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Asymmetrical dimethylarginine induces dysfunction of insulin signal transduction via endoplasmic reticulum stress in the liver of diabetic rats.

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AIMS:Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) as an emerging factor is involved in insulin resistance (IR), which is the pathological basis of diabetes mellitus. Accumulation of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase is associated with IR, but the underlying mechanisms have not been elucidated. This study was to reveal the important role of ADMA in IR and determine whether endogenous ADMA accumulation contributes to hepatic IR via ERS in diabetic rats and hepatocytes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Diabetic rat model was induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (50 mg/kg). Phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) and protein kinase B (Akt) was detected to evaluate IR. The protein kinase PKR-like ER kinase (PERK) and eukaryotic initiation factor 2α kinase (eIF2α) phosphorylation, x-box binding protein-1 (XBP-1) splicing, glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) and C/EBP homologues protein (CHOP) expressions were measured to assess ERS. KEY FINDINGS:Endogenous ADMA content was significantly increased and positively correlated with either IR as evidenced by increased IRS1 at serine and reduced Akt phosphorylation or ERS as indicated by upregulations of PERK and eIF2α phosphorylation, XBP-1 splicing, GRP78 and CHOP expressions in the liver of diabetic rats compared with control rats. Exogenous ADMA directly caused IR and ERS in dose- and time-dependent manners in primary mouse hepatocytes. Pretreatment with ERS inhibitor 4-phenylbutyrate or ADMA antagonist L-arginine not only improved ADMA-associated or -induced hepatic IR but also attenuated ADMA-associated or -induced ERS in diabetic rats or hepatocytes. SIGNIFICANCE:These findings indicate that endogenous ADMA accumulation contributes to hepatic IR via ERS in diabetic rats.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Qiu N,Wei XM,Zhang ZJ,He YL,Zhou XK,Xiong Y

doi

10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118373

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-11-01 00:00:00

pages

118373

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

S0024-3205(20)31126-7

journal_volume

260

pub_type

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Asymmetrical dimethylarginine induces dysfunction of insulin signal transduction via endoplasmic reticulum stress in the liver of diabetic rats.