DiabetesPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.2337/db24-1054
Maria S Svane, Morten Hindsø, Christoffer Martinussen, Carsten Dirksen, Nils B Jørgensen, Nora Hedbäck, Bolette Hartmann, Viggo B Kristiansen, Jens J Holst, Kirstine N Bojsen-Møller, Sten Madsbad
{"title":"β-Cell Function and Sensitivity to Incretins Before and After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes.","authors":"Maria S Svane, Morten Hindsø, Christoffer Martinussen, Carsten Dirksen, Nils B Jørgensen, Nora Hedbäck, Bolette Hartmann, Viggo B Kristiansen, Jens J Holst, Kirstine N Bojsen-Møller, Sten Madsbad","doi":"10.2337/db24-1054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2337/db24-1054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Article highlights: </strong>Roux-en-Y gastric bypass improves glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes, but the impact of the improved glycemic control on β-cell sensitivity to glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) is sparsely described. GLP-1 and GIP potentiated insulin secretion during clamped hyperglycemia before and after surgery, but, when related to the response to glucose alone, the relative potentiating effects of GIP (on first-phase insulin secretion) and GLP-1 (on first- and second-phase insulin secretion) were reduced postoperatively. The improvement in β-cell function after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with type 2 diabetes is not driven by improved β-cell sensitivity to incretins but rather other factors, including improved β-cell sensitivity to the changed glucose response and exaggerated postprandial GLP-1.</p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DiabetesPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.2337/db24-0921
Liangwen Liu, Misty Marshall, Emmanuel Chadeuf, Jan Saras, Sebastian Barg
{"title":"VAMP8 Is an Endosomal v-SNARE That Supports GLP-1 Receptor Recycling in Pancreatic β-Cells.","authors":"Liangwen Liu, Misty Marshall, Emmanuel Chadeuf, Jan Saras, Sebastian Barg","doi":"10.2337/db24-0921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2337/db24-0921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Article highlights: </strong>Vesicle-associated membrane protein 8 (VAMP8) localizes to endosomal vesicles and mediates their exocytosis in pancreatic β-cells. VAMP8 dependent vesicle fusion delivers glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor and GLUT2 to the plasma membrane. VAMP8 overexpression inhibits insulin granule exocytosis. \"Newcomer\" exocytosis likely involves endosomal compartments, not insulin granules.</p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144556239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DiabetesPub Date : 2025-06-16DOI: 10.2337/db25-0393
Jonathan E Campbell, Daniel J Drucker
{"title":"Therapeutic Targeting of the GIP Receptor-Revisiting the Controversies.","authors":"Jonathan E Campbell, Daniel J Drucker","doi":"10.2337/db25-0393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2337/db25-0393","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Current and emerging strategies to therapeutically target weight management include pairing agonism of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) with either agonism or antagonism of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR). On the surface, these two approaches seem contradictory, yet they have produced similar effects for weight loss in clinical studies. Arguments that support the rationale for both approaches are made in these point-counterpoint articles, founded on preclinical studies, human genetics, and clinical outcomes. Here, we attempt to reconcile how two opposing approaches can produce similar effects on body weight by evaluating the leading hypotheses derived from the available evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144304088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DiabetesPub Date : 2025-06-16DOI: 10.2337/dbi24-0026
Ricardo J Samms, Kyle W Sloop
{"title":"A Contemporary Rationale for Agonism of the GIP Receptor in the Treatment of Obesity.","authors":"Ricardo J Samms, Kyle W Sloop","doi":"10.2337/dbi24-0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In combatting the obesity crisis, leveraging mechanisms that lower body weight is critical. The finding that treatment with tirzepatide, a GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist, produces profound weight loss highlights the value of activating the incretin receptors. Supporting this, recent studies have revealed mechanisms by which GIP receptor (GIPR) activation is beneficial in pancreatic islets, the central nervous system (CNS), and adipose tissue. Paradoxically, a hypothesis has emerged that GIPR antagonism could be an additional option in treating obesity. This concept stems from concern that GIP facilitates lipid uptake and storage in adipose tissue, although the lipid-buffering capacity of adipocytes versus other cell types is metabolically favorable. In this article, we highlight the natural physiology of the incretins, noting GIP as the primary incretin. In the CNS, GIPR agonism attenuates nausea and suppresses appetite, features that also help GLP-1 receptor agonism promote a negative energy balance. Further, we provide rationale that, in protecting against ectopic fat distribution and augmenting substrate utilization to promote insulin sensitivity, GIPR activity in adipose tissue is advantageous. Collectively, these attributes support GIPR agonism in the treatment of obesity and metabolic disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144304086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DiabetesPub Date : 2025-06-16DOI: 10.2337/dbi24-0027
Mette Marie Rosenkilde, Jyothis Thomas George, Murielle M Véniant, Jens Juul Holst
{"title":"GIP Receptor Antagonists in the Pharmacotherapy of Obesity: Physiologic, Genetic, and Clinical Rationale.","authors":"Mette Marie Rosenkilde, Jyothis Thomas George, Murielle M Véniant, Jens Juul Holst","doi":"10.2337/dbi24-0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obesity is a prevalent disease that also contributes to the incidence and severity of many other chronic diseases and health conditions. Treatment approaches include lifestyle intervention, bariatric surgery, and pharmacological approaches, with glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists approved specifically for weight loss having changed the treatment landscape significantly in the last 5 years. Targeting the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor may enhance the metabolic benefits of GLP-1 receptor agonism. These beneficial effects are seen with both GIP receptor antagonism and GIP receptor agonism, although the mechanisms underlying this apparent paradox remain unknown. Here, we summarize the physiologic, genetic, and clinical evidence for pursuing GIP receptor antagonism to achieve metabolic and weight benefits. Both global and central nervous system knockout of GIP receptors protects mice fed a high-fat diet from obesity and insulin resistance. Genome-wide association studies in humans support this notion, correlating lower BMI with GIP receptor genetic variants with reduced function. Pharmacologic approaches in mice and monkeys confirm that GIP receptor antagonism enhances GLP-1-induced weight reduction and other metabolic benefits, and a phase 1 study provides proof of principle that beneficial effects extend to humans. GIP receptor antagonism may represent an important new mechanism to expand the treatment options available to individuals living with obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144304087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DiabetesPub Date : 2025-06-02DOI: 10.2337/db24-0684
Nelly Mauras, Qianheng Ma, Stuart A Weinzimer, Neil H White, Eva Tsalikian, Bruce Buckingham, Larry A Fox, William Tamborlane, Ana Maria Arbelaez, Michael Tansey, Tandy Aye, Allison Cato, Tamara Hershey, Kim Englert, Matthew Marzelli, Booil Jo, Allan Reiss
{"title":"Differences in White Matter Microstructure in Children With Type 1 Diabetes Persist During Longitudinal Follow-up: Relation to Dysglycemia.","authors":"Nelly Mauras, Qianheng Ma, Stuart A Weinzimer, Neil H White, Eva Tsalikian, Bruce Buckingham, Larry A Fox, William Tamborlane, Ana Maria Arbelaez, Michael Tansey, Tandy Aye, Allison Cato, Tamara Hershey, Kim Englert, Matthew Marzelli, Booil Jo, Allan Reiss","doi":"10.2337/db24-0684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2337/db24-0684","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Article highlights: </strong>Type 1 diabetes has detrimental effects in white matter in young children. We performed a longitudinal study using brain MRI (diffusion tensor imaging) and cognitive assessments in 4- to 9-year-old children, control participants without diabetes (n = 71) and with type 1 diabetes (n = 143), plus continuous glucose monitoring, to assess changes at four time points as children grow over 6-8 years. White matter myelination and fiber integrity were assessed using axial diffusivity, which was decreased in the diabetes versus control group, less so during puberty, and fractional anisotropy was reciprocally related to hyperglycemia. Data suggest continued negative impact of chronic hyperglycemia in the developing brain.</p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144210542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DiabetesPub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.2337/db25-0004
Ka Siu Fan, Fariba Shojaee-Moradie, Fereshteh Jeivad, Antonios Manoli, Ahmad Haidar, Monique Borg Inguanez, Fiona Sammut, Gerd Koehler, Victoria Edwards, Vivienne Lee, Agnieszka Falinska, Zosanglura Bawlchhim, Julia K Mader, A Margot Umpleby, David Russell-Jones
{"title":"A Dual Stable Isotope Study of the Effect of Altitude and Simulated Flight on Glucose Metabolism in Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized Crossover Study.","authors":"Ka Siu Fan, Fariba Shojaee-Moradie, Fereshteh Jeivad, Antonios Manoli, Ahmad Haidar, Monique Borg Inguanez, Fiona Sammut, Gerd Koehler, Victoria Edwards, Vivienne Lee, Agnieszka Falinska, Zosanglura Bawlchhim, Julia K Mader, A Margot Umpleby, David Russell-Jones","doi":"10.2337/db25-0004","DOIUrl":"10.2337/db25-0004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Article highlights: </strong>The effects of acute atmospheric pressure changes on glucose metabolism in type 1 diabetes remain controversial and may have safety implications for pilots and travelers alike. What are the differences in glucose kinetics and hormones between ground and simulated flight environments? Glucose disposal and insulin concentration are increased in response to a meal during flight, without associated changes in endogenous glucose production or meal glucose appearance rates. Pressure-related changes in insulin pump performance and hypoxia may explain these findings. Because glucose concentrations were unaffected, there is no evidence that insulin pump therapy is a risk factor in flight.</p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144176192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DiabetesPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.2337/db25-0318
Jonathan M Williams, Melissa A Hilmes, Lisa R Letourneau-Freiberg, Balamurugan Kandasamy, Demetra Braun, Siri Atma W Greeley, Louis Philipson, Alvin C Powers, John Virostko, Daniel J Moore, Jordan J Wright
{"title":"Smaller Pancreas Volume in Insulin-Dependent Monogenic Diabetes.","authors":"Jonathan M Williams, Melissa A Hilmes, Lisa R Letourneau-Freiberg, Balamurugan Kandasamy, Demetra Braun, Siri Atma W Greeley, Louis Philipson, Alvin C Powers, John Virostko, Daniel J Moore, Jordan J Wright","doi":"10.2337/db25-0318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2337/db25-0318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Article highlights: </strong>Individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have a markedly smaller pancreas, but the mechanism responsible for the reduction in size is unknown. How pancreas volume differs in individuals with specific forms of monogenic diabetes and how pancreas volume relates to the severity of insulin deficiency are unknown. Measured by MRI, individuals with permanent neonatal diabetes due to an INS gene mutation (INS-PND) or the HNF1B gene associated with maturity onset diabetes of the young had smaller pancreas than individuals without diabetes. Across all types of monogenic diabetes, individuals receiving insulin replacement therapy had smaller pancreas than individuals not using insulin. These results support the conclusion that insulin deficiency is a major factor contributing to changes in pancreas volume in T1D, INS-PND, and other forms of monogenic diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144121750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
DiabetesPub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.2337/db23-1025
Muhammad Saad Yousuf, Marisol Mancilla Moreno, Brodie J Woodall, Vikram Thakur, Jiahe Li, Lucy He, Rohita Arjarapu, Danielle Royer, Jennifer Zhang, Munmun Chattopadhyay, Peter M Grace, Theodore J Price
{"title":"Diroximel Fumarate Acts Through Nrf2 to Attenuate Methylglyoxal-Induced Nociception in Mice and Decrease ISR Activation in DRG Neurons.","authors":"Muhammad Saad Yousuf, Marisol Mancilla Moreno, Brodie J Woodall, Vikram Thakur, Jiahe Li, Lucy He, Rohita Arjarapu, Danielle Royer, Jennifer Zhang, Munmun Chattopadhyay, Peter M Grace, Theodore J Price","doi":"10.2337/db23-1025","DOIUrl":"10.2337/db23-1025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diabetic neuropathic pain is associated with elevated plasma levels of methylglyoxal (MGO). MGO is a metabolite of glycolysis that causes pain hypersensitivity in mice by stimulating the phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (p-eIF2α) and subsequently activating the integrated stress response (ISR). We first established that Zucker diabetic fatty rats have enhanced MGO signaling, engage ISR, and develop pain hypersensitivity. Since nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) regulates the expression of antioxidant proteins that neutralize MGO, we hypothesized that fumarates, like diroximel fumarate (DRF), will stimulate Nrf2 signaling, and prevent MGO-induced ISR and pain hypersensitivity. DRF (100 mg/kg) treated animals were protected from developing MGO (20 ng) induced mechanical and cold hypersensitivity. Mechanistically, DRF treatment protected against MGO-induced increase in p-eIF2α levels in the sciatic nerve and reduced loss of intraepidermal nerve fiber density. Using Nrf2 knockout mice, we demonstrate that Nrf2 is necessary for the antinociceptive effects of DRF. Cotreatment of MGO (1 µmol/L) with monomethyl fumarate (10, 20, and 50 µmol/L), the active metabolite of DRF, prevented ISR in both mouse and human dorsal root ganglia neurons. Our data show that targeting Nrf2 with DRF is a strategy to potentially alleviate pain associated with elevated MGO levels.</p><p><strong>Article highlights: </strong></p>","PeriodicalId":93977,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":"827-837"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12015141/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143461277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}