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Obesity- and aging-induced excess of central transforming growth factor-? potentiates diabetic development via an RNA stress response.

ABSTRACT: The brain, in particular the hypothalamus, plays a role in regulating glucose homeostasis; however, it remains unclear whether this organ is causally and etiologically involved in the development of diabetes. Here, we found that hypothalamic transforming growth factor-? (TGF-?) production is excessive under conditions of not only obesity but also aging, which are two general etiological factors of type 2 diabetes. Pharmacological and genetic approaches revealed that central TGF-? excess caused hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance independent of a change in body weight. Further, using cell-specific genetic analyses in vivo, we found that astrocytes and proopiomelanocortin neurons are responsible for the production and prodiabetic effect of central TGF-?, respectively. Mechanistically, TGF-? excess induced a hypothalamic RNA stress response, resulting in accelerated mRNA decay of I?B?, an inhibitor of proinflammatory nuclear factor-?B. These results reveal an atypical, mRNA metabolism-driven hypothalamic nuclear factor-?B activation, a mechanism that links obesity as well as aging to hypothalamic inflammation and ultimately to type 2 diabetes.

SUBMITTER: Yan J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4167789 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Obesity- and aging-induced excess of central transforming growth factor-β potentiates diabetic development via an RNA stress response.

Yan Jingqi J Zhang Hai H Yin Ye Y Li Juxue J Tang Yizhe Y Purkayastha Sudarshana S Li Lianxi L Cai Dongsheng D

Nature medicine 20140803 9

The brain, in particular the hypothalamus, plays a role in regulating glucose homeostasis; however, it remains unclear whether this organ is causally and etiologically involved in the development of diabetes. Here, we found that hypothalamic transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) production is excessive under conditions of not only obesity but also aging, which are two general etiological factors of type 2 diabetes. Pharmacological and genetic approaches revealed that central TGF-β excess caused h ...[more]

PMID: 25086906

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Obesity- and aging-induced excess of central transforming growth factor-? potentiates diabetic development via an RNA stress response.

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Obesity- and aging-induced excess of central transforming growth factor-β potentiates diabetic development via an RNA stress response.

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