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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Aged, Animals, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diet, High-Fat, Gene Silencing, Genetic Vectors, Glucose, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Lentivirus, Liver, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Middle Aged, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, NF-kappa B, Protein Precursors, RNA, Small Interfering, Thymosin, Toll-Like Receptor 4.
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Does prothymosin-α Overexpression contribute to the Development of Insulin Resistance? Context: Prothymosin-α (ProT) is involved in oxidative stress, inflammation, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. Increased oxidative stress and chronic inflammation participate in the pathogenesis of diabetes. A recent study found that ProT is a ligand of toll-like receptor 4, which plays an important role in the development of insulin resistance. However, its physiological role remains poorly understood. The objective was to investigate whether ProT contributes to the development of insulin resistance. A total of 185 subjects were recruited and classified into nondiabetes (n = 95) and newly diagnosed diabetes (n = 90) groups. Transgenic mice overexpressing ProT were used to investigate the role of ProT in the development of insulin resistance. Lentiviral vectors carrying short hairpin RNA specific for ProT were delivered via the portal vein to silence hepatic ProT expression in mice with high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance. Glucose uptake was determined in L6 myotubes. We show that the serum ProT levels of patients with type 2 diabetes were significantly higher than those of normal individuals (mean ± SEM, 419.8 ± 46.47 vs 246.4 ± 27.89 pg/mL; P < .001). Furthermore, ProT transgenic mice exhibited an insulin-resistant phenotype, whereas the silencing of hepatic ProT expression ameliorated high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance in C57BL/6 mice. In vitro studies reveal that ProT induced insulin resistance through a toll-like receptor 4-nuclear factor-κB-dependent pathway.
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Our results support the role for ProT in the development of insulin resistance. Therefore, ProT is a potential novel therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes. Final Decision: yes