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Kisspeptin-10 Ameliorates Obesity-Diabetes with Diverse Effects on Ileal Enteroendocrine Cells and Pancreatic Islet Morphology in High-Fat Fed Female Mice.

Ananyaa Sridhar, Dawood Khan, Rithiga Muthukumar, Swetha Sampathkumar, Nigel Irwin, Peter R Flatt, R Charlotte Moffett

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Ananyaa SridharDiabetes Research Centre, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3865-5067
Dawood KhanDiabetes Research Centre, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7355-1821
Rithiga MuthukumarDiabetes Research Centre, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.
Swetha SampathkumarDiabetes Research Centre, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.
Nigel IrwinDiabetes Research Centre, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4855-964X
Peter R FlattDiabetes Research Centre, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.
R Charlotte MoffettDiabetes Research Centre, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.

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Diabetes UK RD Lawrence FellowshipUlster University Strategic research funding
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Abstract

Kisspeptin is a neuropeptide recognised for a pivotal role within the reproductive system, but potentially important endocrine metabolic effects are less well understood. We examined effects of twice-daily intraperitoneal administration of saline vehicle or kisspeptin-10 (25 nmol/kg), for 21 days, on glucose homeostasis, energy balance, circulating hormones as well as the morphology-function of enteroendocrine and islet cells in high-fat diet (HFD) fed female mice, with normal diet (ND) mice as an additional control group. Kisspeptin-10 decreased body weight, blood glucose and energy intake to ND levels. HFD increased circulating follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels, which were further enhanced by kisspeptin-10 along with luteinising hormone (LH) concentrations. Neither HFD nor kisspeptin-10 affected progesterone or corticosterone. In the ileum, kisspeptin-10 decreased crypt depth and restored villi length to ND control levels, as well as increasing the proportion of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) positive cells when compared to HFD mice and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) positive cells compared to ND mice. Peptide YY (PYY) immunoreactivity was unaltered by HFD or kisspeptin-10. Plasma GIP was unchanged but circulating GLP-1 and PYY were reduced to ND levels. Within the pancreas, total islet, beta- and alpha-cell areas were similar in all mice, but kisspeptin-10 intervention restored relative insulin area to ND levels. Glucagon radius, an indicator of peripherally located alpha-cells, was reduced in HFD mice but normalised by kisspeptin-10 alongside elevated glucagon-islet area. Notably, beta-cell proliferation was increased by kisspeptin-10 with no alteration in beta-cell apoptosis. Overall, we reveal a previously uncharacterised diverse metabolic role for kisspeptin in directly modulating the gut-pancreatic axis.

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Enteroendocrine CellsIleumIslets of LangerhansKisspeptinsObesityAnimalsBlood GlucoseDiet, High-FatFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLBlood GlucoseKisspeptinsenteroendocrine cellhigh-fat dietisletkisspeptinmorphology

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