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Insulin-like peptide 5 is a microbially regulated peptide that promotes hepatic glucose production

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MOLECULAR METABOLISM
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 263-270

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DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2016.01.007

Keywords

Insulin-like peptide 5 (INSL5); Gut microbiota; Liver; Colon

Funding

  1. European Research Council [615362] Funding Source: Medline
  2. NNF Center for Basic Metabolic Research [Bäckhed Group] Funding Source: researchfish
  3. Novo Nordisk Fonden [NNF13OC0008163] Funding Source: researchfish
  4. European Research Council (ERC) [615362] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)

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Objective: Insulin-like peptide 5 (INSL5) is a recently identified gut hormone that is produced predominantly by L-cells in the colon, but its function is unclear. We have previously shown that colonic expression of the gene for the L-cell hormone GLP-1 is high in mice that lack a microbiota and thus have energy-deprived colonocytes. Our aim was to investigate if energy deficiency also affected colonic Insl5 expression and to identify a potential role of INSL5. Methods: We analyzed colonic Insl5 expression in germ-free (GF), conventionally raised (CONV-R), conventionalized (CONV-D) and antibiotic-treated mice, and also assessed the effect of dietary changes on colonic Insl5 expression. In addition, we characterized the metabolic phenotype of Insl5-/- mice. Results: We showed that colonic Insl5 expression was higher in GF and antibiotic-treated mice than in CONV-R mice, whereas Insl5 expression in the brain was higher in CONV-R versus GF mice. We also observed that colonic Insl5 expression was suppressed by increasing the energy supply in GF mice by colonization or high-fat feeding. We did not observe any differences in food intake, gut transit or oral glucose tolerance between Insl5-/- and wild-type mice. However, we showed impaired intraperitoneal glucose tolerance in Insl5-/- mice. We also observed improved insulin tolerance and reduced hepatic glucose production in Insl5-/- mice. Conclusions: We have shown that colonic Insl5 expression is regulated by the gut microbiota and energy availability. We propose that INSL5 is a hormone that could play a role in promoting hepatic glucose production during periods of energy deprivation. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier GmbH. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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