Inappropriate glucagon secretion contributes to hyperglycemia in inflammatory disease. Previous work implicates the pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6), in glucagon secretion. IL-6 knock-out mice have a blunted glucagon response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) that is restored by intravenous replacement of IL-6. Given that IL-6 has previously been demonstrated to have a transcriptional (i.e. slow) effect on glucagon secretion from islets, I hypothesized that the rapid increase in glucagon following LPS occurred by a faster mechanism such as by action within the brain. Using chronically catheterized, conscious mice, it was found that central IL-6 stimulates glucagon secretion uniquely in the presence of an accompanying stressor (hypoglycemia or LPS). Contrary to the original hypothesis, however, IL-6 was found to amplify glucagon secretion in two ways: IL-6 not only stimulates glucagon secretion via the brain but also by direct action on islets. Interestingly, IL-6 augments glucagon secretion from both sites only in the presence of an accompanying stressor (such as epinephrine). Given that both adrenergic tone and plasma IL-6 are elevated in multiple inflammatory diseases, the interactions of the IL-6 and catecholaminergic signaling pathways in regulating GCG secretion may contribute to our present understanding of these diseases.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-12312014-082201 |
| Date | 07 January 2015 |
| Creators | Barnes, Tammy Michelle |
| Contributors | David H. Wasserman, Ph.D., David A. Jacobson, Ph.D., Danny G. Winder, Ph.D., John M. Stafford, M.D., Ph.D., David Robertson, M.D. |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-12312014-082201/ |
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