TY - JOUR
T1 - Human duodenal enteroendocrine cells
T2 - Source of both incretin peptides, GLP-1 and GIP
AU - Theodorakis, Michael J.
AU - Carlson, Olga
AU - Michopoulos, Spyros
AU - Doyle, Máire E.
AU - Juhaszova, Magdalena
AU - Petraki, Kalliopi
AU - Egan, Josephine M.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Among the products of enteroendocrine cells are the incretins glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1, secreted by L cells) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP, secreted by K cells). These are key modulators of insulin secretion, glucose homeostasis, and gastric emptying. Because of the rapid early rise of GLP-1 in plasma after oral glucose, we wished to definitively establish the absence or presence of L cells, as well as the relative distribution of the incretin cell types in human duodenum. We confirmed the presence of proglucagon and pro-GIP genes, their products, and glucosensory molecules by tissue immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR of laser-captured, single duodenal cells. We also assayed plasma glucose, incretin, and insulin levels in subjects with normal glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes for 120 min after they ingested 75 g of glucose. Subjects with normal glucose tolerance (n = 14) had as many L cells (15 ± 1), expressed per 1,000 gut epithelial cells, as K cells (13 ± 1), with some containing both hormones (L/K cells, 5 ± 1). In type 2 diabetes, the number of L and L/K cells was increased (26 ± 2; P < 0.001 and 9 ± 1; P < 0.001, respectively). Both L and K cells contained glucokinase and glucose transporter-1, -2, and -3. Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic subjects had increased plasma GLP-1 levels between 20 and 80 min, concurrently with rising plasma insulin levels. Significant coexpression of the main incretin peptides occurs in human duodenum. L and K cells are present in equal numbers. New onset type 2 diabetes is associated with a shift to the L phenotype.
AB - Among the products of enteroendocrine cells are the incretins glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1, secreted by L cells) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP, secreted by K cells). These are key modulators of insulin secretion, glucose homeostasis, and gastric emptying. Because of the rapid early rise of GLP-1 in plasma after oral glucose, we wished to definitively establish the absence or presence of L cells, as well as the relative distribution of the incretin cell types in human duodenum. We confirmed the presence of proglucagon and pro-GIP genes, their products, and glucosensory molecules by tissue immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR of laser-captured, single duodenal cells. We also assayed plasma glucose, incretin, and insulin levels in subjects with normal glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes for 120 min after they ingested 75 g of glucose. Subjects with normal glucose tolerance (n = 14) had as many L cells (15 ± 1), expressed per 1,000 gut epithelial cells, as K cells (13 ± 1), with some containing both hormones (L/K cells, 5 ± 1). In type 2 diabetes, the number of L and L/K cells was increased (26 ± 2; P < 0.001 and 9 ± 1; P < 0.001, respectively). Both L and K cells contained glucokinase and glucose transporter-1, -2, and -3. Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic subjects had increased plasma GLP-1 levels between 20 and 80 min, concurrently with rising plasma insulin levels. Significant coexpression of the main incretin peptides occurs in human duodenum. L and K cells are present in equal numbers. New onset type 2 diabetes is associated with a shift to the L phenotype.
KW - Duodenum
KW - Euglycemia
KW - Gastric inhibitory polypeptide
KW - Glucagon-like peptide-1
KW - Type 2 diabetes
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpendo.00326.2004
DO - 10.1152/ajpendo.00326.2004
M3 - Article
C2 - 16219666
AN - SCOPUS:33645071360
SN - 0193-1849
VL - 290
SP - E550-E559
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
IS - 3
ER -