Exon II of glucokinase (Gk) was deleted to produce a systemic
heterozygous Gk knockout (Gk+/−) mouse. The
relative expression levels of Gk in the heart, lung, liver, stomach, and
pancreas in Gk+/− mice ranged from 0.41–0.68 versus that in
wild (Gk+/+) mice. On the other hand, its expression levels in
the brain, adipose tissue, and muscle ranged from 0.95–1.03, and its expression levels in
the spleen and kidney were nearly zero. Gk knockout caused no remarkable
off-target effect on the expression of 7 diabetes causing genes (Shp,
Hnf1a, Hnf1b, Irs1,
Irs2, Kir6.2, and Pdx1) in 10 organs.
The glucose tolerance test was conducted to determine the blood glucose concentrations
just after fasting for 24 h (FBG) and at 2 h after high-glucose application (GTT2h). The
FBG-GTT2h plots obtained with the wild strain fed the control diet (CD),
Gk+/− strain fed the CD, and
Gk+/− strain fed the HFD were distributed in separate areas
in the FBG-GTT2h diagram. The respective areas could be defined as the normal state,
prediabetes state, and diabetes state, respectively. Based on the results, the criteria
for prediabetes could be defined for the Gk+/− strain
developed in this study.
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