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Mutations in the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) receptor (IGF1R) have been associated with prenatal and postnatal growth retardation. However, little is known about potential effects of mutations in the IGF1R on carbohydrate homeostasis. Methods: We investigated clinical, endocrine and metabolic parameters in four family members carrying a novel IGF1R mutation (p.Tyr387X): an 18-year-old male (index case), his sister and two paternal aunts. Results: All family members showed a variable degree of impairment in prenatal growth, with birth weight standard deviation scores (SDS) between –1.65 and –2.37 and birth length SDS between –1.78 and –3.08. Their postnatal growth was also impaired, with height SDS between –1.75 and –4.86. The index case presented high IGF-I levels during childhood and adolescence and delayed bone age. The index case and his two paternal aunts had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) associated with a variable degree of alterations in insulin sensitivity and secretion. In contrast, the index case’s sister, who had had IGT during pregnancy, showed normal glucose metabolism but reduced insulin sensitivity. Conclusion: This is the first study showing an association between a novel IGF1R mutation and a variable degree of alterations in prenatal and postnatal growth and in carbohydrate metabolism.

Résumé L’augmentation de l’espérance de vie chez les patients atteints de fibrose kystique (FK) entraine une augmentation de la prévalence des anomalies de tolérance au glucose, soit l’intolérance au glucose (IGT) et le diabète (DAFK). En dépit du fait, que les anomalies de la tolérance au glucose soient associées à un mauvais prognostic, l’origine de ces troubles n’est pas encore clairement établie. Notre objectif était d’examiner le rôle de l’insulinopénie et de la résistance à l’insuline dans la détérioration de la tolérance au glucose dans une cohorte prospective observationelle patients FK non diabétique. Nos résultats démontrent une réduction marquée de la phase précoce de la sécrétion de l’insuline ainsi qu’une augmentation de l’aire sous la courbe de la glycémie (AUC) chez tous les groupes de patients. Nous avons aussi démontré qu’une variation de la sensibilité à l’insuline joue un rôle prépondérant dans les changements de catégorie de tolérance au glucose dans cette population. Finalement, il semblerait que l’augmentation de l’AUC du glucose et la réduction de la phase précose de la sécrétion d’insuline sont des meileurs prédicateurs du status clinique que les catégories de tolérance au glucose. Il existe plusieurs indices pour évaluer la sécrétion d’insuline et pourtant aucun n’a été validé chez les patients FK. Nous avons examiné la validité des index de la sécrétion de l’insuline dérivés de l’hyperglycémie provoquée par voie orale (HGPO) ainsi que des valeurs à jeun par rapport au test de référence. Alors que la plupart des index calculés à partir de l’HGPO corrèlent significativement avec les valeurs du test de référence, cela n’est pas le cas pour les index calculés à partir des valeurs à jeun. La validation de ces index nous permet d’évaluer la sécrétion de l’insuline prospectivement dans notre cohorte de FK à partir de l’HGPO, est un test recommandé pour le dépistage du DAFK. Les recommandations nutritionnelles suggèrent aux patients FK une diète comprenant environ 40% de lipides afin d’éviter la malnutrition. Nous avons examiné le profil lipidique des patients FK diabétiques et non diabétiques après une HGPO et un repas hyperlipidique (RT). Nos résultats démontrent que la FK est associée à des augmentations de l’excursion glycémique lors de l’HGPO ou d’un RT comparativement aux témoins. Cependant, le RT provoque 1) une plus faible excursion glycémique comparativement à l’HGPO ; 2) une meilleure suppression de la production hépatique de glucose et 3) l’excursion lipidique postprandiale des patients FK reste normale. Il est donc peu probable que les anomalies de la sécrétion de l’insuline par les cellules  soient secondaires à une lipotoxicité. Nous avons aussi examiné les taux d’adiponectine, une hormone sécrétée par le tissu adipeux et pouvant moduler l’action de l’insuline. Les niveaux d’adiponectine corrèlent négativement avec plusieurs facteurs présents chez les patients FK incluant l’IGT, l’inflammation et une adiposité centrale en dépit d'un faible poids corporel. Les patients FK ne présentaient aucune altération des taux d’adiponectine malgré la présence d’une résistance à l’insuline, une inflammation sub-clinique et de l’IGT. La FK apparaît donc comme une condition où il existe une discordance entre les taux d’adiponectine et la résistance à l’insuline ou l’inflammation. En conclusion la prévalence de l’IGT est élevée dans cette population caractérisée par une excursion glycémique anormalement plus élevée, due principalement à une altération de la sécrétion de l’insuline exacerbée par une résistance à l’insuline. Mots clés : Adiponectine, Hyperglycémie par voie oral (HGPO), intolérance au glucose, fibrose kystique, diabète, résistance à l’insuline, sécrétion de l’insuline. / Abstract Abnormal glucose tolerance is a frequent co-morbidity in cystic fibrosis patients (CF), and is associated with a worse prognosis. However, the most pertinent factors to predict the clinical status and the physiopathology of glucose intolerance remain unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the roles of impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance in the progression of glucose intolerance from the normal state up to diabetes (CFRD) using an ongoing prospective observational cohort of non-diabetic CF patients. We demonstrated that CF patients displayed a reduced first phase insulin secretion across glucose tolerance categories (normal; intolerance and CFRD). Moreover, variation in insulin resistance has a significant impact on glucose tolerance in this population. Finally, early in the course of the disease, increased glucose area under the curve (AUC) and reduced first phase insulin secretion are better predictors of clinical status than conventional glucose tolerance categories. Numerous indices to evaluate insulin secretion have been proposed, but their validity has not been explored in cystic fibrosis (CF). The aim of this study was to validate surrogate indices of insulin secretion calculated from fasting values or the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in CF patients against the gold standard, the intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT). This is an essential step to study the physiopathological role of defective insulin secretion in the development of CFDR in large cohort. We showed that all insulin secretion indices correlated significantly with the IGVTT in control individuals. However, while OGTT-derived indices correlated significantly with the gold standard test in all CF groups, this was not the case for fasting-derived indices. Since the OGTT is required on a regular basis in CF patients to screen for CFRD, OGTT-derived indices should be used to evaluate insulin secretion. Abnormal insulin secretion combined with recommended high fat intake could be associated with dysregulation of glucose and lipid metabolisms in CF patients. Thus, the second objective was to examine postprandial glucose and lipid profiles during an OGTT and a standardized high-fat test meal (TM) in CF patients. CF patients presented higher glucose excursion compared to controls after the OGTT and TM. This excursion was significantly reduced in both amplitude and length during the TM for CF patients. In addition, control and CF patients presented similar profiles for both triglycerides and fatty acids. These results exclude lipotoxicity as a major player in ß cell defect for these patients. Circulating adiponectin levels are negatively associated with glucose intolerance, inflammation and central adiposity. Since these conditions are common in CF patients, we examined whether adiponectin values are altered in this population. CF patients did not show any changes in adiponectin levels despite insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and sub-clinical inflammation. Thus, CF appears to be one of the rare conditions in which discordance between adiponectin values and insulin resistance or inflammation is evident. In conclusion, CF patients are characterized by a high prevalence of glucose abnormalities due to an insulin secretion defect but also the contribution of insulin resistance. Key words: Adiponectin, Cystic fibrosis, diabetes, glucose intolerance, Oral glucose tolerance test, insulin resistance, insulin secretion.

The prevalence of childhood obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has increased during recent decades. T2DM is accompanied with functional changes in the islets of Langerhans, which can be identified early in the pathogenesis. The aim of this thesis was to explore how metabolic changes caused by obesity early in life relate to islet function prior to overt T2DM. To address this, Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Childhood Obesity (ULSCO) was established (paper I). Initially, the association between palmitate and insulin secretion was investigated using a translational approach with obese and lean normoglycemic juveniles and isolated human islets (paper II). Secondly, dynamics of islet-hormones insulin and glucagon, and gut-hormones glucagon like-peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glicentin (paper III) and magnetic resonance imaging of pancreatic fat fraction (PFF) (paper IV) were studied in association to glucose tolerance and beta-cell function. Finally, a novel method of analysing shape features of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) curves was introduced and evaluated (paper V). Obese subjects had high prevalence of prediabetes and metabolic syndrome (MetS) (paper I). In obese pre-pubertal children with elevated palmitate levels, hyperinsulinemia was observed (paper II). In contrast, obese pubertal adolescents with similar palmitate levels showed moderate insulin levels during OGTT with delayed first phase insulin response. To explore mechanisms for these variations, isolated human islets were exposed to palmitate for different time periods in vitro. After 2 days accentuated insulin response was observed. Impaired beta-cell function and apoptosis were evident after 7 days, however. Hyperglucagonemia and disturbed GLP-1 and glicentin levels were associated with obesity and glycaemic status, with fasting glicentin being predictive of prediabetes (paper III). Furthermore, PFF was increased in obese subjects and associated to MetS and visceral adipose tissue, but not to beta-cell function (paper IV). OGTT curves were converted into geometric centres, centroids, which correlated with differences in glucose tolerance (paper V). In conclusion, the islet function in obese children was associated with elevated levels of palmitate, but not pancreatic fat. Fasting palmitate and glicentin levels, as well as centroid analyses of OGTT curves, could potentially identify obese children at risk of prediabetes and subsequent T2DM.

Le diabète est une maladie chronique de l’homéostasie du glucose caractérisée par une hyperglycémie non contrôlée qui est le résultat d’une défaillance de la sécrétion d’insuline en combinaison ou non avec une altération de l’action de l’insuline. La surnutrition et le manque d’activité physique chez des individus qui ont des prédispositions génétiques donnent lieu à la résistance à l’insuline. Pendant cette période dite de compensation où la concentration d’acides gras plasmatiques est élevée, l’hyperinsulinémie compense pleinement pour la résistance à l’insuline des tissus cibles et la glycémie est normale. Le métabolisme du glucose par la cellule pancréatique bêta entraîne la sécrétion d’insuline. Selon le modèle classique de la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose, l’augmentation du ratio ATP/ADP résultant de la glycolyse et de l’oxydation du glucose, induit la fermeture des canaux KATP-dépendant modifiant ainsi le potentiel membranaire suivi d’un influx de Ca2+. Cet influx de Ca2+ permet l’exocytose des granules de sécrétion contenant l’insuline. Plusieurs nutriments comme les acides gras sont capables de potentialiser la sécrétion d’insuline. Cependant, le modèle classique ne permet pas d’expliquer cette potentialisation de la sécrétion d’insuline par les acides gras. Pour expliquer l’effet potentialisateur des acides gras, notre laboratoire a proposé un modèle complémentaire où le malonyl-CoA dérivé du métabolisme anaplérotique du glucose inhibe la carnitine palmitoyltransférase-1, l’enzyme qui constitue l’étape limitante de l’oxydation des acides gras favorisant ainsi leur estérification et donc la formation de dérivés lipidiques signalétiques. Le modèle anaplérotique/lipidique de la sécrétion d'insuline induite par le glucose prédit que le malonyl-CoA dérivé du métabolisme du glucose inhibe la bêta-oxydation des acides gras et augmente la disponibilité des acyl-CoA ou des acides gras non-estérifiés. Les molécules lipidiques agissant comme facteurs de couplage du métabolisme des acides gras à l'exocytose d'insuline sont encore inconnus. Des travaux réalisés par notre laboratoire ont démontré qu’en augmentant la répartition des acides gras vers la bêta-oxydation, la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose était réduite suggérant qu’un des dérivés de l’estérification des acides gras est important pour la potentialisation sur la sécrétion d’insuline. En effet, à des concentrations élevées de glucose, les acides gras peuvent être estérifiés d’abord en acide lysophosphatidique (LPA), en acide phosphatidique (PA) et en diacylglycérol (DAG) et subséquemment en triglycérides (TG). La présente étude a établi l’importance relative du processus d’estérification des acides gras dans la production de facteurs potentialisant la sécrétion d’insuline. Nous avions émis l’hypothèse que des molécules dérivées des processus d’estérification des acides gras (ex : l’acide lysophosphatidique (LPA) et le diacylglycerol (DAG)) agissent comme signaux métaboliques et sont responsables de la modulation de la sécrétion d’insuline en présence d’acides gras. Afin de vérifier celle-ci, nous avons modifié le niveau d’expression des enzymes clés contrôlant le processus d’estérification par des approches de biologie moléculaire afin de changer la répartition des acides gras dans la cellule bêta. L’expression des différents isoformes de la glycérol-3-phosphate acyltransférase (GPAT), qui catalyse la première étape d’estérification des acides gras a été augmenté et inhibé. Les effets de la modulation de l’expression des isoenzymes de GPAT sur les processus d’estérifications, sur la bêta-oxydation et sur la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose ont été étudiés. Les différentes approches que nous avons utilisées ont changé les niveaux de DAG et de TG sans toutefois altérer la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose. Ainsi, les résultats de cette étude n’ont pas associé de rôle pour l’estérification de novo des acides gras dans leur potentialisation de la sécrétion d’insuline. Cependant, l’estérification des acides gras fait partie intégrante d’un cycle de TG/acides gras avec sa contrepartie lipolytique. D’ailleurs, des études parallèles à la mienne menées par des collègues du laboratoire ont démontré un rôle pour la lipolyse et un cycle TG/acides gras dans la potentialisation de la sécrétion d’insuline par les acides gras. Parallèlement à nos études des mécanismes de la sécrétion d’insuline impliquant les acides gras, notre laboratoire s’intéresse aussi aux effets négatifs des acides gras sur la cellule bêta. La glucolipotoxicité, résultant d’une exposition chronique aux acides gras saturés en présence d’une concentration élevée de glucose, est d’un intérêt particulier vu la prépondérance de l’obésité. L’isoforme microsomal de GPAT a aussi utilisé comme outil moléculaire dans le contexte de la glucolipotoxicité afin d’étudier le rôle de la synthèse de novo de lipides complexes dans le contexte de décompensation où la fonction des cellules bêta diminue. La surexpression de l’isoforme microsomal de la GPAT, menant à l’augmentation de l’estérification des acides gras et à une diminution de la bêta-oxydation, nous permet de conclure que cette modification métabolique est instrumentale dans la glucolipotoxicité. / Diabetes is a chronic disease of glucose homeostasis characterized by hyperglycemia and the result of a failure of insulin secretion in combination or not with impaired insulin action. Overnutrition and lack of physical activity in individuals who have acquired or inherited genetic predispositions lead to insulin resistance. During the period of compensation where the concentration of plasma fatty acids is high, hyperinsulinemia fully compensates for the insulin resistance of target tissues and blood sugar is normal. Glucose promotes insulin secretion through its metabolism by the pancreatic β cell. According to the classical model of glucose-induced insulin secretion, the increase in the ATP/ADP ratio resulting from glycolysis and glucose oxidation induces the closure of KATP channels thus changing membrane potential followed by an influx of Ca2+. This influx of Ca2+ allows the exocytosis of secretory granules containing insulin. Several nutrients like fatty acids are capable of potentiating insulin secretion. However, the classical model does not explain the potentiation of insulin secretion by fatty acids. To explain the potentiating effect of fatty acids, our laboratory has proposed a complementary model in which malonyl-CoA derived from glucose anaplerotic metabolism inhibits carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1, the enzyme catalyzing the limiting step of fatty acid oxidation, thereby promoting their esterification and thus the formation signaling derivatives. The anaplerotic model of insulin secretion predicts that malonyl-CoA derived from glucose metabolism inhibits β-oxidation of fatty acids and increases the availability of acyl-CoA or non esterified fatty acids. Thus, lipid molecules can act as coupling factors for insulin exocytosis. Fatty acid-derived signalling molecules that are active remain to be identified. Work performed by our laboratory has shown that increasing the partition of fatty acids toward β-oxidation reduced glucose-induced insulin secretion, suggesting that derivatives of fatty acid esterification are important for the potentiation of insulin secretion. Indeed, at high concentrations of glucose, fatty acids are esterified into lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), phosphatidic acid (PA) and diacylglycerol (DAG) and subsequently in triglycerides (TG). The present study established the relative importance fatty acid esterification in the production of factors potentiating insulin secretion. We hypothesized that molecules derived from the process of esterification of fatty acid (eg lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and diacylglycerol (DAG)) act as metabolic signals and are responsible for the modulation of the secretion of insulin in the presence of fatty acids. Thus, the level of expression of key enzymes controlling the process of esterification has been altered by molecular biology approaches to increase distribution of fatty acids toward esterification in the β cell. The expression of various isoforms of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT), which catalyzes the first step of esterification of fatty acids was increased and inhibited. The effects of GPAT isoenzyme modulation on the esterification process, on β-oxidation and on glucose-induced insulin secretion were investigated. The various approaches we used have changed the levels of DAG and TG without altering insulin secretion induced by glucose in the presence or absence of fatty acids. Thus, the results of this study do not suggest a role for de novo synthesis of glycerolipid intermidiates via esterification of fatty acids in the potentiation of insulin secretion. However, the esterification of fatty acids is an integral part of a TG/fatty acid cycle with its counterpart lipolysis. Moreover, parallel studies conducted by colleagues of the laboratory have demonstrated a role for lipolysis and a cycle TG/fatty acid in the potentiation of insulin secretion by fatty acids. In parallel with our studies of the mechanisms of insulin secretion involving fatty acids, our laboratory is also interested in the negative effects of fatty acids on the β cell. The glucolipotoxicity resulting from chronic exposure to saturated fatty acids in the presence of high glucose concentrations is of particular interest in the context of obesity rates. The microsomal isoform of GPAT was also used as a molecular tool under glucolipotoxicity conditions to study the role of de novo synthesis of complex lipids in the context of decompensation when β-cell function decreases. Increased esterification of fatty acids by the overexpression of microsomal isoform of GPAT has increased the toxic effects of fatty acids in the context of glucolipotoxicity. Thus, our results allow us to conclude that the distribution of lipids toward esterification and a decrease in β-oxidation is instrumental in glucolipotoxicity.

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Le diabète de type 2 (DT2) apparaît lorsque la sécrétion d’insuline par les cellules β des îlots du pancréas ne parvient plus à compenser la résistance à l’insuline des organes cibles. Parmi les médicaments disponibles pour traiter le DT2, deux classes agissent en améliorant la sensibilité à l’insuline : les biguanides (metformine) et les thiazolidinediones (pioglitazone et rosiglitazone). Des études suggèrent que ces médicaments protègent également la fonction des cellules β. Dans le but d’identifier des mécanismes par lesquels les médicaments insulinosensibilisateurs protègent les cellules β, nous avons étudié les effets aigus de la metformine et de la pioglitazone sur le métabolisme et la fonction des cellules INS 832/13, sécrétrices d’insuline et des îlots pancréatiques isolés de rats. Nous avons aussi validé in vivo avec des rats Wistar les principales observations obtenues en présence de pioglitazone grâce à des clamps glucidiques et par calorimétrie indirecte. Le traitement aigu des cellules β avec de la pioglitazone ou de la metformine inhibe la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose en diminuant la sensibilité des cellules au glucose (inhibition en présence de concentrations intermédiaires de glucose seulement). Dans les mêmes conditions, les traitements inhibent aussi plusieurs paramètres du métabolisme mitochondrial des nutriments et, pour la pioglitazone, du métabolisme des lipides. Les composés affectent le métabolisme en suivant un patron d’inhibition similaire à celui observé pour la sécrétion d’insuline, que nous avons nommé « décélération métabolique ». La capacité de la pioglitazone à inhiber la sécrétion d’insuline et à ralentir le métabolisme mitochondrial de façon aigüe se confirme in vivo. En conclusion, nous avons identifié la décélération métabolique de la cellule β comme nouveau mode d’action pour les médicaments insulinosensibilisateurs. La décélération métabolique causée par les agents insulinosensibilisateurs les plus utilisés semble provenir d’une inhibition du métabolisme mitochondrial et pourrait être impliquée dans les bienfaits de ceux-ci dans un contexte de stress métabolique. Le fait que les deux agents insulinosensibilisateurs étudiés agissent à la fois sur la sensibilité à l’insuline et sur la sécrétion d’insuline, les deux composantes majeures du DT2, pourrait expliquer pourquoi ils sont parmi les agents antidiabétiques les plus efficaces. La décélération métabolique est une approche thérapeutique à considérer pour le traitement du DT2 et d’autres maladies métaboliques. / Type 2 diabetes (T2D) appears when insulin secretion by pancreatic β-cells fails to compensate for insulin resistance. Two classes of anti-diabetic drugs have been used to target insulin resistance: biguanides (metformin) and thiazolidinediones (pioglitazone and rosiglitazone). Some studies suggest that these compounds also protect β-cell function. In order to identify the mechanisms whereby insulin-sensitizing agents protect β-cell function, we used INS 832/13 insulin secreting cells and isolated pancreatic rat islets to study the acute effects of pioglitazone and metformin on β-cell metabolism and function. Key observations obtained with pioglitazone were also validated in vivo in Wistar rats with the use of glucose clamps and indirect calorimetry. In vitro, acute pioglitazone or metformin treatment inhibits glucose-induced insulin secretion by lowering β-cell sensitivity to glucose (inhibition only at sub-maximal glucose concentrations). The same treatments also inhibit parameters of nutrient mitochondrial metabolism and, in the case of pioglitazone, parameters of lipid metabolism. Both compounds alter metabolism following a pattern similar to that observed with insulin secretion, a pattern that we label “metabolic deceleration”. Pioglitazone also acutely inhibits insulin secretion and slows down mitochondrial metabolism in vivo. In conclusion, we identified metabolic deceleration of the pancreatic β-cell as a new mode of action for insulin-sensitizing agents. Pioglitazone and metformin both seem to cause metabolic deceleration of the β-cell via inhibition of mitochondrial metabolism. This mode of action could participate in the beneficial effects of these compounds in the context of metabolic stress. The fact that these drugs affect both insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion, the two major components of T2D, may explain why they are among the most powerful anti-diabetic agents. Metabolic deceleration is a new therapeutic approach worth considering for the treatment of T2D and other metabolic diseases.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T14:17:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariana Carla Mendes.pdf: 1848607 bytes, checksum: 083213cf0c0ad5bc3014210dd258c5e6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study was designed to evaluate whether DJB in western diet (WD)-obese rats could have effects on pancreatic β-cell morphology and islet responsiveness to potentiating agents involved with the protein kinase A (PKA) and C (PKC) pathway. Male Wistar rats with 8 weeks of life were fed a standard rodent chow diet (CTL group) or WD ad libitum. After 10 weeks, WD rats were submitted to sham operation or DJB, forming WD SHAM and WD DJB group, respectively. After two months, the obesity parameters, insulin resistance (IR), pancreas morphology, insulin secretion stimulate by different secretagogues and islet protein expression were verified. WD SHAM rats displayed obesity, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance and IR. In addition, they also presented an increase in islets and β-cells area and mass. The glucose-induced insulin secretion stimulated by 11.1 mM glucose in the presence of carbachol (CCh), PMA, Forskolin or IBMX was higher in WD SHAM islets than CTL islets. DJB surgery did not alter body weight but normalized glucose, insulinemia, IR, and decreased islet and β-cells mass. The insulin release stimulated by glucose in the presence of CCh, PMA, Forskolin or IBMX was too normalized in WD DJB group. The expression of glucokinase, PKC, PKA and sintaxin was not altered in WD SHAM rats, but the M3 receptor was down-regulated. DJB did not influence these protein expressions. DJB surgery normalized glicemia, insulinemia and IR, reduced islets and β-cell mass and normalized insulin secretion by PKC and PKA pathway. / O presente estudo avaliou o efeito da derivação duodeno jejunal (DDJ) em ratos obesos pela dieta de cafeteria (CAF) sobre a morfofisiologia, com enfâse na ação de agentes potencializadores da secreção de insulina. Ratos Wistar com 8 semanas de vida receberam dieta padrão formando o crupo controle (CTL) ou CAF ad libitum. Após 10 semanas, os ratos CAF foram submetidos à falsa operação ou a DDJ, formando os grupos CAF SHAM e CAF DDJ, respectivamente. Após dois meses, foram avaliados os parâmetros de obesidade, resistência à insulina (RI), morfologia do pâncreas, secreção de insulina estimulada por glicose, carbacol (CCh), PMA, IBMX e Forscolina, e a expressão proteica de glicoquinase (GCK), receptor muscarínico M3, proteina quinase C e A (PKC e PKA) e Sintaxina-1, nas ilhotas. Os animais do grupo CAF SHAM tornaram-se obesos, hiperglicêmicos, hiperinsulinêmicos, intolerantes à glicose e resistentes à insulina. Além disso, apresentaram aumento na massa da ilhota e das células β. A secreção de insulina estimulada por 11.1 mM de glicose na presença de CCh, PMA, Forskolin ou IBMX foi significativamente maior no grupo CAF SHAM em relação ao grupo CTL. A DDJ não alterou o peso corporal, mas normalizou a glicemia, insulinemia, a RI e diminuiu a massa das ilhotas e das células β. A secreção de insulina estimulada pelos diferentes secretagogos também foi normalizada no grupo CAF DDJ. A expressão proteica da GCK, PKC, PKA e sintaxina não foi alterada no grupo CAF SHAM em relação ao CTL, todavia a expressão do receptor M3 foi reduzida. A DDJ não influenciou na expressão dessas proteínas. Em conclusão, a cirurgia de DDJ normalizou a glicemia, a insulinemia e a RI, reduziu a massa das ilhotas e das células β bem como, normalizou a secreção de insulina via PKC e PKA.

<p><b>Background and aims:</b> Type 2 diabetes mellitus is connected with elevated glucose levels, which cause impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and degeneration of β-cells. Mechanisms for such glucotoxic effects were explored in the present study.</p><p><b>Materials and methods:</b> INS-1E cells were cultured for 5 days in 5.5, 11, 20 or 27 mM glucose in the presence or absence of AMPK-agonist AICAR. GSIS was determined from INS-1E cells and islets obtained from type 2 diabetes and control donors. Human islets and INS-1E cells were functionally characterized (GSIS) and protein profiled (SELDI-TOF MS). Glucose-induced <i>de novo</i> synthesis of fatty acyls (HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy), fatty acid composition (GC-MS), triglyceride content and specific proteins (Western blotting) were determined in INS-1E cells.</p><p><b>Results:</b> Impaired GSIS was observed from INS-1E cells exposed to chronic hyperglycaemia and islets isolated from type 2 diabetics compared to INS-1E cells cultured at normal glucose levels and control islets, respectively. Several glucose-regulated proteins were found when type 2 diabetes and control islets or mitochondria from INS-1E cells cultured at different glucose concentrations were protein profiled. Glucose induced lipid <i>de novo</i> synthesis of both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in specific proportions. Glucose-induced impairment of function and mass was reverted by inclusion of AICAR, which lowered levels of pro-apoptotic protein CHOP but left triglyceride content unaffected.</p><p><b>Conclusions:</b> Impaired GSIS and increased apoptosis observed in β-cells after prolonged exposure to elevated glucose concentrations involved accumulation of lipid species in specific proportions, AMPK-inactivation, ER-stress activation and complex, coordinated changes in expression patterns of mitochondrial and human islet proteins.</p>

<b>Background and aims:</b> Type 2 diabetes mellitus is connected with elevated glucose levels, which cause impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and degeneration of β-cells. Mechanisms for such glucotoxic effects were explored in the present study. <b>Materials and methods:</b> INS-1E cells were cultured for 5 days in 5.5, 11, 20 or 27 mM glucose in the presence or absence of AMPK-agonist AICAR. GSIS was determined from INS-1E cells and islets obtained from type 2 diabetes and control donors. Human islets and INS-1E cells were functionally characterized (GSIS) and protein profiled (SELDI-TOF MS). Glucose-induced de novo synthesis of fatty acyls (HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy), fatty acid composition (GC-MS), triglyceride content and specific proteins (Western blotting) were determined in INS-1E cells. <b>Results:</b> Impaired GSIS was observed from INS-1E cells exposed to chronic hyperglycaemia and islets isolated from type 2 diabetics compared to INS-1E cells cultured at normal glucose levels and control islets, respectively. Several glucose-regulated proteins were found when type 2 diabetes and control islets or mitochondria from INS-1E cells cultured at different glucose concentrations were protein profiled. Glucose induced lipid de novo synthesis of both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in specific proportions. Glucose-induced impairment of function and mass was reverted by inclusion of AICAR, which lowered levels of pro-apoptotic protein CHOP but left triglyceride content unaffected. <b>Conclusions:</b> Impaired GSIS and increased apoptosis observed in β-cells after prolonged exposure to elevated glucose concentrations involved accumulation of lipid species in specific proportions, AMPK-inactivation, ER-stress activation and complex, coordinated changes in expression patterns of mitochondrial and human islet proteins.