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Novel luciferase-based glucagon-like peptide 1 reporter assay reveals naturally occurring secretagogues.
Anghel, Sorina-Andreea; Badea, Rodica Aura; Chiritoiu, Gabriela et al.
2022In British Journal of Pharmacology, 179 (19), p. 4738 - 4753
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Keywords :
GLP-1; diabetes; flavonoids; luciferase; reporter assay; secretagogues; Secretagogues; Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; Adenosine Triphosphate; Quercetin; Luciferases; Glucose; Glucagon-Like Peptide 1/metabolism; Pharmacology
Abstract :
[en] [en] BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a hormone derived from preproglucagon. It is secreted by enteroendocrine cells in response to feeding and, in turn, acts as a critical regulator of insulin release. Modulating GLP-1 secretion holds promise as a strategy for controlling blood glucose levels. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: To dissect GLP-1 regulation and discover specific secretagogues, we engineered a reporter cell line introducing a luciferase within the proglucagon sequence in GLUTag cells. The assay was validated using western blotting and ELISA. A focused natural compounds library was screened. We measured luminescence, glucose uptake and ATP to investigate the mechanism by which newly found secretagogues potentiate GLP-1 secretion. KEY RESULTS: The newly created reporter cell line is ideal for the rapid, sensitive and quantitative assessment of GLP-1 secretion. The small molecule screen identified non-toxic GLP-1 modulators. Quercetin is the most potent newly found GLP-1 secretagogue, while other flavonoids also potentiate GLP-1 secretion. Quercetin requires glucose and extracellular calcium to act as GLP-1 secretagogue. Our results support a mechanism whereby flavonoids cause GLUTag cells to utilize glucose more efficiently, leading to elevated ATP levels, followed by KATP channel blockade and GLP-1 exocytosis. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Our methodology enabled finding of new GLP-1 secretagogues. Quercetin is a potent, naturally occurring GLP-1 secretagogue. Mechanistic studies of newly found secretagogues are possible in newly created reporter cell line. Further validation in more physiological systems, such as primary L-cells or whole organisms, is needed. GLP-1 secretagogues might serve as leads for developing alternative glucose-lowering therapies.
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Anghel, Sorina-Andreea  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Chimie pharmaceutique ; Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Badea, Rodica Aura;  Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Chiritoiu, Gabriela;  Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Patriche, David Sebastian;  Department of Viral Glycoproteins, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Alexandru, Petruta Ramona;  Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Pena, Florentina ;  Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Language :
English
Title :
Novel luciferase-based glucagon-like peptide 1 reporter assay reveals naturally occurring secretagogues.
Publication date :
October 2022
Journal title :
British Journal of Pharmacology
ISSN :
0007-1188
eISSN :
1476-5381
Publisher :
John Wiley and Sons Inc, England
Volume :
179
Issue :
19
Pages :
4738 - 4753
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
UEFISCDI - Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior a Cercetarii Dezvoltarii si Inovarii
Funding text :
The work was supported by a grant number 158PED (PN‐III‐P2‐2.1‐PED‐2016‐1660) from Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI). We thank Dr. Daniel Drucker and Dr. Fiona Gribble for GLUTag cells. We thank Ioana Popa for technical support and discussing the manuscript, Tudor Selescu and Bogdan Amuzescu for sharing reagents (AITC, nifedipine and arachidonic acid) and help with statistics and discussing the data.
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