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- Title
Peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor-gamma upregulates glucokinase gene expression in beta-cells.
- Authors
Kim, Ha-il; Cha, Ji-Young; Kim, So-Youn; Kim, Jae-woo; Roh, Kyung Jin; Seong, Je-Kyung; Lee, Nam Taek; Choi, Kang-Yell; Kim, Kyung-Sup; Ahn, Yong-ho
- Abstract
Thiazolidinediones, synthetic ligands of peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma), improve peripheral insulin sensitivity and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells. To explore the role of PPAR-gamma in glucose sensing of beta-cells, we have dissected the beta-cell-specific glucokinase (betaGK) promoter, which constitutes glucose-sensing apparatus in pancreatic beta-cells, and identified a peroxisomal proliferator response element (PPRE) in the promoter. The betaGK-PPRE is located in the region between +47 and +68 bp. PPAR-gamma/retinoid X receptor-alpha heterodimer binds to the element and activates the betaGK promoter. The betaGK promoter lacking or having mutations in PPRE cannot be activated by PPAR-gamma. PPAR-gamma activates the betaGK promoter in beta-cells as well as non-beta-cells. Furthermore, troglitazone increases endogenous GK expression and its enzyme activity in beta-cell lines. These results indicate that PPAR-gamma can regulate GK expression in beta-cells. Taking these results together with our previous work, we conclude that PPAR-gamma regulates gene expression of glucose-sensing apparatus and thereby improves glucose-sensing ability of beta-cells, contributing to the restoration of beta-cell function in type 2 diabetic subjects by troglitazone.
- Publication
Diabetes, 2002, Vol 51, Issue 3, p676
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/diabetes.51.3.676