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ArticleDiabetes2012

Bile acids acutely stimulate insulin secretion of mouse β-cells via farnesoid X receptor activation and K(ATP) channel inhibition.

Martina Düfer, Katrin Hörth, Rebecca Wagner, Björn Schittenhelm, Susanne Prowald, Thomas F J Wagner, Johannes Oberwinkler, Robert Lukowski, Frank J Gonzalez, Peter Krippeit-Drews and 1 more

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Article in Diabetes, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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80 citing papers in PubMed, 157 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Martina DüferDepartment of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. martina.duefer@uni-tuebingen.de
Katrin Hörth
Rebecca Wagner
Björn Schittenhelm
Susanne Prowald
Thomas F J Wagner
Johannes Oberwinkler
Robert Lukowski
Frank J Gonzalez
Peter Krippeit-Drews
Gisela Drews
University of Tübingen · DENational Institutes of Health · USPhilipps University of Marburg · DEScripps Research Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with alterations in bile acid (BA) signaling. The aim of our study was to test whether pancreatic β-cells contribute to BA-dependent regulation of glucose homeostasis. Experiments were performed with islets from wild-type, farnesoid X receptor (FXR) knockout (KO), and β-cell ATP-dependent K(+) (K(ATP)) channel gene SUR1 (ABCC8) KO mice, respectively. Sodium taurochenodeoxycholate (TCDC) increased glucose-induced insulin secretion. This effect was mimicked by the FXR agonist GW4064 and suppressed by the FXR antagonist guggulsterone. TCDC and GW4064 stimulated the electrical activity of β-cells and enhanced cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](c)). These effects were blunted by guggulsterone. Sodium ursodeoxycholate, which has a much lower affinity to FXR than TCDC, had no effect on [Ca(2+)](c) and insulin secretion. FXR activation by TCDC is suggested to inhibit K(ATP) current. The decline in K(ATP) channel activity by TCDC was only observed in β-cells with intact metabolism and was reversed by guggulsterone. TCDC did not alter insulin secretion in islets of SUR1-KO or FXR-KO mice. TCDC did not change islet cell apoptosis. This is the first study showing an acute action of BA on β-cell function. The effect is mediated by FXR by nongenomic elements, suggesting a novel link between FXR activation and K(ATP) channel inhibition.

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AnimalsGlucoseInsulinInsulin-Secreting CellsInsulin SecretionMiceMice, KnockoutPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingPregnenedionesReceptor, Farnesoid X-ActivatedReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearTaurodeoxycholic AcidGlucoseInsulinPotassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifyingpregna-4,17-diene-3,16-dionePregnenedionesReceptor, Farnesoid X-ActivatedReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearTaurodeoxycholic Acid

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PMID22492528
PMCPMC3357280
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