BACKGROUND: Ileal transposition (IT) can effectively resolve obesity and improve type 2 diabetes. IT is associated with increased glucagon-like peptide 1 secretion. The mechanisms mediating the effects of IT on obesity and diabetes remain undefined. Given the role of pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in energy balance, we sought to determine its potential role in these processes. METHODS: Twenty non-obese diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats underwent either IT or sham operation. Various measures including food intake, body weight, fasting plasma glucose, glucagon-like peptide 1 level, activated pro-opiomelanocortin neuron number, and pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA expression were evaluated. RESULTS: The IT group demonstrated significantly improved plasma glucose homeostasis with increased glucagon-like peptide 1 secretion. The IT group ate less and demonstrated reduced body weight gain over time. These effects were also associated with increased central neuronal activity with increased pro-opiomelanocortin and derivative gene expression in the hypothalamus and increased protein expression in the pituitary gland. CONCLUSIONS: More pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in the hypothalamus of diabetes rats were activated after ileal transposition. These data suggest a potential important role for pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in the resolution of diabetes after IT.
BACKGROUND: Ileal transposition (IT) can effectively resolve obesity and improve type 2 diabetes. IT is associated with increased glucagon-like peptide 1 secretion. The mechanisms mediating the effects of IT on obesity and diabetes remain undefined. Given the role of pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in energy balance, we sought to determine its potential role in these processes. METHODS: Twenty non-obese diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats underwent either IT or sham operation. Various measures including food intake, body weight, fasting plasma glucose, glucagon-like peptide 1 level, activated pro-opiomelanocortin neuron number, and pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA expression were evaluated. RESULTS: The IT group demonstrated significantly improved plasma glucose homeostasis with increased glucagon-like peptide 1 secretion. The IT group ate less and demonstrated reduced body weight gain over time. These effects were also associated with increased central neuronal activity with increased pro-opiomelanocortin and derivative gene expression in the hypothalamus and increased protein expression in the pituitary gland. CONCLUSIONS: More pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in the hypothalamus of diabetesrats were activated after ileal transposition. These data suggest a potential important role for pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in the resolution of diabetes after IT.
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