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The orphan nuclear receptor small heterodimer partner is required for thiazolidinedione effects in leptin-deficient mice
Journal of Biomedical Science volumeĀ 22, ArticleĀ number:Ā 30 (2015)
Abstract
Background
Small heterodimer partner (SHP, NR0B2) is involved in diverse metabolic pathways, including hepatic bile acid, lipid and glucose homeostasis, and has been implicated in effects on the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor Ī³ (PPARĪ³), a master regulator of adipogenesis and the receptor for antidiabetic drugs thiazolidinediones (TZDs). In this study, we aim to investigate the role of SHP in TZD response by comparing TZD-treated leptin-deficient (ob/ob) and leptin-, SHP-deficient (ob/ob;Shp ā/ā) double mutant mice.
Results
Both ob/ob and double mutant ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice developed hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and hyperlipidemia, but hepatic fat accumulation was decreased in the double mutant ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. PPARĪ³2 mRNA levels were markedly lower in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā liver and decreased to a lesser extent in adipose tissue. The TZD troglitazone did not reduce glucose or circulating triglyceride levels in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. Expression of the adipocytokines, such as adiponectin and resistin, was not stimulated by troglitazone treatment. Expression of hepatic lipogenic genes was also reduced in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. Moreover, overexpression of SHP by adenovirus infection increased PPARĪ³2 mRNA levels in mouse primary hepatocytes.
Conclusions
Our results suggest that SHP is required for both antidiabetic and hypolipidemic effects of TZDs in ob/ob mice through regulation of PPARĪ³ expression.
Background
Obesity is associated with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and some cancers [1,2]. Among these, type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major source of mortality in the obese population. Diabetes develops in the context of both insulin resistance and Ī²- cell dysfunction [3]. In insulin resistance, the ability of insulin to enhance glucose disposal in muscle and adipose tissue and to decrease gluconeogenesis in liver is impaired. Diabetes ensues when the pancreatic Ī²-cell cannot compensate for insulin resistance by adequately increasing insulin secretion.
Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin sensitivity [4,5]. TZDs, including troglitazone, rosiglitazone and pioglitazone, improve insulin action in patients and a number of insulin-resistant obese and diabetic murine models, such as ob/ob (leptin-deficient), db/db (leptin receptor-deficient), KKAy mice and Zucker fatty rats [6-8]. TZDs are potent agonist ligands for the nuclear hormone receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor Ī³ (PPARĪ³) and their antidiabetic actions are believed to be mediated by interactions with PPARĪ³ [9,10]. PPARĪ³ is a key regulator of adipogenesis [11,12] that exists as two protein isoforms, PPARĪ³1 and Ī³2, arising from differential promoter usage. PPARĪ³2 encodes 30 additional amino acids at the N-terminus compared to PPARĪ³1. PPARĪ³2 is expressed at highest levels in adipose tissue compared to other major insulin target tissues, such as liver and muscle, whereas PPARĪ³1 is expressed at relatively low levels in many tissues [11,13]. The expression pattern suggests that adipose tissue is the primary target of TZD-induced insulin sensitization as generally supported by tissue-specific PPARĪ³ knockout studies, although other tissues and cell types also contribute [14-18]. PPARĪ³ expression levels can change under different physiological conditions and affect the response to TZD treatment [13]. For example, hepatic PPARĪ³ expression is elevated in animals that develop fatty livers [18-20], and increased PPARĪ³2 expression is correlated with increased liver fat in human subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) [21]. TZD effects could be amplified in such PPARĪ³-rich fatty livers, which may be particularly relevant for the beneficial effects of TZD treatment in human patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) [22,23].
Mutations in the small heterodimer partner (SHP, NR0B2) have been associated with mild obesity in several human populations [24-27]. SHP is an atypical orphan nuclear receptor that lacks a conventional DNA-binding domain [28,29]. Although SHP interacts with several nuclear receptors by acting as a repressor [28,30-32], it has been reported to increase the transcriptional activation of PPARĪ³ [33]. In addition, hepatic PPARĪ³ gene expression is upregulated in transgenic mice expressing SHP in the liver, suggesting that SHP may affect PPARĪ³ expression at the transcription level [34].
To investigate the role of SHP in TZD response in obese diabetic mice, we compared glucose metabolism and lipid profiles in ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā double mutant mice after TZD treatment. Troglitazone did not reduce glucose or circulating triglyceride levels in the ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice, which showed markedly decreased PPARĪ³ expression in liver and, to a lesser extent, adipose tissue. Furthermore, SHP overexpression increased PPARĪ³ mRNA levels in primary hepatocytes. These results suggest that SHP is required for TZD effects in ob/ob mice and for a potential indirect activation of PPARĪ³ gene.
Methods
Animals and treatments
Shp ā/ā mice were generated previously in this laboratory with a mixed C57BL/129sv hybrid background [35]. They were backcrossed to C57BL/6Ā J mice for 10 generations to obtain >99.99% pure C57BL/6Ā J background. The leptin-deficient ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice were generated as described previously [36]. Groups of 10ā15 male ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice (7- to 8-week-old) were oral gavaged with vehicle (10% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) in corn oil) or troglitazone (Cayman chemical, dissolved in DMSO, 10Ā mg/kg/day) for two weeks. Before the first day of treatment and on the day before sacrifice, mice were fasted overnight and blood samples were collected from the orbital plexus. Livers and white adipose tissue were dissected, weighed and fixed for histological analysis, or snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at ā80Ā°C until use. Mice were maintained in the accredited pathogen-free facility at Baylor College of Medicine on a 12-hour light/dark cycle and fed a standard rodent chow and water ad libitum. All protocols for animal use were approved by the animal care committee of Baylor College of Medicine.
Histological analysis
Livers were fixed, dehydrated and embedded in paraffin. Sections were cut with a thickness of 5Ā Ī¼m and stained with Harris hematoxylin-eosin (Sigma).
Serum and tissue chemistry
Serum was prepared from whole blood and stored at ā80Ā°C until use. Lipids were extracted from liver using chloroform-methanol extraction [37]. Enzymatic assay kits were used for the determination of non-esterified fatty acids (Wako), cholesterol and triglyceride (Thermo Electron). Insulin levels were measured by a mouse/rat insulin ELISA kit (Millipore-Linco).
Glucose tolerance test
Glucose tolerance tests (GTT) were performed by intraperitoneal injection of glucose (2Ā g/kg of body weight) following overnight fasting. Blood samples were taken at 0, 15, 30, 60, 120Ā minutes from the tail vein and were analyzed for glucose concentrations using kits from Thermo Electron.
RNA isolation and real-time quantitative PCR
Total RNA was isolated using TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen). 1Ā Ī¼g of total RNA was reverse transcribed using QuantiTect Reverse Transcription kit (Qiagen) according to manufacturerās instructions. Real-time quantitative PCR (SYBR green) analysis was performed on an ABI prism 7700 sequence detection system (Applied Biosystems) under factory default thermal cycling conditions (50Ā°C, 2Ā min; 95Ā°C, 10Ā min; and 40Ā cycles at 95Ā°C, 15Ā s; 60Ā°C, 1Ā min). Expression was normalized to 36B4 and the relative quantification was calculated using ĪĪCt formula.
Primary hepatocyte isolation, culture and adenoviral transduction
Primary hepatocytes were prepared from 8- to 12-week-old wild type mice by in situ perfusion and single-step Percoll gradient centrifugation [35]. Cells were plated at 106 per 6-cm dish and grown in Williamsā E medium supplemented with 10Ā Ī¼g/ml transferrin, 10Ā Ī¼g/ml insulin, 100U/ml penicillin and 100Ā Ī¼g/ml streptomycin. One day after plating, the cells were infected with a SHP-expressing adenovirus or a control virus expressing GFP as described [38] for two hours at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 20. Virus-containing media were removed and cells were cultured for two days after infection. Total RNA were isolated from cells for real-time quantitative PCR analysis.
Statistical analysis
Values are presented as meansāĀ±āSEM. Statistical significance was determined by two-tailed t test or ANOVA, as appropriate.
Results
Troglitazone does not improve the diabetic syndromes in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice
The ob/ob mouse is a valuable type 2 diabetes model. Based on the role of the orphan nuclear receptor SHP in metabolic pathways, we generated ob/ob;Shp ā/ā double mutant mice. The obesity of the double mutants was not different from the ob/ob mice (9-10-week-old ob/ob;Shp ā/ā body weight 38.38āĀ±ā1.9Ā g versus ob/ob 35.8āĀ±ā1.7Ā g). We initially assessed the effects of SHP deficiency on glucose homeostasis by measuring blood glucose and insulin levels. Glucose levels of ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice were significantly higher than those of ob/ob mice, whereas the insulin level was markedly lower (FigureĀ 1A, B). To further characterize glucose metabolism, glucose tolerance tests were performed and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice were more glucose-intolerant compared to ob/ob mice (FigureĀ 1C). These results suggest that SHP deficiency aggravates hyperglycemia and insulin resistance in ob/ob mice, which is quite different from the improvements previously described [36]. The basis for this marked discrepancy is not clear.
To test whether TZDs are effective in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice with severe glucose intolerance, both ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice were treated with troglitazone for 2Ā weeks. As expected, the ob/ob mice showed dramatically lower serum glucose and insulin levels, as well as improved glucose tolerance (FigureĀ 1). In contrast, neither the serum glucose and insulin levels nor the glucose tolerance was improved in the ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. These results indicate that SHP is required for antidiabetic effects of TZDs in ob/ob mice.
Troglitazone has no effect on the lipid profile of ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice
Since SHP is normally highly expressed in the liver, we further investigated the potential effects of SHP deficiency in the ob/ob fatty liver. While the body weight showed no significant difference between ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice, the liver weight of ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice was significantly lower than that of ob/ob mice, resulting in a smaller liver/body weight ratio (9-10-week-old ob/ob;Shp ā/ā liver weight 1.67āĀ±ā0.17Ā g versus ob/ob 2.12āĀ±ā0.18Ā g, Pā<ā0.05) (FigureĀ 2B). Histological analysis of the liver showed that lipid droplets were much smaller and less numerous in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice than that in ob/ob mice, indicating an improvement of fatty liver in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice (FigureĀ 2A), and this was confirmed by measuring hepatic triglycerides (FigureĀ 2C). These results are consistent with those described previously [36]. Troglitazone treatment of ob/ob mice caused a significant increase in liver/body weight ratio and hepatic triglyceride content (FigureĀ 2B and C). Histological results also revealed that the size and number of lipid droplets were increased by troglitazone treatment in ob/ob mice (FigureĀ 2A). However, these effects of troglitazone were not observed in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. In addition, the serum triglyceride- and FFA-lowering actions of troglitazone observed in the ob/ob mice were absent in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice (FigureĀ 2D and E). These results confirm that SHP is involved in the development of fatty liver in ob/ob mice and is required for hypolipidemic effects of TZDs.
SHP deficiency downregulates the expression of lipogenic genes in ob/ob mice liver
Since hepatic PPARĪ³ has been reported to play a critical role in the development of fatty liver of ob/ob mice [18], PPARĪ³1 and Ī³2 expression was examined in wt, Shp ā/ā, ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice (FigureĀ 3A). The low basal PPARĪ³1 levels showed about a 3-fold increase in both ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice compared to wt mice, but PPARĪ³2 levels exhibited dramatic differences between ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice: a 40-fold increase in ob/ob mice relative to wild type, but only a 5-fold increase in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice.
To further define the genes regulated by SHP in the ob/ob liver and the mechanism of the decrease in hepatic triglyceride in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice, mRNA from livers of control- and troglitazone-treated mice was analyzed (FigureĀ 3B). mRNA levels of fatty acid translocase (CD36), fatty acid synthase (FAS), adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (aP2), acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC1) and stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD-1) were lower in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice than in ob/ob mice. Troglitazone treatment induced the expression of CD36, FAS, aP2 and ACC1 mRNA in ob/ob mice, but not in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. There was no difference between ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice for expression of transcription factors regulating the lipogenic genes, such as SREBP-1c and C/EBPĪ± . The mRNA levels of genes associated with glucose homeostasis, such as phosphoenolpyruvate careboxykinase (PEPCK) for gluconeogenesis, were increased in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice (FigureĀ 3B), which may partly account for the high blood glucose levels in these double mutant mice (FigureĀ 1A). The action of troglitazone to lower glucose levels in type 2 diabetics by decreasing gluconeogenesis in liver was observed in ob/ob mice, but not in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice.
In summary, expression of lipogenic genes was decreased by SHP deficiency in ob/ob mice, which has also been observed in Western diet fed Shp ā/ā mice [39]. Consistent with the low expression of hepatic PPARĪ³2 in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice, functional response to PPARĪ³ agonist, troglitazone, was impaired in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice both in lipogenesis and gluconeogenesis.
SHP deficiency affects TZD-responsive gene expression in adipose tissue of ob/ob mice
White adipose tissue has been thought to be the major site of TZD actions, as it is the only insulin-responsive tissue with high expression of PPARĪ³ compared to liver and muscle [18]. Therefore, mRNA levels of genes responsive to TZDs in adipose tissue of control- and troglitazone-treated ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice were analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR analysis (FigureĀ 4). Adipose tissue from ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice showed an approximately 60% reduction in PPARĪ³2 expression, which was not as dramatic as the nearly 90% reduction in the liver (FigureĀ 3A). CD36 and adiponectin expression was not different between genotypes, whereas resistin decreased 35% in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. Troglitazone induced the expression of PPARĪ³2 and CD36 to a lesser extent in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice than that in ob/ob mice, and failed to induce expression of adiponectin and resistin in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice, demonstrating that SHP is required for full troglitazone responsiveness in adipose tissue.
SHP upregulates PPARĪ³2 expression in primary hepatocytes
To test the possibility that SHP might regulate PPARĪ³2 gene expression, the effects of SHP on the PPARĪ³2 gene were examined by infecting mouse primary hepatocytes with adenoviral vectors expressing SHP (FigureĀ 5). Transduction of cultured hepatocytes with SHP adenovirus decreased expression of CYP 7A1 mRNA, a known SHP target gene, by 5.2 fold, while increasing PPARĪ³2 levels for 1.7 fold. These data indicate that SHP overexpression upregulates PPARĪ³2 expression in primary hepatocytes.
Discussion
The therapeutic use of TZD drugs in the treatment of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes is now well established [3-5]. TZDs act by increasing insulin sensitivity. These drugs are high affinity ligands for the nuclear receptor PPARĪ³ [9,10] and their antidiabetic effects are thought to be mediated through PPARĪ³. Therefore, normal PPARĪ³ expression levels, especially in the insulin-responsive tissues, are critical for TZD actions. In this study, we found that SHP deficiency causes downregulation of PPARĪ³2 expression in liver and adipose tissue of ob/ob mice, and these animals show diminished or abolished responsiveness to the TZD troglitazone. It is reported that mutations in SHP gene in humans are associated with insulin resistance and mild obesity [27]. Our data suggest that the diabetic syndromes of subjects with genetic mutations of SHP may not be improved by TZD treatment. This is the first in vivo evidence that SHP mutation attenuates TZD actions, which makes SHP a possible pharmacogenetic determinant of TZD response.
The ob/ob;Shp ā/ā double mutant mice showed higher blood glucose levels than ob/ob mice. This may be attributed to abnormal glucose homeostasis in two tissues: skeletal muscle and liver, which have the greatest direct impact on plasma glucose levels. Whereas no difference was observed between ob/ob and ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice in gene expression of glucose oxidation and glycogen synthesis in muscle (data not shown), hepatic PEPCK mRNA expression is enhanced in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice compared to ob/ob mice, suggesting that increased gluconeogenesis may contribute to elevated glucose levels. Moreover, the low insulin levels of ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice may indicate that pancreatic Ī² cells fail to appropriately compensate for insulin resistance by increasing insulin secretion. It has been shown that independent of PPARĪ³ activation, SHP positively regulates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in Ī² cells [40], which might be impaired in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice.
The observation that ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice exhibit worse hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance than ob/ob mice contrasts with our previous report [36]. In that study, glucose and insulin levels were comparable in both genotypes and loss of SHP was associated with improved insulin sensitivity. One possible explanation is that the age and gender of the mice in the two reports are not exactly the same. The current studies focused solely on male mice at the age of 10Ā weeks, or older after 2Ā weeks of control or troglitazone treatment, whereas the prior study used age- and sex-matched groups of younger 8Ā week old mice. The age of the ob/ob mice may be particularly important since blood glucose rises in this time period before reaching a peak during 3ā5 months of age. Thus, it is possible that earlier beneficial effects of the loss of SHP are not evident in these somewhat older mice. Consistent with this, we have observed very similar negative effects of the loss of SHP in long term studies of wild type and Shp ā/ā mice fed a Western diet [39].
The loss of TZD responsiveness in the ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice is presumably a consequence of decreased PPARĪ³ expression. PPARĪ³1 expression in adipose tissue, liver and muscle is not changed between genotypes, and PPARĪ³2 expression in muscle is unaffected (FigureĀ 3A and data not shown). Thus, we conclude that loss of SHP primarily affects PPARĪ³2 expression, which is the dominant isoform in both adipose tissue and fatty liver [41]. Although the effect on PPARĪ³2 expression was strongest in the liver, a major SHP expressing tissue, decreased hepatic PPARĪ³2 cannot account for the loss of antidiabetic effects of TZDs, since rosiglitazone improved glucose homeostasis in liver-specific PPARĪ³ knockout mice in the ob/ob background [18]. Although SHP is expressed at only low levels in adipose tissue [33,38], white adipose is the primary target of TZD actions and PPARĪ³2 expression was significantly decreased in ob/ob;Shp ā/ā adipose tissue. Consistent with this, the induction of CD36 by troglitazone was decreased, and the response of both adiponectin and resistin was lost in the ob/ob;Shp ā/ā adipose tissue. Adiponectin promotes fatty acid oxidation and insulin sensitivity in muscle and liver, and the antidiabetic effects of a low dose of pioglitazone were lost in mice in which adiponectin deficiency was introduced into the ob/ob background [42]. Thus, the absence of its induction is likely a major factor in the attenuated effects of troglitazone in the ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. In contrast, elevated resistin has been proposed to increase insulin resistance, and the repression of resistin expression in normal mice by PPARĪ³ agonists is thought to enhance insulin sensitivity [43,44]. Thus, the inductive effect of resistin by troglitazone in the ob/ob mice and the loss of this response in the ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice seems inconsistent with the known resistin action. Similar inductive effects of resistin by PPARĪ³ activation have previously been described in both ob/ob mice and Zucker diabetic fatty rats [45], but this was not observed in another study [42]. The basis for these discrepant mRNA expression results, and also a substantial disconnect between resistin adipose mRNA and serum protein levels in ob/ob mice [46], remains unresolved.
SHP is involved in the development of fatty liver by regulating hepatic PPARĪ³2 and lipogenic genes. The increase in PPARĪ³2 appears to be a general property of steatotic liver in diet-induced and genetic obese models [18-20,47,48]. Overexpression of PPARĪ³ in a hepatic cell line leads to marked lipid accumulation [49], as does overexpression in PPARĪ± null livers [50]. Thus, SHP deficiency reduced the elevated levels of PPARĪ³2 and lipogenic genes in ob/ob liver, resulting in the improvement of fatty liver. Additional effects on other pathways may also contribute to the decreased triglyceride accumulation [36].
Recent studies have started to shed light on the molecular basis for the transcriptional regulation of PPARĪ³ by SHP. Renga et al. described that FXR binds to the PPARĪ³ promoter and activates its transcription via the recruitment of SHP in hepatic stellate cells [51]. Whereas Kim et al. identified a novel transcriptional cascade linking RAR/SHP signals with PPARĪ³2 expression through hairy and enhancer of split 6 (Hes6) in hepatocytes [52]. This transcriptional regulatory pathway controls hepatic lipid metabolism and provides a potential therapeutic entry point for NAFLD. These studies indicate that SHP appears to upregulate PPARĪ³ expression by diverse mechanisms in different cell types.
Conclusions
In summary, our results demonstrate that the antidiabetic and hypolipidemic actions of TZDs require the presence of SHP, likely due to the downregulation of PPARĪ³2 expression in the adipose tissue and liver of ob/ob;Shp ā/ā mice. Thus, genetic or pharmacologic modulation of SHP activity could alter the efficacy of TZD antidiabetic actions.
Abbreviations
- ACC1:
-
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
- aP2:
-
Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein
- CD36:
-
Fatty acid translocase
- C/EBPĪ±:
-
CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha
- FAS:
-
Fatty acid synthase
- FXR:
-
Farnesoid X receptor
- GFP:
-
Green fluorescent protein
- FFA:
-
Free fatty acid
- NAFLD:
-
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- NASH:
-
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- PEPCK:
-
Phosphoenolpyruvate careboxykinase
- PPARĪ³:
-
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
- RAR:
-
Retinoic acid receptor
- SCD-1:
-
Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1
- SHP:
-
Small heterodimer partner
- SREBP-1c:
-
Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c
- TG:
-
Triglyceride
- TZDs:
-
Thiazolidinediones
- WT:
-
Wild type
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We are grateful to J. Liu for assistance with mouse breeding, to Dr. V. K. Yechoor and Dr. B. Chang for assistance in generating adenovirus stocks, and to Drs. J. Lee, K. Ma, M. L. Ricketts, S. A. Johnson and S. Anakk for support and helpful discussions. This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01 DK068804 and U19DK62434 to D.D.M.
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Tseng, HT., Park, Y.J., Lee, Y.K. et al. The orphan nuclear receptor small heterodimer partner is required for thiazolidinedione effects in leptin-deficient mice. J Biomed Sci 22, 30 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-015-0133-3
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