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ArticleJournal of endocrinology and diabetes2021

Central Type II Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulation of Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Glycogen Metabolic Enzyme and Glucoregulatory Neurotransmitter Marker Protein Expression in the Male Rat.

Abdulrahman Alhamyani, A S M Hasan Mahmood, Ayed Alshamrani, Mostafa M H Ibrahim, Karen P Briski

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Article in Journal of endocrinology and diabetes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdulrahman AlhamyaniSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201.
A S M Hasan MahmoodSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201.
Ayed AlshamraniSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201.
Mostafa M H IbrahimSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201.
Karen P BriskiSchool of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA 71201.
University of Louisiana at Monroe · US

Funding

Estradiol Regulation of Hypothalamic Astrocyte GlycogenR01DK109382 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE · PI BRISKI, KAREN P · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN) glucoregulatory neurotransmitters γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and nitric oxide (NO) signal adjustments in glycogen mobilization. Glucocorticoids control astrocyte glycogen metabolism in vitro. The classical (type II) glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is expressed in key brain structures that govern glucostasis, including the VMN. Current research addressed the hypothesis that forebrain GR regulation of VMN glycogen synthase (GS) and phosphorylase (GP) protein expression correlates with control of glucoregulatory transmission. Groups of male rats were pretreated by intracerebroventricular (icv) delivery of the GR antagonist RU486 or vehicle prior to insulin-induced hypoglycemia (IIH), or were pretreated icv with dexamethasone (DEX) or vehicle before subcutaneous insulin diluent injection. DEX increased VMN GS and norepinephrine-sensitive GP-muscle type (GPmm), but did not alter metabolic deficit-sensitive GP-brain type (GPbb) expression. RU486 enhanced GS and GPbb profiles during IIH. VMN astrocyte (MCT1) and neuronal (MCT2) monocarboxylate transporter profiles were up-regulated in euglycemic and hypoglycemic animals by DEX or RU486, respectively. Glutamate decarboxylase65/67 and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) proteins were both increased by DEX, yet RU486 augmented hypoglycemic nNOS expression patterns. Results show that GR exert divergent effects on VMN GS, MCT1/2, and nNOS proteins during eu- (stimulatory) versus hypoglycemia (inhibitory); these findings imply that up-regulated NO transmission may reflect, in part, augmented glucose incorporation into glycogen and/or increased tissue lactate requirements. Data also provide novel evidence for metabolic state-dependent GR regulation of VMN GPmm and GPbb profiles; thus, GABA signaling of metabolic stability may reflect, in part, stimulus-specific glycogen breakdown during eu- versus hypoglycemia.

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DexamethasoneGlucocorticoid receptorGlycogen phosphorylaseNitric oxide synthaseRU486Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

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PMID34258390
PMCPMC8274514
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