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Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Activates β-Catenin Signaling in the Mouse Intestinal Crypt: Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I

Departments of Physiology (P.E.D., K.J.R., P.L.B.) and Medicine (P.L.B.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. P. L. Brubaker, University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, Room 3366, 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8. E-mail: p.brubaker{at}utoronto.ca.

Chronic administration of glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) induces intestinal growth and crypt cell proliferation through an indirect mechanism requiring IGF-I. However, the intracellular pathways through which IGF-I mediates GLP-2-induced epithelial tropic signaling remain undefined. Because β-catenin and Akt are important regulators of crypt cell proliferation, we hypothesized that GLP-2 activates these signaling pathways through an IGF-I-dependent mechanism. In this study, fasted mice were administered Gly²-GLP-2 or LR³-IGF-I (positive control) for 0.5–4 h. Nuclear translocation of β-catenin in non-Paneth crypt cells was assessed by immunohistochemistry and expression of its downstream proliferative markers, c-myc and Sox9, by quantitative RT-PCR. Akt phosphorylation and activation of its targets, glycogen synthase kinase-3β and caspase-3, were determined by Western blot. IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR) and IGF-I signaling were blocked by preadministration of NVP-AEW541 and through the use of IGF-I knockout mice, respectively. We found that GLP-2 increased β-catenin nuclear translocation in non-Paneth crypt cells by 72 ± 17% (P < 0.05) and increased mucosal c-myc and Sox9 mRNA expression by 90 ± 20 and 376 ± 170%, respectively (P < 0.05–0.01), with similar results observed with IGF-I. This effect of GLP-2 was prevented by blocking the IGF-IR as well as ablation of IGF-I signaling. GLP-2 also produced a time- and dose-dependent activation of Akt in the intestinal mucosa (P < 0.01), most notably in the epithelium. This action was reduced by IGF-IR inhibition but not IGF-I knockout. We concluded that acute administration of GLP-2 activates β-catenin and proliferative signaling in non-Paneth murine intestinal crypt cells as well as Akt signaling in the mucosa. However, IGF-I is required only for the GLP-2-induced alterations in β-catenin.

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