| RRC ID |
33116
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| Author |
Matsumoto Y, Ishii M, Ishii K, Miyaguchi W, Horie R, Inagaki Y, Hamamoto H, Tatematsu K, Uchino K, Tamura T, Sezutsu H, Sekimizu K.
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| Title |
Transgenic silkworms expressing human insulin receptors for evaluation of therapeutically active insulin receptor agonists.
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| Journal |
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
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| Abstract |
We established a transgenic silkworm strain expressing the human insulin receptor (hIR) using the GAL4/UAS system. Administration of human insulin to transgenic silkworms expressing hIR decreased hemolymph sugar levels and facilitated Akt phosphorylation in the fat body. The decrease in hemolymph sugar levels induced by injection of human insulin in the transgenic silkworms expressing hIR was blocked by co-injection of wortmannin, a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor. Administration of bovine insulin, an hIR ligand, also effectively decreased sugar levels in the transgenic silkworms. These findings indicate that functional hIRs that respond to human insulin were successfully induced in the transgenic silkworms. We propose that the humanized silkworm expressing hIR is useful for in vivo evaluation of the therapeutic activities of insulin receptor agonists.
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| Volume |
455(3-4)
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| Pages |
159-64
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| Published |
2014-12-12
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.10.143
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| PII |
S0006-291X(14)01972-X
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| PMID |
25449269
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| MeSH |
Amino Acid Sequence
Androstadienes / chemistry
Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Antigens, CD / biosynthesis*
Bombyx / genetics*
Cattle
Disease Models, Animal
Drug Discovery
Glucose / analysis
Hemolymph / drug effects*
Humans
Insulin / chemistry*
Ligands
Molecular Sequence Data
Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
Phosphorylation
Receptor, Insulin / agonists*
Receptor, Insulin / biosynthesis*
Signal Transduction
Wortmannin
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| IF |
2.985
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| Times Cited |
13
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WOS Category
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BIOPHYSICS
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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| Resource |
| Silkworms |
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