GLP-2 receptor signaling controls circulating bile acid levels but not glucose homeostasis in Gcgr^-/- mice and is dispensable for the metabolic benefits ensuing after vertical sleeve gastrectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Therapeutic interventions that improve glucose homeostasis such as attenuation of glucagon receptor (Gcgr) signaling and bariatric surgery share common metabolic features conserved in mice and humans. These include increased circulating levels of bile acids (BA) and the proglucagon-derived peptides (PGDPs), GLP-1 and GLP-2. Whether BA acting through TGR5 (Gpbar1) increases PGDP levels in these scenarios has not been examined. Furthermore, although the importance of GLP-1 action has been interrogated in Gcgr^-/- mice and after bariatric surgery, whether GLP-2 contributes to the metabolic benefits of these interventions is not known.

Methods

To assess whether BA acting through Gpbar1 mediates improved glucose homeostasis in Gcgr^-/- mice we genera

SUBMITTER: Patel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6157461 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature