Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21949366›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011

mTOR links incretin signaling to HIF induction in pancreatic beta cells.

Sam Van de Velde, Meghan F Hogan, Marc Montminy

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Paracrine signaling in islet function and survival.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sam Van de VeldeThe Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Meghan F Hogan
Marc Montminy
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · US

Funding

Regulation of Hepatic Gluconeogenesis by the CREB:TORC2 PathwayR37DK083834 · NIDDK · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI MONTMINY, MARC R · 2010 to 2018
$6.4M
Role of the TORC/CRTC Family of Coactivators in Energy BalanceR01DK049777 · NIDDK · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI MONTMINY, MARC R · 1995 to 2014
$5.6M
Regulation of Hepatic Gluconeogenesis by the CREB:TORC2 PathwayR01DK083834 · NIDDK · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI MONTMINY, MARC R · 2009 to 2022
$3.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK049777NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK049777NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083834NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK083834NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK083834
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Under feeding conditions, the incretin hormone GLP-1 promotes pancreatic islet viability by triggering the cAMP pathway in beta cells. Increases in PKA activity stimulate the phosphorylation of CREB, which in turn enhances beta cell survival by upregulating IRS2 expression. Although sustained GLP-1 action appears important for its salutary effects on islet function, the transient nature of CREB activation has pointed to the involvement of additional nuclear factors in this process. Following the acute induction of CREB-regulated genes, cAMP triggers a second delayed phase of gene expression that proceeds via the HIF transcription factor. Increases in cAMP promote the accumulation of HIF1α in beta cells by activating the mTOR pathway. As exposure to rapamycin disrupts GLP-1 effects on beta cell viability, these results demonstrate how a pathway associated with tumor growth also mediates salutary effects of an incretin hormone on pancreatic islet function.

Indexed as

AnimalsBase SequenceCell LineCell SurvivalCyclic AMPCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitIncretinsInsulin Receptor Substrate ProteinsInsulin-Secreting CellsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRatsRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesCyclic AMPCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Hif1a protein, ratHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitIncretinsInsulin Receptor Substrate ProteinsIrs2 protein, ratmTOR protein, ratProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRNA, Small InterferingTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID21949366
PMCPMC3193251
OpenAlexW2060759722

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