Gordon C. Weir, Susan Bonner-Weir
J Clin Invest.
2007;
117(1):81–83
doi:10.1172/JCI30862
This article Copyright © 2007, The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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ncreased insulin secretion and expansion of pancreatic β cell mass work together to maintain normal glucose levels when insulin resistance develops. Changes in glucose concentration have long been known to have profound effects upon the rates of insulin secretion and β cell mass, but various other agents can also cause changes, raising questions about which mechanisms are dominant. Evidence favoring a dominant role for glucose is provided by Terauchi et al. in this issue of the JCI (see the related article beginning on page 246). Mice haploinsufficient for β cell glucokinase (Gck) were unable to increase their β cell mass in response to insulin resistance produced by high-fat feeding. Gck is known to be the glucose sensor for glucose metabolism in β cells. The study also provides strong evidence that insulin receptor substrate 2 (Irs2), which is known to have major effects on β cell growth and survival, is a key downstream mediator of the effects of glucose found in this study.
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