Abbreviations: APO, apolipoprotein; CD36, cluster-of-differentiation 36; DFTT, duodenal fat tolerance test; FATP-4, fatty acid transfer protein-4; h(GLY 2 ) GLP-2, human glycine 2 -glucagon-like peptide-2; IE-IGF-1R, intestinal epithelial-insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor; KO, knockout; MTP, microsomal triglyceride transfer protein; OFTT, oral fat tolerance test; WD, Western diet.
AbstractThe intestinal hormone, glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2), enhances the enterocyte chylomicron production. However, GLP-2 is known to require the intestinal-epithelial insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IE-IGF-1R) for its other actions to increase intestinal growth and barrier function. The role of the IE-IGF-1R in enterocyte lipid handling was thus tested in the GLP-2 signaling pathway, as well as in response to a Western diet (WD). IE-IGF-1R knockout (KO) and control mice were treated for 11 days with h(GLY 2 )GLP-2 or fed a WD for 18 weeks followed by a duodenal fat tolerance test with C 14 -labeled triolein. Human Caco-2BBE cells were treated with an IGF-1R antagonist or signaling inhibitors to determine triglyceride-associated protein expression. The IE-IGF-1R was required for GLP-2-induced increases in CD36 and FATP-4 in chow-fed mice, and for expression in vitro; FATP-4 also required PI3K/Akt. Although WD-fed IE-IGF-1R KO mice demonstrated normal CD36 expression, the protein was incorrectly localized 2h post-duodenal fat administration.IE-IGF-1R KO also prevented the WD-induced increase in MTP and decrease in APOC3, increased jejunal mucosal C 14 -fat accumulation, and elevated plasma triglyceride and C 14 -fat levels. Collectively, these studies elucidate new roles for the IE-IGF-1R in enterocyte lipid handling, under basal conditions and in response to GLP-2 and WD-feeding.