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Sulforaphane improves disrupted ER-mitochondria interactions and suppresses exaggerated hepatic glucose production

Tubbs, Emily LU ; Axelsson, Annika S. LU ; Vial, Guillaume ; Wollheim, Claes B. LU ; Rieusset, Jennifer and Rosengren, Anders H. LU (2018) In Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 461. p.205-214
Abstract

Aims: Exaggerated hepatic glucose production is one of the hallmarks of type 2 diabetes. Sulforaphane (SFN) has been suggested as a new potential anti-diabetic compound. However, the effects of SFN in hepatocytes are yet unclear. Accumulating evidence points to the close structural contacts between the ER and mitochondria, known as mitochondria-associated ER membranes (MAMs), as important hubs for hepatic metabolism. We wanted to investigate whether SFN could affect hepatic glucose production and MAMs. Materials and methods: We used proximity ligation assays, analysis of ER stress markers and glucose production assays in hepatoma cell lines, primary mouse hepatocytes and diabetic animal models. Results: SFN counteracted the increase of... (More)

Aims: Exaggerated hepatic glucose production is one of the hallmarks of type 2 diabetes. Sulforaphane (SFN) has been suggested as a new potential anti-diabetic compound. However, the effects of SFN in hepatocytes are yet unclear. Accumulating evidence points to the close structural contacts between the ER and mitochondria, known as mitochondria-associated ER membranes (MAMs), as important hubs for hepatic metabolism. We wanted to investigate whether SFN could affect hepatic glucose production and MAMs. Materials and methods: We used proximity ligation assays, analysis of ER stress markers and glucose production assays in hepatoma cell lines, primary mouse hepatocytes and diabetic animal models. Results: SFN counteracted the increase of glucose production in palmitate-treated mouse hepatocytes. SFN also counteracted palmitate-induced MAM disruptions. Moreover, SFN decreased the ER stress markers CHOP and Grp78. In ob/ob mice, SFN improved glucose tolerance and reduced exaggerated glucose production. In livers of these mice, SFN increased MAM protein content, restored impaired VDAC1-IP3R1 interactions and reduced ER stress markers. In mice on HFHSD, SFN improved glucose tolerance, MAM protein content and ER-mitochondria interactions to a similar extent to that of metformin. Conclusions: The present findings show that MAMs are severely reduced in animal models of glucose intolerance, which reinforces the role of MAMs as a hub for insulin signaling in the liver. We also show that SFN restores MAMs and improves glucose tolerance by a similar magnitude to that of metformin. These data highlight SFN as a new potential anti-diabetic compound.

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Mitochondria-associated ER membranes, Sulphoraphane, Type 2 diabetes
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Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
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461
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205 - 214
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Elsevier
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10.1016/j.mce.2017.09.016
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  author       = {{Tubbs, Emily and Axelsson, Annika S. and Vial, Guillaume and Wollheim, Claes B. and Rieusset, Jennifer and Rosengren, Anders H.}},
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