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Camporez 2013 Endocrinology

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Camporez JP, Jornayvaz FR, Petersen M, Pesta D, Guigni BA, Serr J, Zhang D, Kahn M, Samuel VT, Jurczak MJ, Shulman GI (2013) Cellular mechanisms by which FGF21 improves insulin sensitivity in male mice. Endocrinology 154:3099-109.

ยป PMID:23766126 Open Access

Camporez JP, Jornayvaz FR, Petersen M, Pesta D, Guigni BA, Serr J, Zhang D, Kahn M, Samuel VT, Jurczak MJ, Shulman GI (2013) Endocrinology

Abstract: Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a potent regulator of glucose and lipid metabolism and is currently being pursued as a therapeutic agent for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, the cellular mechanisms by which FGF21 modifies insulin action in vivo are unclear. To address this question, we assessed insulin action in regular chow (RC) and high-fat (HFD) fed wild-type mice chronically infused with FGF21 or vehicle. Here, we show that FGF21 administration results in improvements in both hepatic and peripheral insulin sensitivity in both RC and HFD mice. This improvement in insulin responsiveness in FGF21 treated HFD fed mice was associated with decreased hepatocellular and myocellular diacylglycerol (DAG) content and reduced protein kinase C (PKC)โˆˆ activation in liver and PKCฮธ in skeletal muscle. In contrast there were no effects of FGF21 on liver or muscle ceramide content. These effects may be attributed, in part, to increased energy expenditure in the liver and white adipose tissue. Taken together, these data provide a mechanism by which FGF21 protects mice from lipid-induced liver and muscle insulin resistance and support its development as a novel therapy for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes.


Labels: MiParea: Respiration  Pathology: Diabetes 

Organism: Mouse  Tissue;cell: Skeletal muscle, Liver, Fat  Preparation: Intact cells, Permeabilized tissue 


Coupling state: LEAK, OXPHOS 

HRR: Oxygraph-2k