Abstract
Annexin A1 (ANXA1) is an endogenously produced anti-inflammatory protein, which plays an important role in the pathophysiology of diseases associated with chronic inflammation. We demonstrate that patients with type-2 diabetes have increased plasma levels of ANXA1 when compared to normoglycemic subjects. Plasma ANXA1 positively correlated with fatty liver index and elevated plasma cholesterol in patients with type-2 diabetes, suggesting a link between aberrant lipid handling, and ANXA1. Using a murine model of high fat diet (HFD)-induced insulin resistance, we then investigated (a) the role of endogenous ANXA1 in the pathophysiology of HFD-induced insulin resistance using ANXA1(-/-) mice, and (b) the potential use of hrANXA1 as a new therapeutic approach for experimental diabetes and its microvascular complications. We demonstrate that: (1) ANXA1(-/-) mice fed a HFD have a more severe diabetic phenotype (e.g., more severe dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hepatosteatosis, and proteinuria) compared to WT mice fed a HFD; (2) treatment of WT-mice fed a HFD with hrANXA1 attenuated the development of insulin resistance, hepatosteatosis and proteinuria. We demonstrate here for the first time that ANXA1(-/-) mice have constitutively activated RhoA. Interestingly, diabetic mice, which have reduced tissue expression of ANXA1, also have activated RhoA. Treatment of HFD-mice with hrANXA1 restored tissue levels of ANXA1 and inhibited RhoA activity, which, in turn, resulted in restoration of the activities of Akt, GSK-3 b and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) secondary to re-sensitization of IRS-1 signaling. We further demonstrate in human hepatocytes that ANXA1 protects against excessive mitochondrial proton leak by activating FPR2 under hyperglycaemic conditions. In summary, our data suggest that (a) ANXA1 is a key regulator of RhoA activity, which restores IRS-1 signal transduction and (b) recombinant human ANXA1 may represent a novel candidate for the treatment of T2D and/or its complications.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 571 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Frontiers in Immunology |
Volume | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- a1
- annexin a1
- cardiac dysfunction
- glucocorticoids
- hepatosteatosis
- kinase inhibitor
- mechanisms
- metabolism
- metformin
- nephropathy
- progression
- protects
- rho a
- statins
- type-2 diabetes
- GLUCOCORTICOIDS
- STATINS
- Rho A
- A1
- Annexin A1
- PROGRESSION
- METFORMIN
- CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION
- MECHANISMS
- KINASE INHIBITOR
- NEPHROPATHY
- PROTECTS