Endocrine Abstracts

Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS) is a genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability and movement disorders. AHDS patients have mutations in the monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) that impedes thyroid hormone (TH) transport to the brain during crucial phases of brain development. In mice, the resulting structural and functional pathologies of human AHDS patients can be mimicked by knocking out murine MCT8 and the Solute Carrier Organic Anion Transporter Family...

Abstract: Inflammation plays a contributing role in the pathogenesis of several metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes and obesity. Intriguingly, obesogenic diets induce markers of hypothalamic inflammation and neuronal injury in both rodents and humans, suggesting that targeting inflammatory pathways in the hypothalamus might represent a novel strategy to control energy metabolism. Unfortunately, the majority of steroid-based anti-inflammatory drugs are fraught with a...

Promiscuous multi-agonists that simultaneously activate two or three key receptors (incretin- and/or glucagon receptor) were recently shown to improve glycemic control in mice. Here we investigated the underlying mechanisms of multi-agonists to enhance insulin secretion in murine islets and human pancreatic β-cells. These mixed agonists display a greater potency in cAMP signaling as compared to the native incretins. However, pharmacological blockade of cAMP signaling only...