Journal: The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: SUCNR1 regulates insulin secretion and glucose elevates the succinate response in people with prediabetes
doi: 10.1172/JCI173214
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) IHC staining of SUCNR1 in pancreas sections of control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice accompanied by serial H&E staining. Scale bars: 50 μm. ( B ) Body mass of control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice under HFD for 8 weeks ( n = 8–9). ( C ) Blood glucose levels in control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice in fasted or random-fed conditions ( n = 8). ( D ) Plasma insulin levels in control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice in fasted or random-fed conditions ( n = 7–8). ( E ) Morphometric analysis of control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice by H&E staining ( n = 3). Scale bars: 50 μm. ( F ) Morphometric analysis of control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice by immunofluorescence staining with insulin and glucagon and counterstaining with DAPI ( n = 3–4). Scale bars: 50 μm. ( G ) Intraperitoneal (i.p.) and oral glucose tolerance tests in control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice ( n = 6–7). Displayed are the blood glucose levels, AUC, plasma insulin ( n = 5–6), and GLP-1 levels ( n = 5). ( H ) Insulin tolerance test in control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice ( n = 6–8). ( I ) HOMA-IR for control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice ( n = 5). ( J ) Insulin secretion in isolated islets from control and Sucnr1 -βKO mice stimulated with or without 1 mM succinate or 100 μM c ESA at 2.8 or 16.7 mM glucose ( n = 5 islet pools from 5–6 mice). Data are presented as mean ± SEM or as box-and-whisker plots indicating median, first and third quartiles, and maximum and minimum values. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 vs. control mice, comparing experimental groups in orally administered mice, or in indicated pairwise comparisons; ## P < 0.01, ### P < 0.001 comparing experimental groups in i.p.-administered mice (Student’s t test in B , E , F , and I comparing 2 groups, or 2-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s test for multiple comparisons in C , D , G , H , and J ).
Article Snippet: A polyclonal primary antibody against SUCNR1 (NBP1-0086) was obtained from Novus Biologicals.
Techniques: Immunohistochemistry, Control, Staining, Clinical Proteomics, Immunofluorescence, Isolation, Whisker Assay