| First Author | Clemmensen C | Year | 2017 |
| Journal | Diabetes Obes Metab | Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 599-603 |
| PubMed ID | 27943578 | Mgi Jnum | J:278852 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6359633 | Doi | 10.1111/dom.12845 |
| Citation | Clemmensen C, et al. (2017) Robust GLP-1 secretion by basic L-amino acids does not require the GPRC6A receptor. Diabetes Obes Metab 19(4):599-603 |
| abstractText | The G protein-coupled receptor GPRC6A (GPCR, Class C, group 6, subtype A) has been proposed to be a sensor for basic L-amino acids that are hypothesized to translate ingestive behaviour to endocrine information. However, the contribution of the GPRC6A receptor to L-amino acid-induced glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) secretion is unclear. Therefore, to discover whether the GPRC6A receptor is indispensible for amino acid-induced secretion of GLP-1, we treated, with oral gavage, GPRC6A knock-out (KO) and wild-type (WT) littermate mice with GPRC6A ligands (L-arginine and L-ornithine) and assessed GLP-1 levels in circulation. We found that oral administration of both L-arginine and L-ornithine significantly increased total plasma GLP-1 levels to a similar level in GPRC6A KO and WT mice 15 minutes after gavage (both amino acids) and accumulated up to 60 minutes after gavage (L-arginine). Conversely, GLP-1 secretion at the 30- and 60-minute time points in the KO mice was attenuated and did not reach statistical significance. In summary, these data confirm that L-arginine is a potent GLP-1 secretagogue and show that the main effect occurs independently of GPRC6A. In addition, this is the first study to show that also L-ornithine powerfully elicits GLP-1 release in vivo. |
