoter region of the Glp1r gene. Further studies revealed that the translocated DHT/Ar complex from the cytosol to the nucleus bound to the Ar motif of the Glp1r gene and upregulated gene transcription. Taken together, the widely expressed GLP-1R was positively regulated by androgen under physiological condition and in diabetic models at the transcriptional level. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhu, Liying AU - Zhu L AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: tianshi_baba@163.com. FAU - Zhou, Jinxing AU - Zhou J AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: happyzhoujx@126.com. FAU - Pan, Yu AU - Pan Y AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: dimi_luki@163.com. FAU - Lv, Jing AU - Lv J AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: ljmighty@163.com. FAU - Liu, Yang AU - Liu Y AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: liuyang_950922@163.com. FAU - Yu, Shanhe AU - Yu S AD - State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: yushanhe5460@163.com. FAU - Zhang, Yifan AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 197, Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: zhang_yifan@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191024 PL - France TA - Biomed Pharmacother JT - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie JID - 8213295 RN - 0 (Androgens) RN - 0 (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Androgen) RN - 08J2K08A3Y (Dihydrotestosterone) RN - 3XMK78S47O (Testosterone) SB - IM MH - Androgens/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Cell Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Dihydrotestosterone/pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Insulin Secretion/drug effects MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Models, Biological MH - Organ Specificity MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Protein Transport/drug effects MH - Receptors, Androgen/metabolism MH - Sexual Maturation MH - Testosterone/blood MH - Transcription, Genetic/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - DHT/Ar OT - GLP-1R OT - Insulin OT - Type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2019/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/01 06:00 CRDT- 2019/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0753-3322(19)33465-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109555 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomed Pharmacother. 2019 Dec;120:109555. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109555. Epub 2019 Oct 24.