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Serum retinol binding protein 4 contributes to insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes

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  • Qin Yang

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School)

  • Timothy E. Graham

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School)

  • Nimesh Mody

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School)

  • Frederic Preitner

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School)

  • Odile D. Peroni

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School)

  • Janice M. Zabolotny

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School)

  • Ko Kotani

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School)

  • Loredana Quadro

    (Columbia University
    Rutgers–The State University of New Jersey)

  • Barbara B. Kahn

    (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School)

Abstract

In obesity and type 2 diabetes, expression of the GLUT4 glucose transporter is decreased selectively in adipocytes. Adipose-specific Glut4 (also known as Slc2a4) knockout (adipose-Glut4-/-) mice show insulin resistance secondarily in muscle and liver. Here we show, using DNA arrays, that expression of retinol binding protein-4 (RBP4) is elevated in adipose tissue of adipose-Glut4-/- mice. We show that serum RBP4 levels are elevated in insulin-resistant mice and humans with obesity and type 2 diabetes. RBP4 levels are normalized by rosiglitazone, an insulin-sensitizing drug. Transgenic overexpression of human RBP4 or injection of recombinant RBP4 in normal mice causes insulin resistance. Conversely, genetic deletion of Rbp4 enhances insulin sensitivity. Fenretinide, a synthetic retinoid that increases urinary excretion of RBP4, normalizes serum RBP4 levels and improves insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in mice with obesity induced by a high-fat diet. Increasing serum RBP4 induces hepatic expression of the gluconeogenic enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and impairs insulin signalling in muscle. Thus, RBP4 is an adipocyte-derived ‘signal’ that may contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Lowering RBP4 could be a new strategy for treating type 2 diabetes.

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  • Qin Yang & Timothy E. Graham & Nimesh Mody & Frederic Preitner & Odile D. Peroni & Janice M. Zabolotny & Ko Kotani & Loredana Quadro & Barbara B. Kahn, 2005. "Serum retinol binding protein 4 contributes to insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes," Nature, Nature, vol. 436(7049), pages 356-362, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:436:y:2005:i:7049:d:10.1038_nature03711
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03711
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