Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Targeting GLP-1 receptor trafficking to improve agonist efficacy

  • Ben Jones,
  • Teresa Buenaventura,
  • Nisha Kanda,
  • Pauline Chabosseau,
  • Bryn M. Owen,
  • Rebecca Scott,
  • Robert Goldin,
  • Napat Angkathunyakul,
  • Ivan R. Corrêa Jr,
  • Domenico Bosco,
  • Paul R. Johnson,
  • Lorenzo Piemonti,
  • Piero Marchetti,
  • A. M. James Shapiro,
  • Blake J. Cochran,
  • Aylin C. Hanyaloglu,
  • Asuka Inoue,
  • Tricia Tan,
  • Guy A. Rutter,
  • Alejandra Tomas,
  • Stephen R. Bloom

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03941-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) promotes insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells and undergoes agonist-mediated endocytosis. Here, authors study GLP-1R endocytosis caused by different agonists and show that a longer plasma membrane retention time of GLP-1R results in greater long-term insulin release.