The CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β (C/EBPβ) is a transcription factor that is abundant in the liver. The concentration of C/EBPβ mRNA in the liver of mice and rats fed a high-carbohydrate diet, which causes a rise in blood insulin levels, was lower (80 and 65%, respectively) than that detected in animals fed a standard diet. Similarly, the expression of the human insulin gene in the liver of transgenic mice led to a decrease in the concentration of C/EBPβ mRNA. However, no change was detected in the mRNA levels of C/EBα or cAMP regulatory element-binding protein transcription factors in the livers of these mice. Furthermore, the expression of the C/EBPβ gene increased in the liver of diabetic rats and decreased in the liver of diabetic animals treated with vanadate, an insulin mimetic agent. In addition, a decrease in C/EBPβ protein was observed in liver nuclei from mice after insulin injections, in mice fed a high-carbohydrate diet, and in transgenic mice expressing the insulin gene in the liver. These results suggest that insulin might control gene expression in vivo, at least in part, by a mechanism involving a decrease in the transcription factor C/EBPβ.
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March 01 1995
Insulin Inhibits Liver Expression of the CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein β
Fatima Bosch;
Fatima Bosch
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Sabater;
Jordi Sabater
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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Alfons Valera
Alfons Valera
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Alfons Valera, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
Diabetes 1995;44(3):267–271
Article history
Received:
March 16 1994
Revision Received:
October 26 1994
Accepted:
October 26 1994
PubMed:
7883112
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Fatima Bosch, Jordi Sabater, Alfons Valera; Insulin Inhibits Liver Expression of the CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein β. Diabetes 1 March 1995; 44 (3): 267–271. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.44.3.267
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