scholarly journals Insulin Up-Regulates Natriuretic Peptide Clearance Receptor Expression in the Subcutaneous Fat Depot in Obese Subjects: A Missing Link between CVD Risk and Obesity?

2012 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. E731-E739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Pivovarova ◽  
Özlem Gögebakan ◽  
Nora Klöting ◽  
Andrea Sparwasser ◽  
Martin O. Weickert ◽  
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1998 ◽  
Vol 274 (2) ◽  
pp. L244-L251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Louis Tharaux ◽  
Jean-Claude Dussaule ◽  
Sylvianne Couette ◽  
Christine Clerici

Because atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is considered to play a role in lung physiology and pathology, our aim was to characterize natriuretic peptide receptors in cultured rat alveolar type II (ATII) cells. Guanylate cyclase A- and B-receptor but not clearance-receptor mRNAs were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The absence of clearance-receptor expression in ATII cells was confirmed by competitive inhibition of ANP binding; ANP (0.1–100 nM) decreased the binding of 125I-ANP, whereas C-ANP-(4—23), a specific ligand of clearance receptors, was ineffective. ANP induced a dose-dependent increase in guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) production, with a threshold of 0.1 nM, whereas the response to C-type natriuretic peptide was weak and was observed only at high concentrations (100 nM). In ATII cells cultured on filters, 1) ANP receptors were present on both the apical and basolateral surfaces and 2) cGMP egression was polarized, as indicated by the greater ANP-induced cGMP accumulation in the basolateral medium, and was partially inhibited by probenecid, an organic acid transport inhibitor. Influx studies demonstrated that ANP decreased the amiloride-sensitive component of22Na influx but did not change ouabain-sensitive 86Rb influx. In conclusion, ATII cells behave as a target for ANP. ANP activation of guanylate cyclase A receptors produces cGMP, which is preferentially extruded on the basolateral side of the cells and inhibits the amiloride-sensitive Na-channel activity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 311 (1) ◽  
pp. R104-R114 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bordicchia ◽  
M. Ceresiani ◽  
M. Pavani ◽  
D. Minardi ◽  
M. Polito ◽  
...  

Cardiac natriuretic peptides (NP) are involved in cardiorenal regulation and in lipolysis. The NP activity is largely dependent on the ratio between the signaling receptor NPRA and the clearance receptor NPRC. Lipolysis increases when NPRC is reduced by starving or very-low-calorie diet. On the contrary, insulin is an antilipolytic hormone that increases sodium retention, suggesting a possible functional link with NP. We examined the insulin-mediated regulation of NP receptors in differentiated human adipocytes and tested the association of NP receptor expression in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) with metabolic profiles of patients undergoing renal surgery. Differentiated human adipocytes from VAT and Simpson-Golabi-Behmel Syndrome (SGBS) adipocyte cell line were treated with insulin in the presence of high-glucose or low-glucose media to study NP receptors and insulin/glucose-regulated pathways. Fasting blood samples and VAT samples were taken from patients on the day of renal surgery. We observed a potent insulin-mediated and glucose-dependent upregulation of NPRC, through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway, associated with lower lipolysis in differentiated adipocytes. No effect was observed on NPRA. Low-glucose medium, used to simulate in vivo starving conditions, hampered the insulin effect on NPRC through modulation of insulin/glucose-regulated pathways, allowing atrial natriuretic peptide to induce lipolysis and thermogenic genes. An expression ratio in favor of NPRC in adipose tissue was associated with higher fasting insulinemia, HOMA-IR, and atherogenic lipid levels. Insulin/glucose-dependent NPRC induction in adipocytes might be a key factor linking hyperinsulinemia, metabolic syndrome, and higher blood pressure by reducing NP effects on adipocytes.


2001 ◽  
Vol 281 (3) ◽  
pp. E626-E632 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. L. Mamo ◽  
Gerald F. Watts ◽  
P. Hugh R. Barrett ◽  
Darrin Smith ◽  
Anthony P. James ◽  
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Postprandial lipemia after an oral fat challenge was studied in middle-aged men with visceral obesity. The two groups had similar plasma cholesterol levels, but obese subjects had higher levels of plasma triglyceride and reduced amounts of high-density cholesterol. Fasting plasma insulin was fourfold greater in obese subjects because of concomitant insulin resistance, with a calculated HOMA score of 3.1 ± 0.6 vs. 0.8 ± 0.2, respectively. Plasma apolipoprotein B48(apoB48) and retinyl palmitate (RP) after an oral fat challenge were used to monitor chylomicron metabolism. Compared with lean subjects, the fasting concentration of apoB48 was more than twofold greater in obese individuals, suggestive of an accumulation of posthydrolyzed particles. After the oral lipid load, the incremental areas under the apoB48 and RP curves (IAUC) were both significantly greater in obese subjects (apoB48: 97 ± 17 vs. 44 ± 12 μg · ml−1 · h; RP: 3,120 ± 511 vs. 1,308 ± 177 U · ml−1 · h, respectively). A delay in the conversion of chylomicrons to remnants probably contributed to postprandial dyslipidemia in viscerally obese subjects. The triglyceride IAUC was 68% greater in obese subjects (4.7 ± 0.6 vs. 2.8 ± 0.8 mM · h, P< 0.06). Moreover, peak postprandial triglyceride was delayed by ∼2 h in obese subjects. The reduction in triglyceride lipolysis in vivo did not appear to reflect changes in hydrolytic enzyme activities. Postheparin plasma lipase rates were found to be similar for lean and obese subjects. In this study, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor expression on monunuclear cells was used as a surrogate marker of hepatic activity. We found that, in obese subjects, the binding of LDL was reduced by one-half compared with lean controls (70.9 ± 15.07 vs. 38.9 ± 4.6 ng LDL bound/μg cell protein, P = 0.02). Because the LDL receptor is involved in the removal of proatherogenic chylomicron remnants, we suggest that the hepatic clearance of these particles might be compromised in insulin-resistant obese subjects. Premature and accelerated atherogenesis in viscerally obese, insulin-resistant subjects may in part reflect delayed clearance of postprandial lipoprotein remnants.


1995 ◽  
Vol 198 (9) ◽  
pp. 1875-1882 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Toop ◽  
J A Donald ◽  
D H Evans

The character of natriuretic peptide receptors (NPRs) in the kidney and aortae of the Atlantic hagfish Myxine glutinosa was determined and compared with that of NPRs in hagfish gills. The relationship of hagfish kidney and aortic NPRs with NPRs from higher vertebrates was also examined. Iodinated atrial and C-type natriuretic peptides (NPs) (125I-ANP, 125I-CNP) were used in tissue section autoradiography, competition studies and guanylate cyclase (GC) assays. Rat atrial and porcine C-type NPs (rANP, pCNP) and rat des[Gln18, Ser19, Gly20, Leu21 Gly22]ANP-(4-23)-NH2 (C-ANF, which binds to the mammalian and teleost 'clearance' receptor, NPR-C), were used as competing ligands. 125I-ANP binding sites were observed on both aortae and on the glomeruli, neck segments and archinephric ducts of the kidney. 4.0 nmol l-1 rANP competed for 50% of 125I-ANP glomerular sites. 125I-CNP did not visibly bind to any of the tissues, but 300 nmol l-1 pCNP competed for 50% of 125I-ANP glomerular sites. C-ANF failed to compete for 125I-ANP sites. rANP and pCNP stimulated cyclic GMP production in kidney membrane preparations, but C-ANF did not, demonstrating that the hagfish kidney NPR is GC-linked. This study suggests that a predominant population of ANP-like receptors, similar to the mammalian NPR-A, exists in the myxinoid aortae and kidney tissue. However, no detectable population of a receptor that binds all NPs, such as is present in the hagfish gill, nor an NPR similar to the NPR-C of higher vertebrates was discovered.


Obesity ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 960-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria G. Pavlatou ◽  
Kasey C. Vickers ◽  
Sudhir Varma ◽  
Rana Malek ◽  
Maureen Sampson ◽  
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