Glucosamine Enhances Body Weight Gain and Reduces Insulin Response in Mice Fed Chow Diet but Mitigates Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Mice High-Fat Diet
Metabolism, ISSN: 0026-0495, Vol: 64, Issue: 3, Page: 368-379
2015
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Article Description
This study investigated the potential of glucosamine (GlcN) to affect body weight gain and insulin sensitivity in mice normal and at risk for developing diabetes. Male C57BL/6 J mice were fed either chow diet (CD) or a high fat diet (HFD) and the half of mice from CD and HFD provided with a solution of 10% (w/v) GlcN. Total cholesterol and nonesterified free fatty acid levels were determined. Glucose tolerance test and insulin tolerance test were performed. HepG2 human hepatoma cells or differentiated 3 T3-L1 adipocytes were stimulated with insulin under normal (5 mM) or high glucose (25 mM) conditions. Effect of GlcN on 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) uptake was determined. JNK and Akt phosphorylation and nucleocytoplasmic protein O -GlcNAcylation were assayed by Western blotting. GlcN administration stimulated body weight gain (6.58 ± 0.82 g vs. 11.1 ± 0.42 g), increased white adipose tissue fat mass (percentage of bodyweight, 3.7 ± 0.32 g vs. 5.61 ± 0.34 g), and impaired the insulin response in livers of mice fed CD. However, GlcN treatment in mice fed HFD led to reduction of body weight gain (18.02 ± 0.66 g vs. 16.22 ± 0.96 g) and liver weight (2.27 ± 0.1 vs. 1.85 ± 0.12 g). Furthermore, obesity-induced insulin resistance and impaired Akt insulin signaling in the liver were alleviated by GlcN administration. GlcN inhibited the insulin response under low (5 mM) glucose conditions, whereas it restored the insulin response for Akt phosphorylation under high (25 mM) glucose conditions in HepG2 and 3 T3-L1 cells. Uptake of 2-DG increased upon GlcN treatment under 5 mM glucose compared to control, whereas insulin-stimulated 2-DG uptake decreased under 5 mM and increased under 25 mM glucose in differentiated 3 T3-L1 cells. Our results show that GlcN increased body weight gain and reduced the insulin response for glucose maintenance when fed to normal CD mice, whereas it alleviated body weight gain and insulin resistance in HFD mice. Therefore, the current data support the integrative function of the HBP reflecting the nutrient status of lipids or glucose and further implicate the importance of the pathway in insulin signaling for the regulation of metabolism.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002604951400362X; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2014.11.005; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84921733225&origin=inward; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25516476; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002604951400362X; https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2014.11.005
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