Reduced β-cell mass and altered glucose sensing impair insulin-secretory function in βIRKO mice
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vol. 286 (1), E41-E49
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00533.2001
Abstract
Pancreatic β-cell-restricted knockout of the insulin receptor results in hyperglycemia due to impaired insulin secretion, suggesting that this cell is an important target of insulin action. The present studies were undertaken in β-cell insulin receptor knockout (βIRKO) mice to define the mechanisms underlying the defect in insulin secretion. On the basis of responses to intraperitoneal glucose, ∼7-mo-old βIRKO mice were either diabetic (25%) or normally glucose tolerant (75%). Total insulin content was profoundly reduced in pancreata of mutant mice compared with controls. Both groups also exhibited reduced β-cell mass and islet number. However, insulin mRNA and protein were similar in islets of diabetic and normoglycemic βIRKO mice compared with controls. Insulin secretion in response to insulin secretagogues from the isolated perfused pancreas was markedly reduced in the diabetic βIRKOs and to a lesser degree in the nondiabetic βIRKO group. Pancreatic islets of nondiabetic βIRKO animals also exhibited defects in glyceraldehyde- and KCl-stimulated insulin release that were milder than in the diabetic animals. Gene expression analysis of islets revealed a modest reduction of GLUT2 and glucokinase gene expression in both the nondiabetic and diabetic mutants. Taken together, these data indicate that loss of functional receptors for insulin in β-cells leads primarily to profound defects in postnatal β-cell growth. In addition, altered glucose sensing may also contribute to defective insulin secretion in mutant animals that develop diabetes.Keywords
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