Tissue-Specific and Glucose-Dependent Expression of Receptor Genes for Glucagon and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1)
Copyright policy )Tissue-Specific and Glucose-Dependent Expression of Receptor Genes for Glucagon and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1)
Both glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) play an important role in the regulation of nutrient homeostasis. In this study, the tissue distributions of the expression of receptor genes for glucagon and GLP-1 were examined. Expression of glucagon receptor gene was detected in liver, kidney, ileum and pancreatic islets but not in brain. In contrast, expression of GLP-1 receptor gene was detected in brain, pancreas and pancreatic islets but not in liver, kidney, or ileum. To investigate the existence and characteristics of glucagon and GLP-1 receptors on pancreatic beta cells, expression of the receptor genes and translational regulation of the expression of the receptor genes by glucose were analyzed in a mouse pancreatic beta cell line, MIN6 cells. In the cDNA pool of MIN6 cells, both glucagon and GLP-1 receptor genes were identified and showed higher expression level in MIN6 cells cultured under high glucose condition than in those cultured under low glucose condition. These results suggest that glucagon and GLP-1 receptor genes are expressed in pancreatic beta cells and their expression is upregulated by glucose.
- Osaka University Japan
DNA, Complementary, Glucagon, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Islets of Langerhans, Mice, Glucose, Gene Expression Regulation, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, Protein Biosynthesis, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Animals, Insulinoma, Tissue Distribution, RNA, Messenger, Protein Precursors, Peptides
DNA, Complementary, Glucagon, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Islets of Langerhans, Mice, Glucose, Gene Expression Regulation, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, Protein Biosynthesis, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Animals, Insulinoma, Tissue Distribution, RNA, Messenger, Protein Precursors, Peptides
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