Page 1 of 45 Diabetes Regulation of Glucose Uptake and Enteroendocrine Function by the Intestinal Epithelial Insulin Receptor Siegfried Ussar1,2,3*, Max-Felix Haering1,4*, Shiho Fujisaka1, Dominik Lutter3,5, Kevin Y. Lee1, Ning Li6, Georg K. Gerber6, Lynn Bry6, C. Ronald Kahn1 1Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,2JRG Adipocytes and Metabolism, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center at Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany, 3German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany 4Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany,5Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center at Helmholtz Center Munich, Neuherberg, Germany 6Center for Clinical and Translational Metagenomics, Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 Running Title: Insulin Receptor and Intestinal Epithelium Keywords: Insulin action, SGLT1, GLUT2, glucose uptake, Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP); intestinal gene expression; gut microbiome * contributed equally to this work To whom correspondence should be addressed: C. Ronald Kahn, MD Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism Joslin Diabetes Center One Joslin Place Boston, MA 02215 Phone: (617) 309-2635 Fax: (617) 309-2593 Email:
[email protected] 1 Diabetes Publish Ahead of Print, published online January 17, 2017 Diabetes Page 2 of 45 Abstract Insulin and IGF-1 receptors (IR and IGF1R) are major regulators of metabolism and cell growth throughout the body, however, their roles in the intestine remain controversial. Here we show that genetic ablation of the IR or IGF1R in intestinal epithelial cells of mice does not impair intestinal growth or development or the composition of the gut microbiome.