Journal
MOLECULAR METABOLISM
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages 60-67Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2018.10.002
Keywords
TRPV1 sensory innervation; Glucose homeostasis; beta-cell function; Sex difference
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- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
- RWJBarnabas Health
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation [1-FAC-2017-433-A-N]
- NIDDK [RRID:SCR_014393, UC4 DK104162]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [R01DK031036, U01DK104162, R37DK031036, P30DK036836] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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There is emerging evidence to support an important role for the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) sensory innervation in glucose homeostasis. However, it remains unknown whether the glucoregulatory action of these afferent neurons is sex-biased and whether it is pancreatic beta-cell-mediated. Objective: We investigated in male and female mice whether denervation of whole-body or pancreas-projecting TRPV1 sensory neurons regulates adult functional beta-cell mass and alters systemic glucose homeostasis. Methods: We used a combination of pharmacological and surgical approaches to ablate whole-body or pancreatic TRPV1 sensory neurons and assessed islet b-cell function and mass, aspects of glucose and insulin homeostasis, and energy expenditure. Results: Capsaicin-induced chemodenervation of whole-body TRPV1 sensory neurons improved glucose clearance and enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion without alterations in beta-cell proliferation and mass, systemic insulin sensitivity, body composition, and energy expenditure. Similarly, denervation of intrapancreatic TRPV1 afferents by pancreas intraductal injection of capsaicin or surgical removal of the dorsal root ganglia projecting into the pancreas lowered post-absorptive glucose levels and increased insulin release upon glucose stimulation. The beneficial effects of TRPV1 sensory denervation on glucose tolerance and beta-cell function were observed in male but not female mice. Conclusion: Collectively, these findings suggest that TRPV1 neurons regulate glucose homeostasis, at least partly, through direct modulation of glucose-induced insulin secretion and that this regulation operates in a sex-dependent manner. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
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