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Identification of 9- cis -retinoic acid as a pancreas-specific autacoid that attenuates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion
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The all-trans-retinoic acid (atRA) isomer, 9-cis-retinoic acid (9cRA), activates retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs) in vitro. RARs control multiple genes, whereas RXRs serve as partners for RARs and other nuclear receptors that regulate metabolism. Physiological function has not been determined for 9cRA, because it has not been detected in serum or multiple tissues with analytically validated assays. Here, we identify 9cRA in mouse pancreas by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), and show that 9cRA decreases with feeding and after glucose dosing and varies inversely with serum insulin. 9cRA reduces glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in mouse islets and in the rat β-cell line 832/13 within 15 min by reducing glucose transporter type 2 (Glut2) and glucokinase (GK) activities. 9cRA also reduces Pdx-1 and HNF4α mRNA expression, ∼8- and 80-fold, respectively: defects in Pdx-1 or HNF4α cause maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY4 and 1, respectively), as does a defective GK gene (MODY2). Pancreas β-cells generate 9cRA, and mouse models of reduced β-cell number, heterozygous Akita mice, and streptozotocin-treated mice have reduced 9cRA. 9cRA is abnormally high in glucose-intolerant mice, which have β-cell hypertropy, including mice with diet-induced obesity (DIO) and ob/ob and db/db mice. These data establish 9cRA as a pancreas-specific autacoid with multiple mechanisms of action and provide unique insight into GSIS.
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- Authors
- Kane, M. A., Folias, A. E., Pingitore, A., Perri, M., Obrochta, K. M., Krois, C. R., Cione, E., Ryu, J. Y., & Napoli, J. L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2010-11-29
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 50
- Pages
- 21884-21889
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC3003056
- OpenAlex
- W1964543779
- Cited by
- 120
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 10.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Cornerstone (Minnesota State University, Mankato) (submittedVersion)
- Archive of Doctoral Theses and Digital Collections (University of Calabria) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Università della Calabria
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca
- National Institutes of Health (DK061918)
- University of California, San Francisco
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA017927)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK061918, R01DK047839, R01DK090522, DK 47839, T32DK061918, DK066924, F32DK066924)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Pancreatic function and diabetes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
- Keywords
- 9-cis-retinoic acid, autacoids, pancreas, glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, pancreatic beta cells, retinoic acid receptor, retinoid X receptor, GLUT2, glucokinase, PDX1, HNF4α, maturity-onset diabetes of the young, Akita mice, diet-induced obesity, ob/ob mice, db/db mice, impaired glucose tolerance, beta-cell hypertrophy, islets
- MeSH terms
- Alitretinoin, Insulin Secretion, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Cell Line, Glucose, Insulin, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Pancreas, Autacoids, Tretinoin, Mice, Rats
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