2020
A Membrane-Bound Diacylglycerol Species Induces PKCϵ-Mediated Hepatic Insulin Resistance
Lyu K, Zhang Y, Zhang D, Kahn M, Ter Horst KW, Rodrigues MRS, Gaspar RC, Hirabara SM, Luukkonen PK, Lee S, Bhanot S, Rinehart J, Blume N, Rasch MG, Serlie MJ, Bogan JS, Cline GW, Samuel VT, Shulman GI. A Membrane-Bound Diacylglycerol Species Induces PKCϵ-Mediated Hepatic Insulin Resistance. Cell Metabolism 2020, 32: 654-664.e5. PMID: 32882164, PMCID: PMC7544641, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2020.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneEndoplasmic reticulumHigh-fat diet-induced hepatic insulin resistanceSubcellular fractionation methodInsulin receptor kinaseKey lipid speciesHepatic insulin resistanceDiet-induced hepatic insulin resistanceReceptor kinaseDiacylglycerol acyltransferase 2Molecular mechanismsAcute knockdownPhosphorylationLipid dropletsLipid speciesAcyltransferase 2KnockdownLiver-specific overexpressionDAG accumulationPKCϵDAG contentMembraneFractionation methodKinaseMitochondria
2019
Hepatic insulin sensitivity is improved in high‐fat diet‐fed Park2 knockout mice in association with increased hepatic AMPK activation and reduced steatosis
Edmunds LR, Huckestein BR, Kahn M, Zhang D, Chu Y, Zhang Y, Wendell SG, Shulman GI, Jurczak MJ. Hepatic insulin sensitivity is improved in high‐fat diet‐fed Park2 knockout mice in association with increased hepatic AMPK activation and reduced steatosis. Physiological Reports 2019, 7: e14281. PMID: 31724300, PMCID: PMC6854109, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPark2 KO miceHepatic insulin sensitivityKO miceInsulin sensitivityInsulin resistanceShort-term HFD feedingDiet-induced hepatic insulin resistanceWhole-body insulin sensitivityPark2 knockout miceImproved hepatic insulin sensitivityDiet-induced obesityHigh-fat dietBioactive lipid speciesTumor necrosis factorHepatic insulin resistanceHepatic AMPK activationNegative energy balanceEndoplasmic reticulum stress responseRegular chowCytokine levelsHFD feedingReduced steatosisChronic HFDInterleukin-6Necrosis factor