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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2012

Transgenic mice overexpressing Renin exhibit glucose intolerance and diet-genotype interactions.

Sarah J Fletcher, Nishan S Kalupahana, Morvarid Soltani-Bejnood, Jung Han Kim, Arnold M Saxton, David H Wasserman, Bart De Taeye, Brynn H Voy, Annie Quignard-Boulange, Naima Moustaid-Moussa

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Sarah J FletcherGenome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN, USA.
Nishan S Kalupahana
Morvarid Soltani-Bejnood
Jung Han Kim
Arnold M Saxton
David H Wasserman
Bart De Taeye
Brynn H Voy
Annie Quignard-Boulange
Naima Moustaid-Moussa
University of Tennessee at Knoxville · USVanderbilt University · USAgroParisTech · FRMarshall University · USPellissippi State Community College · USTexas Tech University · USUniversity of Peradeniya · LK

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Abstract

Numerous animal and clinical investigations have pointed to a potential role of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the development of insulin resistance and diabetes in conditions of expanded fat mass. However, the mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. We used a transgenic mouse model overexpressing renin in the liver (RenTgMK) to examine the effects of chronic activation of RAS on adiposity and insulin sensitivity. Hepatic overexpression of renin resulted in constitutively elevated plasma angiotensin II (four- to six-fold increase vs. wild-type, WT). Surprisingly, RenTgMK mice developed glucose intolerance despite low levels of adiposity and insulinemia. The transgenics also had lower plasma triglyceride levels. Glucose intolerance in transgenic mice fed a low-fat diet was comparable to that observed in high-fat fed WT mice. These studies demonstrate that overexpression of renin and associated hyperangiotensinemia impair glucose tolerance in a diet-dependent manner and further support a consistent role of RAS in the pathogenesis of diabetes and insulin resistance, independent of changes in fat mass.

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adipose tissueangiotensin IIinsulin resistancerenin-angiotensin system

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PMID23308073
PMCPMC3538348
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