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Multiple E-boxes in the distal promoter of the rat pyruvate carboxylase gene function as a glucose-responsive element.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wutthisathapornchai Apilak, Vongpipatana Tuangtong, Muangsawat Sureeporn, Boonsaen Thirajit, MacDonald Michael J, Jitrapakdee Sarawut
Abstract excerpt
Pyruvate carboxylase (PC) is an anaplerotic enzyme that regulates glucose-induced insulin secretion in pancreatic islets. Dysregulation of its expression is associated with type 2 diabetes. Herein we describe the molecular mechanism underlying the glucose-mediated transcriptional regulation of the PC gene. Incubation of the rat insulin cell line INS-1 832/13 with glucose resulted in a 2-fold increase in PC mRNA...
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