Xinghui Sun1, Jibin Lin1, Yu Zhang1, Sona Kang1, Nathan Belkin1, Akm K Wara1, Basak Icli1, Naomi M Hamburg1, Dazhu Li1, Mark W Feinberg2. 1. From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (X.S., J.L., N.B., A.K.W., B.I., M.W.F.); Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (J.L., D.L.); Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China (Y.Z.); Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Center for Life Sciences, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (S.K.); and Evans Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (N.M.H.). 2. From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (X.S., J.L., N.B., A.K.W., B.I., M.W.F.); Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (J.L., D.L.); Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China (Y.Z.); Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Center for Life Sciences, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (S.K.); and Evans Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (N.M.H.). mfeinberg@partners.org.
Abstract
RATIONALE: The pathogenesis of insulin resistance involves dysregulated gene expression and function in multiple cell types, including endothelial cells (ECs). Post-transcriptional mechanisms such as microRNA-mediated regulation of gene expression could affect insulin action by modulating EC function. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether microRNA-181b (miR-181b) affects the pathogenesis of insulin resistance by regulating EC function in white adipose tissue during obesity. METHODS AND RESULTS: MiR-181b expression was reduced in adipose tissue ECs of obese mice, and rescue of miR-181b expression improved glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity. Systemic intravenous delivery of miR-181b robustly accumulated in adipose tissue ECs, enhanced insulin-mediated Akt phosphorylation at Ser473, and reduced endothelial dysfunction, an effect that shifted macrophage polarization toward an M2 anti-inflammatory phenotype in epididymal white adipose tissue. These effects were associated with increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase and FoxO1 phosphorylation as well as nitric oxide activity in epididymal white adipose tissue. In contrast, miR-181b did not affect insulin-stimulated Akt phosphorylation in liver and skeletal muscle. Bioinformatics and gene profiling approaches revealed that Pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase, a phosphatase that dephosphorylates Akt at Ser473, is a novel target of miR-181b. Knockdown of Pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase increased Akt phosphorylation at Ser473 in ECs, and phenocopied miR-181b's effects on glucose homeostasis, insulin sensitivity, and inflammation of epididymal white adipose tissue in vivo. Finally, ECs from diabetic subjects exhibited increased Pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase expression. CONCLUSIONS: Our data underscore the importance of adipose tissue EC function in controlling the development of insulin resistance. Delivery of miR-181b or Pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase inhibitors may represent a new therapeutic approach to ameliorate insulin resistance by improving adipose tissue endothelial Akt-endothelial nitric oxide synthase-nitric oxide signaling.
RATIONALE: The pathogenesis of insulin resistance involves dysregulated gene expression and function in multiple cell types, including endothelial cells (ECs). Post-transcriptional mechanisms such as microRNA-mediated regulation of gene expression could affect insulin action by modulating EC function. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether microRNA-181b (miR-181b) affects the pathogenesis of insulin resistance by regulating EC function in white adipose tissue during obesity. METHODS AND RESULTS:MiR-181b expression was reduced in adipose tissue ECs of obesemice, and rescue of miR-181b expression improved glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity. Systemic intravenous delivery of miR-181b robustly accumulated in adipose tissue ECs, enhanced insulin-mediated Akt phosphorylation at Ser473, and reduced endothelial dysfunction, an effect that shifted macrophage polarization toward an M2 anti-inflammatory phenotype in epididymal white adipose tissue. These effects were associated with increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase and FoxO1 phosphorylation as well as nitric oxide activity in epididymal white adipose tissue. In contrast, miR-181b did not affect insulin-stimulated Akt phosphorylation in liver and skeletal muscle. Bioinformatics and gene profiling approaches revealed that Pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase, a phosphatase that dephosphorylates Akt at Ser473, is a novel target of miR-181b. Knockdown of Pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase increased Akt phosphorylation at Ser473 in ECs, and phenocopied miR-181b's effects on glucose homeostasis, insulin sensitivity, and inflammation of epididymal white adipose tissue in vivo. Finally, ECs from diabetic subjects exhibited increased Pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase expression. CONCLUSIONS: Our data underscore the importance of adipose tissue EC function in controlling the development of insulin resistance. Delivery of miR-181b or Pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase inhibitors may represent a new therapeutic approach to ameliorate insulin resistance by improving adipose tissue endothelial Akt-endothelial nitric oxide synthase-nitric oxide signaling.
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