TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuromedin U Does Not Act as a Decretin in Rats
AU - Kuhre, Rune Ehrenreich
AU - Christiansen, Charlotte Bayer
AU - Ghiasi, Seyed Mojtaba
AU - Gabe, Maria Buur Nordskov
AU - Skat-Rørdam, Patricia Almine
AU - Modvig, Ida Marie
AU - Mandrup-Poulsen, Thomas
AU - Albrechtsen, Reidar
AU - Rosenkilde, Mette Marie
AU - Hartmann, Bolette
AU - Albrechtsen, Nicolai Jacob Wewer
AU - Holst, Jens Juul
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Studies on isolated pancreatic islets suggest that neuromedin U (NMU), a brain and gastrointestinal peptide, acts as a decretin hormone, inhibiting glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. We investigated whether this effect could be reproduced in vivo and in isolated perfused rat pancreas. Unlike the incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), intravenous NMU administration had no effects on blood glucose and plasma insulin and glucagon in vivo. Moreover, NMU neither changed insulin, glucagon, or somatostatin secretion from isolated perfused rat pancreas, nor affected GLP-1-stimulated insulin and somatostatin secretion. For NMU to act as a decretin hormone, its secretion should increase following glucose ingestion; however, glucose did not affect NMU secretion from isolated perfused rat small intestine, which contained extractable NMU. Furthermore, the two NMU receptors were not detected in endocrine rat or human pancreas. We conclude that NMU does not act as a decretin hormone in rats.
AB - Studies on isolated pancreatic islets suggest that neuromedin U (NMU), a brain and gastrointestinal peptide, acts as a decretin hormone, inhibiting glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. We investigated whether this effect could be reproduced in vivo and in isolated perfused rat pancreas. Unlike the incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), intravenous NMU administration had no effects on blood glucose and plasma insulin and glucagon in vivo. Moreover, NMU neither changed insulin, glucagon, or somatostatin secretion from isolated perfused rat pancreas, nor affected GLP-1-stimulated insulin and somatostatin secretion. For NMU to act as a decretin hormone, its secretion should increase following glucose ingestion; however, glucose did not affect NMU secretion from isolated perfused rat small intestine, which contained extractable NMU. Furthermore, the two NMU receptors were not detected in endocrine rat or human pancreas. We conclude that NMU does not act as a decretin hormone in rats.
KW - decretin
KW - glucagon-like peptide 1
KW - insulin secretion
KW - neuromedin U
KW - neuromedin U receptor 1 and 2
KW - type 2 diabetes
U2 - 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.10.008
DO - 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.10.008
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30449683
AN - SCOPUS:85062064719
SN - 1550-4131
VL - 29
SP - 719-726.e1-e5
JO - Cell Metabolism
JF - Cell Metabolism
IS - 3
ER -