Exploring the insulin secretory properties of the PGD2-GPR44/DP2 axis in vitro and in a randomized phase-1 trial of type 2 diabetes patients.

Article Authors: Stanko Skrtic, Björn Tyrberg, Malin Broberg, Hans Ericsson, Volker Schnecke, Magnus Kjaer, Marcus Hompesch, Eva-Marie Andersson, Erik Ryberg, Alexander Aivazidis, Charlotte Wennberg Huldt, Lars Löfgren, Linda Morrow, Joanna Parkinson, Tina Rydén-Bergsten, Elaine Watkins, Maria Sörhede Winzell

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GPR44 (DP2, PTGDR2, CRTh2) is the receptor for the pro-inflammatory mediator prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) and it is enriched in human islets. In rodent islets, PGD2 is produced in response to glucose, suggesting that the PGD2-GPR44/DP2 axis may play a role in human islet function during hyperglycemia. Consequently, the aim of this work was to elucidate the insulinotropic role of GPR44 antagonism in vitro in human beta-cells and in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients.

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