Chronic treatment with epoxyeicosatrienoic acids modulates insulin signaling and prevents insulin resistance in hepatocytes.

Skepner, J.E., Shelley, L.D., Ji, C., Reidich, B., Luo, Y.
Journal   Prostaglandins &Other Lipid Mediators.
Species  
Analytes Measured   Akt , IGF-1R , IR , IRS-1 , JNK
Matrix Tested   HepG2 cell lysates
Year   2010
Volume  
Page Numbers  
Application   Phosphoproteins
Abstract
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are arachidonic acid metabolites produced by cytochrome P450 epoxygenases which are highly expressed in hepatocytes. The functions of EETs in hepatocytes are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the effects of 14,15-EETs treatment on the insulin signal transduction pathway in hepatocytes. We report that chronic treatment, not acute treatment, with 30 μM 14,15-EETs prevents palmitate induced insulin resistance and potentiates insulin action in cultured HepG2 hepatocytes. 14,15-EETs increase Akt phosphorylation at S473, activating Akt, in an insulin dependent manner in HepG2 cells. Under insulin resistant conditions induced by palmitate, 14,15-EETs restore the insulin response by increasing S473-phosphorylated Akt. 8,9-EETs and 11,12-EETs demonstrated similar effects to 14,15-EETs. Furthermore, 14,15-EETs potentiate insulin-suppression of gluconeogenesis in cultured H4IIE hepatocytes. To elucidate the mechanism of EETs function, we analyzed the insulin signaling factors upstream of Akt. Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) with LY294002 attenuated the 14,15-EETs-induced activating phosphorylation of Akt. 14,15-EETs reduced palmitate-stimulated phosphorylation of IRS-1 on S312 and phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) at threonine 183 and tyrosine 185 residues. The regulation of insulin sensitivity in cultured hepatocytes by chronic 14,15-EETs treatment appears to involve the JNK-IRS-PI3K pathway. The requirement of chronic treatment with EETs suggests that the effects of EETs on insulin response may be indirect.

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