Pancreas-specific Pten deficiency causes partial resistance to diabetes and elevated hepatic AKT signaling

• 来源期刊: 细胞研究（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2009,（6）
• 页码范围: 710-719
• 页数: 10页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1038/cr.2009.42

摘要

PTEN, a negative regulator of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/AKT pathway, is an important modulator of insu-lin signaling. To determine the metabolic function of pancreatic Pten, we generated pancreas-specific Pten knockout (PPKO) mice. PPKO mice had enlarged pancreas and elevated proliferation of acinar cells. They also exhibited hy-poglycemia, hypoinsulinemia, and altered amino metabolism. Notably, PPKO mice showed delayed onset of strepto-zotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes and sex-biased resistance to high-fat-diet (HFD)-induced diabetes. To investigate the mechanism for the resistance to HFD-induced hyperglycemia in PPKO mice, we evaluated AKT phosphorylation in major insulin-responsive tissues: the liver, muscle, and fat. We found that Pten loss in the pancreas causes the eleva-tion of AKT signaling in the liver. The phosphorylation of AKT and its downstream substrate GSK3β was increased in the liver of PPKO mice, while PTEN level was decreased without detectable excision of Pten allele in the liver of PPKO mice. Proteomics analysis revealed dramatically decreased level of 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) in the liver of PPKO mice, which may also contribute to the lower blood glucose level of PPKO mice fed with HFD. Together, our findings reveal a novel response in the liver to pancreatic defect in metabolic regulation, adding a new dimension to understanding diabetes resistance.