In the last years the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) was carried out using regulators of the brain signaling systems. In DM2 the level of the brain serotonin is reduced. So far, the effect of the increase of the brain serotonin level on DM2-induced metabolic and hormonal abnormalities has been studied scarcely. The present work was undertaken with the aim of filling this gap. DM2 was induced in male rats by 150-day high-fat diet and the treatment with low dose of streptozotocin (25 mg/kg) on the 70th day of experiment. From the 90th day, diabetic rats received for two months intranasal serotonin (IS) at a daily dose of 20 μg/rat. The IS treatment of diabetic rats decreased the body weight, and improved glucose tolerance, insulin-induced glucose utilization, and lipid metabolism. Besides, it restored hormonal regulation of adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity in the hypothalamus and normalized AC stimulation by β-adrenergic agonists in the myocardium. In nondiabetic rats the same treatment induced metabolic and hormonal alterations, some of which were similar to those in DM2 but expressed to a lesser extent. In conclusion, the elevation of the brain serotonin level may be regarded as an effective approach to treat DM2 and its complications.

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Intranasal insulin affects adenyl cyclase system in rat tissues in neonatal diabetes Abbreviations:AC -adenylyl cyclase; AC system -adenylyl cyclase signaling system; DM -diabetes mellitus; EMD-386088 -5 -c h l o r o -2 -m e t h y l -3 -( 1 , 2 , 3 , 6 -tetrahydro-4-pyridinyl)-1H-indole; GppNHp -b,g-imidoguanosine-5'-triphosphate; 5-HT receptor -5-hydroxytryptamine receptor; hCG -human chorionic gonadotropin; PACAP-38 -pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating peptide-38. IntroductionHypertension, coronary heart diseases, atherosclerosis, nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, cognitive deficit and disorders of the reproductive system are the most common complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) [1][2][3]. Chronic hyperglycemia is quite often an important contributing factor in the development of these complications. Many hormone-and growth factorregulated signaling pathways, such as the adenylyl cyclase (AC) signaling system, phospholipase C/protein kinase C signaling system and the cascade of mitogenactivated protein kinases are implicated in the regulation of the cardiovascular, nervous and reproductive systems and aberration of their functional activity in DM may contribute to complications of this disease [4][5][6][7][8]. It has been shown that in experimental types 1 and 2 DM the functional activity of hormone-sensitive AC system in the skeletal muscles, myocardium, testis, ovaries, uterus and brain of diabetic rats and the sensitivity of this system to hormones regulating AC activity are changed in tissue-and hormone-specific manner [6][7][8][9][10][11][12].The most significant changes of hormonal sensitivity of AC system were found in the myocardium, testis and Abstract:The changes in hormone-regulated adenylyl cyclase (AC) signaling system implicated in control of the nervous, cardiovascular and reproductive systems may contribute to complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). We investigated the functional state of AC system in the brain, myocardium, ovary and uterus of rats with neonatal DM and examined the influence of intranasally administered insulin on the sensitivity of this system to biogenic amines and polypeptide hormones. The regulatory effects of somatostatin and 5-HT 1B R-agonist 5-nonyloxytryptamine acting via G i protein-coupled receptors were significantly decreased in DM and partially restored in insulin-treated rats. The effects of hormones, activators of AC, are changed in tissue-and receptorspecific manner, and intranasal insulin restored the effects rather close to the level in control. In insulin-treated non-diabetic rats, AC stimulating effects of isoproterenol and relaxin in the myocardium and of human chorionic gonadotropin in the ovaries were decreased, while the effects of hormones, inhibitors of AC, were increased. These data indicate that with intranasal insulin, G i protein-mediated signaling pathways continue to gain strength. The obtained data on the influence of hormones on AC system in the brain, myocardium, ovary and uterus allow looking anew into the mechanisms of therapeutic ...

In this study we continued decoding the adenylate cyclase signaling mechanism that underlies the effect of insulin and related peptides. We show for the first time that insulin signal transduction via an adenylate cyclase signaling mechanism, which is attended by adenylate cyclase activation, is blocked in the muscle tissues of the rat and the mollusk Anodonta cygnea in the presence of: 1) pertussis toxin, which impairs the action of the inhibitory GTP-binding protein (Gi); 2) wortmannin, a specific blocker of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; and 3) calphostin C, an inhibitor of different isoforms of protein kinase C. The treatment of sarcolemmal membrane fraction with cholera toxin increases basal adenylate cyclase activity and decreases the sensitivity of the enzyme to insulin. We suggest that the stimulating effect of insulin on adenylate cyclase involves the following stages of hormonal signal transduction cascade: receptor tyrosine kinase --> Gi protein (betagamma) --> phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase --> protein kinase C (zeta?) --> Gs protein --> adenylate cyclase --> cAMP.

Low-molecular-weight agonists of luteinizing hormone (LH)/human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) receptor (LHCGR), which interact with LHCGR transmembrane allosteric site and, in comparison with gonadotropins, more selectively activate intracellular effectors, are currently being developed. Meanwhile, their effects on testicular steroidogenesis have not been studied. The purpose of this work is to perform a comparative study of the effects of 5-amino-N-tert-butyl-4-(3-(1-methylpyrazole-4-carboxamido)phenyl)-2-(methylthio)thieno[2,3-d] pyrimidine-6-carboxamide (TP4/2), a LHCGR allosteric agonist developed by us, and hCG on adenylyl cyclase activity in rat testicular membranes, testosterone levels, testicular steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis in young (four-month-old), aging (18-month-old) and diabetic male Wistar rats. Type 1 diabetes was caused by a single streptozotocin (50 mg/kg) injection. TP4/2 (20 mg/kg/day) and hCG (20 IU/rat/day) were administered for 5 days. TP4/2 was less effective in adenylyl cyclase stimulation and ability to activate steroidogenesis when administered once into rats. On the 3rd–5th day, TP4/2 and hCG steroidogenic effects in young adult, aging and diabetic rats were comparable. Unlike hCG, TP4/2 did not inhibit LHCGR gene expression and did not hyperstimulate the testicular steroidogenesis system, moderately increasing steroidogenic proteins gene expression and testosterone production. In aging and diabetic testes, TP4/2 improved spermatogenesis. Thus, during five-day administration, TP4/2 steadily stimulates testicular steroidogenesis, and can be used to prevent androgen deficiency in aging and diabetes.