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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Volume 296, Issue 5, Pages E1029-E1041Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90241.2008
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adiponectin; insulin resistance; oxidative stress; glucose transporter 4; glycogen synthase kinase-3; nuclear factor-kappa B; activating protein-1; c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase
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- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Canadian Institute of Health Research/University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine Bridge
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Ndisang JF, Lane N, Jadhav A. Upregulation of the heme oxygenase system ameliorates postprandial and fasting hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E1029-E1041, 2009. First published February 10, 2008; doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.90241.2008.-In type 2 diabetes (T2D), postprandial and fasting hyperglycemia are important predictors of cardiovascular diseases; however, few drugs are currently available to simultaneously suppress these conditions. Here, we report an enduring antidiabetic effect of the heme oxygenase (HO) inducer hemin on Goto-Kakizaki rats (GK), a nonobese insulin-resistant T2D model. HO breaks down the heme-moiety-generating antioxidants (biliverdin/bilirubin and ferritin) and carbon monoxide, which stimulate insulin secretion. Hemin induces HO-1 to potentiate HO activity and the HO-derived products. Chronically applied hemin (30 mg/kg ip) for a month reduced and maintained fasting glucose at physiological levels for 3 mo. Before therapy, glucose levels were 9.3 +/- 0.3 mmol/l (n = 14). At 1, 2, and 3 mo posttherapy, we recorded 6.7 +/- 0.13, 5.9 +/- 0.2, and 7.2 +/- 0.2 mmol/ l, respectively. Hemin was also effective against postprandial hyperglycemia (14.6 +/- 1.1 vs. 7.5 +/- 0.4 mmol/ l; n = 14; P < 0.01), and the effect remained sustained for 3 mo after therapy. The reduction of hyperglycemia was accompanied by enhanced HO-1, HO activity, and cGMP of the soleus muscle, alongside increased plasma bilirubin, ferritin, SOD, total antioxidant capacity, and insulin levels, whereas markers/mediators of oxidative stress like urinary-8-isoprostane and soleus muscle nitrotyrosine, NF-kappa B, and activator protein-1 and -2 were abated. Furthermore, inhibitors of insulin signaling including soleus muscle glycogen synthase kinase-3 and JNK were reduced, while the insulin-sensitizing adipokine, adiponectin, alongside AMPK were increased. Correspondingly, hemin improved glucose tolerance, suppressed insulin intolerance, reduced insulin resistance, and overturned the inability of insulin to enhance glucose transporter 4, a protein required for glucose uptake. Hemin also upregulated HO-1/HO activity and cGMP and lowered glucose in euglycemic Sprague-Dawley control rats albeit less intensely, suggesting greater selectivity of the HO system in diabetic conditions. In conclusion, reduced oxidative stress alongside the concomitant and paradoxical enhancement of insulin secretion and insulin-sensitizing pathways may account for the 3-moenduring antidiabetic effect. The synergistic interaction among HO, adiponectin, and GLUT4 may be explored against insulin-resistant diabetes.
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