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Noguchi GM, Castillo VC, Donaldson CJ, Flisher MR, Momen AT, Saghatelian A, Huising MO. Urocortin3 contributes to paracrine inhibition of islet alpha cells in mice. J Endocrinol 2024:JOE-24-0018. [PMID: 38593829 DOI: 10.1530/joe-24-0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
Pancreatic alpha cell activity and glucagon secretion lowers as glucose levels increase. While part of the decrease is regulated by glucose itself, paracrine signaling by their neighboring beta and delta cells also plays an important role. Somatostatin from delta cells is an important local inhibitor of alpha cells at high glucose. Additionally, Urocortin3 (UCN3) is a hormone that is co-released from beta cells with insulin and acts locally to potentiate somatostatin secretion from delta cells. UCN3 thus inhibits insulin secretion via a negative feedback loop with delta cells, but its role with respect to alpha cells and glucagon secretion is not understood. We hypothesize that the somatostatin-driven glucagon inhibition at high glucose is regulated in part by UCN3 from beta cells. Here, we use a combination of live functional Ca2+ and cAMP imaging as well as direct glucagon secretion measurement, all from alpha cells in intact mouse islets, to determine the contributions of UCN3 to alpha cell behavior. Exogenous UCN3 treatment decreased alpha cell Ca2+ and cAMP levels and inhibited glucagon release. Blocking endogenous UCN3 signaling increased alpha cell Ca2+ by 26.8 ± 7.6%, but this did not result in increased glucagon release at high glucose. Furthermore, constitutive deletion of Ucn3 did not increase Ca2+ activity or glucagon secretion relative to controls. UCN3 is thus capable of inhibiting mouse alpha cells, but, given the subtle effects of endogenous UCN3 signaling on alpha cells, we propose that UCN3-driven somatostatin may serve to regulate local paracrine glucagon levels in the islet instead of inhibiting gross systemic glucagon release.
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- Glyn M Noguchi
- G Noguchi, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, United States
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- V Castillo, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, United States
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- C Donaldson, Peptide Biology Laboratories, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, United States
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- M Flisher, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, United States
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- A Momen, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, United States
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- A Saghatelian, Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, United States
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- M Huising, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, United States
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Huang JL, Pourhosseinzadeh MS, Lee S, Krämer N, Guillen JV, Cinque NH, Aniceto P, Momen AT, Koike S, Huising MO. Paracrine signalling by pancreatic δ cells determines the glycaemic set point in mice. Nat Metab 2024; 6:61-77. [PMID: 38195859 PMCID: PMC10919447 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-023-00944-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
Abstract
While pancreatic β and α cells are considered the main drivers of blood glucose homeostasis through insulin and glucagon secretion, the contribution of δ cells and somatostatin (SST) secretion to glucose homeostasis remains unresolved. Here we provide a quantitative assessment of the physiological contribution of δ cells to the glycaemic set point in mice. Employing three orthogonal mouse models to remove SST signalling within the pancreas or transplanted islets, we demonstrate that ablating δ cells or SST leads to a sustained decrease in the glycaemic set point. This reduction coincides with a decreased glucose threshold for insulin response from β cells, leading to increased insulin secretion to the same glucose challenge. Our data demonstrate that β cells are sufficient to maintain stable glycaemia and reveal that the physiological role of δ cells is to provide tonic feedback inhibition that reduces the β cell glucose threshold and consequently lowers the glycaemic set point in vivo.
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- Jessica L Huang
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
- Department of Animal Ecology and Physiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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Caicedo A, Huising MO, Wess J. An Intraislet Paracrine Signaling Pathway That Enables Glucagon to Stimulate Pancreatic β-Cells. Diabetes 2023; 72:1748-1750. [PMID: 37983525 PMCID: PMC10658067 DOI: 10.2337/dbi23-0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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- Alejandro Caicedo
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Molecular Signaling Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD
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Huising MO, Aron AR. US universities must tackle their huge carbon footprints. Nature 2023; 623:32. [PMID: 37907634 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-03348-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Tixi W, Maldonado M, Chang YT, Chiu A, Yeung W, Parveen N, Nelson MS, Hart R, Wang S, Hsu WJ, Fueger P, Kopp JL, Huising MO, Dhawan S, Shih HP. Coordination between ECM and cell-cell adhesion regulates the development of islet aggregation, architecture, and functional maturation. eLife 2023; 12:e90006. [PMID: 37610090 PMCID: PMC10482429 DOI: 10.7554/elife.90006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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Pancreatic islets are three-dimensional cell aggregates consisting of unique cellular composition, cell-to-cell contacts, and interactions with blood vessels. Cell aggregation is essential for islet endocrine function; however, it remains unclear how developing islets establish aggregation. By combining genetic animal models, imaging tools, and gene expression profiling, we demonstrate that islet aggregation is regulated by extracellular matrix signaling and cell-cell adhesion. Islet endocrine cell-specific inactivation of extracellular matrix receptor integrin β1 disrupted blood vessel interactions but promoted cell-cell adhesion and the formation of larger islets. In contrast, ablation of cell-cell adhesion molecule α-catenin promoted blood vessel interactions yet compromised islet clustering. Simultaneous removal of integrin β1 and α-catenin disrupts islet aggregation and the endocrine cell maturation process, demonstrating that establishment of islet aggregates is essential for functional maturation. Our study provides new insights into understanding the fundamental self-organizing mechanism for islet aggregation, architecture, and functional maturation.
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- Wilma Tixi
- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, California State University, Long BeachLong BeachUnited States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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- Light Microscopy Core, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, DavisDavisUnited States
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British ColumbiaVancouverCanada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British ColumbiaVancouverCanada
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British ColumbiaVancouverCanada
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, DavisDavisUnited States
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, DavisDavisUnited States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of HopeDuarteUnited States
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Cha J, Tong X, Walker EM, Dahan T, Cochrane VA, Ashe S, Russell R, Osipovich AB, Mawla AM, Guo M, Liu JH, Loyd ZA, Huising MO, Magnuson MA, Hebrok M, Dor Y, Stein R. Species-specific roles for the MAFA and MAFB transcription factors in regulating islet β cell identity. JCI Insight 2023; 8:e166386. [PMID: 37606041 PMCID: PMC10543725 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.166386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with compromised identity of insulin-producing pancreatic islet β cells, characterized by inappropriate production of other islet cell-enriched hormones. Here, we examined how hormone misexpression was influenced by the MAFA and MAFB transcription factors, closely related proteins that maintain islet cell function. Mice specifically lacking MafA in β cells demonstrated broad, population-wide changes in hormone gene expression with an overall gene signature closely resembling islet gastrin+ (Gast+) cells generated under conditions of chronic hyperglycemia and obesity. A human β cell line deficient in MAFB, but not one lacking MAFA, also produced a GAST+ gene expression pattern. In addition, GAST was detected in human T2D β cells with low levels of MAFB. Moreover, evidence is provided that human MAFB can directly repress GAST gene transcription. These results support a potentially novel, species-specific role for MafA and MAFB in maintaining adult mouse and human β cell identity, respectively. Here, we discuss the possibility that induction of Gast/GAST and other non-β cell hormones, by reduction in the levels of these transcription factors, represents a dysfunctional β cell signature.
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- Jeeyeon Cha
- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Zhang Q, Huising MO, Da Silva Xavier G, Hauge-Evans AC. Editorial: The pancreatic islet - a multifaceted hub of inter-cellular communication. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1182897. [PMID: 37265699 PMCID: PMC10230102 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1182897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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- Quan Zhang
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, CIBB - Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research (IMSR), University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom
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Mawla AM, van der Meulen T, Huising MO. Chromatin accessibility differences between alpha, beta, and delta cells identifies common and cell type-specific enhancers. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:202. [PMID: 37069576 PMCID: PMC10108528 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09293-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND High throughput sequencing has enabled the interrogation of the transcriptomic landscape of glucagon-secreting alpha cells, insulin-secreting beta cells, and somatostatin-secreting delta cells. These approaches have furthered our understanding of expression patterns that define healthy or diseased islet cell types and helped explicate some of the intricacies between major islet cell crosstalk and glucose regulation. All three endocrine cell types derive from a common pancreatic progenitor, yet alpha and beta cells have partially opposing functions, and delta cells modulate and control insulin and glucagon release. While gene expression signatures that define and maintain cellular identity have been widely explored, the underlying epigenetic components are incompletely characterized and understood. However, chromatin accessibility and remodeling is a dynamic attribute that plays a critical role to determine and maintain cellular identity. RESULTS Here, we compare and contrast the chromatin landscape between mouse alpha, beta, and delta cells using ATAC-Seq to evaluate the significant differences in chromatin accessibility. The similarities and differences in chromatin accessibility between these related islet endocrine cells help define their fate in support of their distinct functional roles. We identify patterns that suggest that both alpha and delta cells are poised, but repressed, from becoming beta-like. We also identify patterns in differentially enriched chromatin that have transcription factor motifs preferentially associated with different regions of the genome. Finally, we not only confirm and visualize previously discovered common endocrine- and cell specific- enhancer regions across differentially enriched chromatin, but identify novel regions as well. We compiled our chromatin accessibility data in a freely accessible database of common endocrine- and cell specific-enhancer regions that can be navigated with minimal bioinformatics expertise. CONCLUSIONS Both alpha and delta cells appear poised, but repressed, from becoming beta cells in murine pancreatic islets. These data broadly support earlier findings on the plasticity in identity of non-beta cells under certain circumstances. Furthermore, differential chromatin accessibility shows preferentially enriched distal-intergenic regions in beta cells, when compared to either alpha or delta cells.
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- Alex M Mawla
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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Wortham M, Liu F, Harrington AR, Fleischman JY, Wallace M, Mulas F, Mallick M, Vinckier NK, Cross BR, Chiou J, Patel NA, Sui Y, McGrail C, Jun Y, Wang G, Jhala US, Schüle R, Shirihai OS, Huising MO, Gaulton KJ, Metallo CM, Sander M. Nutrient regulation of the islet epigenome controls adaptive insulin secretion. J Clin Invest 2023; 133:e165208. [PMID: 36821378 PMCID: PMC10104905 DOI: 10.1172/jci165208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Adaptation of the islet β cell insulin-secretory response to changing insulin demand is critical for blood glucose homeostasis, yet the mechanisms underlying this adaptation are unknown. Here, we have shown that nutrient-stimulated histone acetylation plays a key role in adapting insulin secretion through regulation of genes involved in β cell nutrient sensing and metabolism. Nutrient regulation of the epigenome occurred at sites occupied by the chromatin-modifying enzyme lysine-specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1) in islets. β Cell-specific deletion of Lsd1 led to insulin hypersecretion, aberrant expression of nutrient-response genes, and histone hyperacetylation. Islets from mice adapted to chronically increased insulin demand exhibited shared epigenetic and transcriptional changes. Moreover, we found that genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes were enriched at LSD1-bound sites in human islets, suggesting that interpretation of nutrient signals is genetically determined and clinically relevant. Overall, these studies revealed that adaptive insulin secretion involves Lsd1-mediated coupling of nutrient state to regulation of the islet epigenome.
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- Matthew Wortham
- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Department of Bioengineering, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Department of Urology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, and Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, UCD, Davis, California, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and
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Rubio-Navarro A, Gómez-Banoy N, Stoll L, Dündar F, Mawla AM, Ma L, Cortada E, Zumbo P, Li A, Reiterer M, Montoya-Oviedo N, Homan EA, Imai N, Gilani A, Liu C, Naji A, Yang B, Chong ACN, Cohen DE, Chen S, Cao J, Pitt GS, Huising MO, Betel D, Lo JC. A beta cell subset with enhanced insulin secretion and glucose metabolism is reduced in type 2 diabetes. Nat Cell Biol 2023; 25:565-578. [PMID: 36928765 PMCID: PMC10449536 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-023-01103-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
Abstract
The pancreatic islets are composed of discrete hormone-producing cells that orchestrate systemic glucose homeostasis. Here we identify subsets of beta cells using a single-cell transcriptomic approach. One subset of beta cells marked by high CD63 expression is enriched for the expression of mitochondrial metabolism genes and exhibits higher mitochondrial respiration compared with CD63lo beta cells. Human and murine pseudo-islets derived from CD63hi beta cells demonstrate enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion compared with pseudo-islets from CD63lo beta cells. We show that CD63hi beta cells are diminished in mouse models of and in humans with type 2 diabetes. Finally, transplantation of pseudo-islets generated from CD63hi but not CD63lo beta cells into diabetic mice restores glucose homeostasis. These findings suggest that loss of a specific subset of beta cells may lead to diabetes. Strategies to reconstitute or maintain CD63hi beta cells may represent a potential anti-diabetic therapy.
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- Alfonso Rubio-Navarro
- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Excellence Research Unit "Modeling Nature" (MNat), CTS-963-Center of Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), University Hospitals of Granada-University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Applied Bioinformatics Core, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Applied Bioinformatics Core, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Lipids and Diabetes Laboratory, Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Applied Bioinformatics Core, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Applied Bioinformatics Core, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Weill Center for Metabolic Health, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Chu CMJ, Modi H, Ellis C, Krentz NAJ, Skovsø S, Zhao YB, Cen H, Noursadeghi N, Panzhinskiy E, Hu X, Dionne DA, Xia YH, Xuan S, Huising MO, Kieffer TJ, Lynn FC, Johnson JD. Dynamic Ins2 Gene Activity Defines β-Cell Maturity States. Diabetes 2022; 71:2612-2631. [PMID: 36170671 DOI: 10.2337/db21-1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Transcriptional and functional cellular specialization has been described for insulin-secreting β-cells of the endocrine pancreas. However, it is not clear whether β-cell heterogeneity is stable or reflects dynamic cellular states. We investigated the temporal kinetics of endogenous insulin gene activity using live cell imaging, with complementary experiments using FACS and single-cell RNA sequencing, in β-cells from Ins2GFP knockin mice. In vivo staining and FACS analysis of islets from Ins2GFP mice confirmed that at a given moment, ∼25% of β-cells exhibited significantly higher activity at the evolutionarily conserved insulin gene, Ins2. Live cell imaging over days captured Ins2 gene activity dynamics in single β-cells. Autocorrelation analysis revealed a subset of oscillating cells, with mean oscillation periods of 17 h. Increased glucose concentrations stimulated more cells to oscillate and resulted in higher average Ins2 gene activity per cell. Single-cell RNA sequencing showed that Ins2(GFP)HIGH β-cells were enriched for markers of β-cell maturity. Ins2(GFP)HIGH β-cells were also significantly less viable at all glucose concentrations and in the context of endoplasmic reticulum stress. Collectively, our results demonstrate that the heterogeneity of insulin production, observed in mouse and human β-cells, can be accounted for by dynamic states of insulin gene activity.
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- Chieh Min Jamie Chu
- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Biomedical Research Centre, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Diabetes Focus Team, Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Reininger L, Flisher M, Tremblay C, Ethier M, Ghislain J, Huising MO, Poitout V. FFA4 Regulates Insulin Secretion Via Inhibition of Somatostatin Secretion From Delta Cells. Can J Diabetes 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.09.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Lee S, Xu H, Van Vleck A, Mawla AM, Li AM, Ye J, Huising MO, Annes JP. β-Cell Succinate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Triggers Metabolic Dysfunction and Insulinopenic Diabetes. Diabetes 2022; 71:1439-1453. [PMID: 35472723 PMCID: PMC9233299 DOI: 10.2337/db21-0834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a central role in type 2 diabetes (T2D); however, the pathogenic mechanisms in pancreatic β-cells are incompletely elucidated. Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is a key mitochondrial enzyme with dual functions in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and electron transport chain. Using samples from human with diabetes and a mouse model of β-cell-specific SDH ablation (SDHBβKO), we define SDH deficiency as a driver of mitochondrial dysfunction in β-cell failure and insulinopenic diabetes. β-Cell SDH deficiency impairs glucose-induced respiratory oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial membrane potential collapse, thereby compromising glucose-stimulated ATP production, insulin secretion, and β-cell growth. Mechanistically, metabolomic and transcriptomic studies reveal that the loss of SDH causes excess succinate accumulation, which inappropriately activates mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1-regulated metabolic anabolism, including increased SREBP-regulated lipid synthesis. These alterations, which mirror diabetes-associated human β-cell dysfunction, are partially reversed by acute mTOR inhibition with rapamycin. We propose SDH deficiency as a contributing mechanism to the progressive β-cell failure of diabetes and identify mTOR complex 1 inhibition as a potential mitigation strategy.
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- Sooyeon Lee
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Cancer Biology Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Cancer Biology Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- Stanford ChEM-H and Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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Flisher MF, Shin D, Huising MO. Urocortin3: Local inducer of somatostatin release and bellwether of beta cell maturity. Peptides 2022; 151:170748. [PMID: 35065098 PMCID: PMC10881066 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2022.170748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Urocortin 3 (UCN3) is a peptide hormone expressed in pancreatic islets of Langerhans of both human alpha and human beta cells and solely in murine beta cells. UCN3 signaling acts locally within the islet to activate its cognate receptor, corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 (CRHR2), which is expressed by delta cells, to potentiate somatostatin (SST) negative feedback to reduce islet cell hormone output. The functional importance of UCN3 signaling in the islet is to modulate the amount of SST tone allowing for finely tuned regulation of insulin and glucagon secretion. UCN3 signaling is a hallmark of functional beta cell maturation, increasing the beta cell glucose threshold for insulin secretion. In doing so, UCN3 plays a relevant functional role in accurately maintaining blood glucose homeostasis. Additionally, UCN3 acts as an indicator of beta cell maturation and health, as UCN3 is not expressed in immature beta cells and is downregulated in dedifferentiated and dysfunctional beta cell states. Here, we review the mechanistic underpinnings of UCN3 signaling, its net effect on islet cell hormone output, as well as its value as a marker for beta cell maturation and functional status.
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- Marcus F Flisher
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, United States; Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States.
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Blencowe M, Furterer A, Wang Q, Gao F, Rosenberger M, Pei L, Nomoto H, Mawla AM, Huising MO, Coppola G, Yang X, Butler PC, Gurlo T. IAPP-induced beta cell stress recapitulates the islet transcriptome in type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 2022; 65:173-187. [PMID: 34554282 PMCID: PMC8660728 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-021-05569-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Type 2 diabetes is characterised by islet amyloid and toxic oligomers of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP). We posed the questions, (1) does IAPP toxicity induce an islet response comparable to that in humans with type 2 diabetes, and if so, (2) what are the key transcriptional drivers of this response? METHODS The islet transcriptome was evaluated in five groups of mice: beta cell specific transgenic for (1) human IAPP, (2) rodent IAPP, (3) human calpastatin, (4) human calpastatin and human IAPP, and (5) wild-type mice. RNA sequencing data was analysed by differential expression analysis and gene co-expression network analysis to establish the islet response to adaptation to an increased beta cell workload of soluble rodent IAPP, the islet response to increased expression of oligomeric human IAPP, and the extent to which the latter was rescued by suppression of calpain hyperactivation by calpastatin. Rank-rank hypergeometric overlap analysis was used to compare the transcriptome of islets from human or rodent IAPP transgenic mice vs humans with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. RESULTS The islet transcriptomes in humans with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are remarkably similar. Beta cell overexpression of soluble rodent or oligomer-prone human IAPP induced changes in islet transcriptome present in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, including decreased expression of genes that confer beta cell identity. Increased expression of human IAPP, but not rodent IAPP, induced islet inflammation present in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in humans. Key mediators of the injury responses in islets transgenic for human IAPP or those from individuals with type 2 diabetes include STAT3, NF-κB, ESR1 and CTNNB1 by transcription factor analysis and COL3A1, NID1 and ZNF800 by gene regulatory network analysis. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Beta cell injury mediated by IAPP is a plausible mechanism to contribute to islet inflammation and dedifferentiation in type 2 diabetes. Inhibition of IAPP toxicity is a potential therapeutic target in type 2 diabetes.
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- Montgomery Blencowe
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Krentz NAJ, Shea LD, Huising MO, Shaw JAM. Restoring normal islet mass and function in type 1 diabetes through regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2021; 9:708-724. [PMID: 34480875 PMCID: PMC10881068 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(21)00170-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes is characterised by autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic β-cell mass. With the advent of insulin therapy a century ago, type 1 diabetes changed from a progressive, fatal disease to one that requires lifelong complex self-management. Replacing the lost β-cell mass through transplantation has proven successful, but limited donor supply and need for lifelong immunosuppression restricts widespread use. In this Review, we highlight incremental advances over the past 20 years and remaining challenges in regenerative medicine approaches to restoring β-cell mass and function in type 1 diabetes. We begin by summarising the role of endocrine islets in glucose homoeostasis and how this is altered in disease. We then discuss the potential regenerative capacity of the remaining islet cells and the utility of stem cell-derived β-like cells to restore β-cell function. We conclude with tissue engineering approaches that might improve the engraftment, function, and survival of β-cell replacement therapies.
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- Nicole A J Krentz
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Surgery, College of Engineering and School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA; Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Institute of Transplantation, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Huising MO, Albeck JG. Temporal coding of ERK signalling in β-cells. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2021; 17:517-518. [PMID: 34168342 DOI: 10.1038/s41574-021-00527-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Mark O Huising
- Departments of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior & Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Koike S, Hsu MF, Bettaieb A, Chu B, Matsumoto N, Morisseau C, Havel PJ, Huising MO, Hammock BD, Haj FG. Genetic deficiency or pharmacological inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase ameliorates high fat diet-induced pancreatic β-cell dysfunction and loss. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 172:48-57. [PMID: 34038767 PMCID: PMC9901526 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Pancreatic β-cells are crucial regulators of systemic glucose homeostasis, and their dysfunction and loss are central features in type 2 diabetes. Interventions that rectify β-cell dysfunction and loss are essential to combat this deadly malady. In the current study, we sought to delineate the role of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) in β-cells under diet-induced metabolic stress. The expression of sEH was upregulated in murine and macaque diabetes models and islets of diabetic human patients. We postulated that hyperglycemia-induced elevation in sEH leads to a reduction in its substrates, epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), and attenuates the function of β-cells. Genetic deficiency of sEH potentiated glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in mice, likely in a cell-autonomous manner, contributing to better systemic glucose control. Consistent with this observation, genetic and pharmacological inactivation of sEH and the treatment with EETs exhibited insulinotropic effects in isolated murine islets ex vivo. Additionally, sEH deficiency enhanced glucose sensing and metabolism with elevated ATP and cAMP concentrations. This phenotype was associated with attenuated oxidative stress and diminished β-cell death in sEH deficient islets. Moreover, pharmacological inhibition of sEH in vivo mitigated, albeit partly, high fat diet-induced β-cell loss and dedifferentiation. The current observations provide new insights into the role of sEH in β-cells and information that may be leveraged for the development of a mechanism-based intervention to rectify β-cell dysfunction and loss.
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- Shinichiro Koike
- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA; Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA; Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology & Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA; Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA; Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA; Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
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Noguchi GM, Ou R, Castillo V, Donaldson CJ, Mawla AM, Huising MO. Functional Heterogeneity Among Pancreatic Alpha Cells. J Endocr Soc 2021. [PMCID: PMC8090148 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Historically, endocrine cells in the pancreatic islets have been assumed to function as relatively homogenous populations largely because we lacked the ability to measure individual cell activity with sufficient throughput to reliably detect heterogeneity within each population. The glucagon-secreting alpha cells play a vital role in regulating glycemia, but the mechanisms that control alpha cell activity and whether the alpha cells behave as a single unit or heterogeneously remain incompletely understood. To overcome the limitations in throughput that have to date prevented the study of alpha cells at the population level, we used genetically-encoded fluorescent indicators selectively expressed in alpha cells. Imaging intact mouse islets with these indicators in 3D responding to treatments in real time yields hundreds of individual alpha cell recordings per experiment. Calcium imaging showed reproducible heterogeneous responses to a panel of known physiological potentiators of glucagon secretion such as arginine vasopressin, epinephrine, and amino acids. Separate dose response experiments revealed that the proportion of alpha cells responding to each signal plateaus at different proportions of alpha cells. The calcium data correlate both with direct glucagon secretion levels as well as cAMP measurement. Our findings highlight previously unappreciated levels of functional heterogeneity among alpha cells and demonstrate that alpha cells are not a single uniform unit. Our observations suggest that dose-dependent increases in glucagon secretion in response to different physiological cues may be the result of mobilizing progressively larger proportions of the total alpha cell mass. We hypothesize that this functional heterogeneity is a built-in mechanism through which different physiological cues elicit graded glucagon responses from the alpha cells.
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- University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Lee S, Zhang J, Saravanakumar S, Flisher MF, Grimm DR, van der Meulen T, Huising MO. Virgin β-Cells at the Neogenic Niche Proliferate Normally and Mature Slowly. Diabetes 2021; 70:1070-1083. [PMID: 33563657 PMCID: PMC8173805 DOI: 10.2337/db20-0679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Proliferation of pancreatic β-cells has long been known to reach its peak in the neonatal stages and decline during adulthood. However, β-cell proliferation has been studied under the assumption that all β-cells constitute a single, homogenous population. It is unknown whether a subpopulation of β-cells retains the capacity to proliferate at a higher rate and thus contributes disproportionately to the maintenance of mature β-cell mass in adults. We therefore assessed the proliferative capacity and turnover potential of virgin β-cells, a novel population of immature β-cells found at the islet periphery. We demonstrate that virgin β-cells can proliferate but do so at rates similar to those of mature β-cells from the same islet under normal and challenged conditions. Virgin β-cell proliferation rates also conform to the age-dependent decline previously reported for β-cells at large. We further show that virgin β-cells represent a long-lived, stable subpopulation of β-cells with low turnover into mature β-cells under healthy conditions. Our observations indicate that virgin β-cells at the islet periphery can divide but do not contribute disproportionately to the maintenance of adult β-cell mass.
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- Sharon Lee
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Croze ML, Flisher MF, Guillaume A, Tremblay C, Noguchi GM, Granziera S, Vivot K, Castillo VC, Campbell SA, Ghislain J, Huising MO, Poitout V. Free fatty acid receptor 4 inhibitory signaling in delta cells regulates islet hormone secretion in mice. Mol Metab 2021; 45:101166. [PMID: 33484949 PMCID: PMC7873385 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Maintenance of glucose homeostasis requires the precise regulation of hormone secretion from the endocrine pancreas. Free fatty acid receptor 4 (FFAR4/GPR120) is a G protein-coupled receptor whose activation in islets of Langerhans promotes insulin and glucagon secretion and inhibits somatostatin secretion. However, the contribution of individual islet cell types (α, β, and δ cells) to the insulinotropic and glucagonotropic effects of GPR120 remains unclear. As gpr120 mRNA is enriched in somatostatin-secreting δ cells, we hypothesized that GPR120 activation stimulates insulin and glucagon secretion via inhibition of somatostatin release. METHODS Glucose tolerance tests were performed in mice after administration of selective GPR120 agonist Compound A. Insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin secretion were measured in static incubations of isolated mouse islets in response to endogenous (ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) and/or pharmacological (Compound A and AZ-13581837) GPR120 agonists. The effect of Compound A on hormone secretion was tested further in islets isolated from mice with global or somatostatin cell-specific knock-out of gpr120. Gpr120 expression was assessed in pancreatic sections by RNA in situ hybridization. Cyclic AMP (cAMP) and calcium dynamics in response to pharmacological GPR120 agonists were measured specifically in α, β, and δ cells in intact islets using cAMPER and GCaMP6 reporter mice, respectively. RESULTS Acute exposure to Compound A increased glucose tolerance, circulating insulin, and glucagon levels in vivo. Endogenous and/or pharmacological GPR120 agonists reduced somatostatin secretion in isolated islets and concomitantly demonstrated dose-dependent potentiation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and arginine-stimulated glucagon secretion. Gpr120 was enriched in δ cells. Pharmacological GPR120 agonists reduced cAMP and calcium levels in δ cells but increased these signals in α and β cells. Compound A-mediated inhibition of somatostatin secretion was insensitive to pertussis toxin. The effect of Compound A on hormone secretion was completely absent in islets from mice with either global or somatostatin cell-specific deletion of gpr120 and partially reduced upon blockade of somatostatin receptor signaling by cyclosomatostatin. CONCLUSIONS Inhibitory GPR120 signaling in δ cells contributes to both insulin and glucagon secretion in part by mitigating somatostatin release.
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- Marine L Croze
- Montreal Diabetes Research Center, CRCHUM, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Montreal Diabetes Research Center, CRCHUM, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Montreal Diabetes Research Center, CRCHUM, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA; Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Montreal Diabetes Research Center, CRCHUM, Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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Pires J, Greathouse RL, Quach N, Huising MO, Crakes KR, Miller M, Gilor C. The effect of the ghrelin-receptor agonist capromorelin on glucose metabolism in healthy cats. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2021; 74:106484. [PMID: 32619812 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2020.106484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Somatostatin secretion from islet delta cells is important in maintaining low glycemic variability (GV) by providing negative feedback to beta cells and inhibiting insulin secretion. Capromorelin is a ghrelin-receptor agonist that activates the growth hormone secretagogue receptor on delta cells. We hypothesized that in cats, capromorelin administration will result in decreased GV at the expense of reduced insulin secretion and glucose tolerance. Seven healthy cats were treated with capromorelin from days 1-30. After the first day, fasting blood glucose increased (+13 ± 3 mg/dL, P < 0.0001), insulin decreased (+128 ± 122 ng/dL, P = 0.03), and glucagon was unchanged. Blood glucose was increased throughout an intravenous glucose tolerance test on day 1 with blunting of first-phase insulin response ([FPIR] 4,931 ± 2,597 ng/L/15 min) compared with day -3 (17,437 ± 8,302 ng/L/15 min, P = 0.004). On day 30, FPIR was still blunted (9,993 ± 4,285 ng/L/15 min, P = 0.045), but glucose tolerance returned to baseline. Mean interstitial glucose was increased (+19 ± 6 mg/dL, P = 0.03) on days 2-4 but returned to baseline by days 27-29 (P = 0.3). On days 2-4, GV was increased (SD = 9.7 ± 3.2) compared with baseline (SD = 5.0 ± 1.1, P = 0.02) and returned to baseline on days 27-29 (SD = 6.1 ± 1.1, P = 0.16). In summary, capromorelin caused a decline in insulin secretion and glycemic control and an increase in glucose variability early in the course of treatment, but these effects diminished toward the end of 30 d of treatment.
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- J Pires
- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Gilor C, Pires J, Greathouse R, Horn R, Huising MO, Marks SL, Murphy B, Kol A. Loss of sympathetic innervation to islets of Langerhans in canine diabetes and pancreatitis is not associated with insulitis. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19187. [PMID: 33154408 PMCID: PMC7645777 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76091-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Canine diabetes mellitus (DM) affects 0.6% of the canine population and yet, its etiology is poorly understood. Most affected dogs are diagnosed as adults and are insulin-dependent. We compared pan-leukocyte and sympathetic innervation markers in pancreatic islets of adult dogs with spontaneous DM (sDM), spontaneous pancreatitis (sPanc), both (sDMPanc), toxin-induced DM (iDM) and controls. We found evidence of decreased islet sympathetic innervation but no significant infiltration of islets with leukocytes in all disease groups. We show that loss of sympathetic innervation is ongoing in canine DM and does not necessarily precede it. We further found selective loss of islet-associated beta cells in dogs with sDM and sDMPanc, suggesting that collateral damage from inflammation in the exocrine pancreas is not a likely cause of DM in these dogs. The cause of this selective loss of beta cells needs to be further elucidated but overall, our findings are not supportive of an autoimmune process as a cause of sDM in adult dogs. The loss of sympathetic innervation in sPanc in dogs that do not suffer from DM links the disease in the exocrine pancreas to a pathological process in the endocrine pancreas, suggesting pancreatitis might be a potential precursor to DM.
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- Chen Gilor
- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA. .,Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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Pancreatic beta cells are the only cell type in our body capable of producing and secreting insulin to instruct the insulin-sensitive cells and tissues of our bodies to absorb nutrients after a meal. Accurate control of insulin release is of critical importance; too little insulin leads to diabetes, while an excess of insulin can cause potentially fatal hypoglycaemia. Yet, the pancreas of most people will control insulin secretion safely and effectively over decades and in response to glucose excursions driven by tens of thousands of meals. Because we only become aware of the important contributions of the pancreas when it fails to maintain glucose homeostasis, it is easy to forget just how well insulin release from a healthy pancreas is matched to insulin need to ensure stable blood glucose levels. Beta cells achieve this feat by extensive crosstalk with the rest of the endocrine cell types in the islet, notably the glucagon-producing alpha cells and somatostatin-producing delta cells. Here I will review the important paracrine contributions that each of these cells makes to the stimulation and subsequent inhibition of insulin release in response to a transient nutrient stimulation, and make the case that a breakdown of this local crosstalk contributes to the pathophysiology of diabetes. Graphical abstract.
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- Mark O Huising
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, 196 Briggs Hall, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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Huang JL, Lee S, Hoek P, van der Meulen T, Van R, Huising MO. Genetic deletion of Urocortin 3 does not prevent functional maturation of beta cells. J Endocrinol 2020; 246:69-78. [PMID: 32369775 PMCID: PMC7286360 DOI: 10.1530/joe-19-0535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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There is great interest in generating functionally mature beta cells from stem cells, as loss of functional beta cell mass contributes to the pathophysiology of diabetes. Identifying markers of beta cell maturity is therefore very helpful for distinguishing stem cells that have been successfully differentiated into fully mature beta cells from stem cells that did not. Urocortin 3 (UCN3) is a peptide hormone whose expression is associated with the acquisition of functional maturity in beta cells. The onset of its expression occurs after other beta cell maturity markers are already expressed and its loss marks the beginning of beta cell dedifferentiation. Its expression pattern is therefore tightly correlated with beta cell maturity. While this makes UCN3 an excellent marker of beta cell maturity, it is not established whether UCN3 is required for beta cell maturation. Here, we compared gene expression and function of beta cells from Ucn3-null mice relative to WT mice to determine whether beta cells are functionally mature in the absence of UCN3. Our results show that genetic deletion of Ucn3 does not cause a loss of beta cell maturity or an increase in beta cell dedifferentiation. Furthermore, virgin beta cells, first identified as insulin-expressing, UCN3-negative beta cells, can still be detected at the islet periphery in Ucn3-null mice. Beta cells from Ucn3-null mice also exhibit normal calcium response when exposed to high glucose. Collectively, these observations indicate that UCN3 is an excellent mature beta cell marker that is nevertheless not necessary for beta cell maturation.
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- Jessica L. Huang
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California
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Vilarino M, Rashid ST, Suchy FP, McNabb BR, van der Meulen T, Fine EJ, Ahsan SD, Mursaliyev N, Sebastiano V, Diab SS, Huising MO, Nakauchi H, Ross PJ. Author Correction: CRISPR/Cas9 microinjection in oocytes disables pancreas development in sheep. Sci Rep 2020; 10:7500. [PMID: 32371904 PMCID: PMC7200707 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64443-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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- Marcela Vilarino
- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine and Institute for Liver Studies, King's College, London, UK
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine and Institute for Liver Studies, King's College, London, UK
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Davis, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
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The pancreatic islet is a complex mini organ composed of a variety of endocrine cells and their support cells, which together tightly control blood glucose homeostasis. Changes in glucose concentration are commonly regarded as the chief signal controlling insulin-secreting beta cells, glucagon-secreting alpha cells and somatostatin-secreting delta cells. However, each of these cell types is highly responsive to a multitude of endocrine, paracrine, nutritional and neural inputs, which collectively shape the final endocrine output of the islet. Here, we review the principal inputs for each islet-cell type and the physiological circumstances in which these signals arise, through the prism of the insights generated by the transcriptomes of each of the major endocrine-cell types. A comprehensive integration of the factors that influence blood glucose homeostasis is essential to successfully improve therapeutic strategies for better diabetes management.
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- Glyn M Noguchi
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
- Department of Physiology & Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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Islet gene expression has been widely studied to better understand the transcriptional features that define a healthy β-cell. Transcriptomes of FACS-purified α-, β-, and δ-cells using bulk RNA-sequencing have facilitated our understanding of the complex network of cross talk between islet cells and its effects on β-cell function. However, these approaches were by design not intended to resolve heterogeneity between individual cells. Several recent studies used single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) to report considerable heterogeneity within mouse and human β-cells. In this Perspective, we assess how this newfound ability to assess gene expression at single-cell resolution has enhanced our understanding of β-cell heterogeneity. We conduct a comprehensive assessment of several single human β-cell transcriptome data sets and ask if the heterogeneity reported by these studies showed overlap and concurred with previously known examples of β-cell heterogeneity. We also illustrate the impact of the inevitable limitations of working at or below the limit of detection of gene expression at single cell resolution and their consequences for the quality of single-islet cell transcriptome data. Finally, we offer some guidance on when to opt for scRNA-Seq and when bulk sequencing approaches may be better suited.
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- Alex M Mawla
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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The role of beta and α-cells to glucose control are established, but the physiological role of δ-cells is poorly understood. Delta-cells are ideally positioned within pancreatic islets to modulate insulin and glucagon secretion at their source. We review the evidence for a negative feedback loop between delta and β-cells that determines the blood glucose set point and suggest that local δ-cell-mediated feedback stabilizes glycemic control.
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- Mark O Huising
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California , Davis, California.,Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California , Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California , Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California , Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California , Davis, California
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California , Davis, California
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Vilarino M, Suchy FP, Rashid ST, Lindsay H, Reyes J, McNabb BR, van der Meulen T, Huising MO, Nakauchi H, Ross PJ. Mosaicism diminishes the value of pre-implantation embryo biopsies for detecting CRISPR/Cas9 induced mutations in sheep. Transgenic Res 2018; 27:525-537. [PMID: 30284144 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-018-0094-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The production of knock-out (KO) livestock models is both expensive and time consuming due to their long gestational interval and low number of offspring. One alternative to increase efficiency is performing a genetic screening to select pre-implantation embryos that have incorporated the desired mutation. Here we report the use of sheep embryo biopsies for detecting CRISPR/Cas9-induced mutations targeting the gene PDX1 prior to embryo transfer. PDX1 is a critical gene for pancreas development and the target gene required for the creation of pancreatogenesis-disabled sheep. We evaluated the viability of biopsied embryos in vitro and in vivo, and we determined the mutation efficiency using PCR combined with gel electrophoresis and digital droplet PCR (ddPCR). Next, we determined the presence of mosaicism in ~ 50% of the recovered fetuses employing a clonal sequencing methodology. While the use of biopsies did not compromise embryo viability, the presence of mosaicism diminished the diagnostic value of the technique. If mosaicism could be overcome, pre-implantation embryo biopsies for mutation screening represents a powerful approach that will streamline the creation of KO animals.
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- Marcela Vilarino
- Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- School of Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine and Institute for Liver Studies, King's College, London, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.,SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- School of Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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We recently discovered a novel subset of beta cells that resemble immature beta cells during pancreas development. We named these "virgin" beta cells as they do not stem from existing mature beta cells. Virgin beta cells are found exclusively at the islet periphery in areas that we therefore designated as the "neogenic niche." As beta cells are our only source of insulin, their loss leads to diabetes. Islets also contain glucagon-producing alpha cells and somatostatin-producing delta cells, that are important for glucose homeostasis and form a mantle surrounding the beta cell core. This 3D architecture is important and determines access to blood flow and innervation. We propose that the distinctive islet architecture may also play an important, but hitherto unappreciated role in generation of new endocrine cells, including beta cells. We discuss several predictions to further test the contribution of the neogenic niche to beta cell regeneration.
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- Mark O Huising
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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The somatostatin-secreting δ-cells comprise ~5% of the cells of the pancreatic islets. The δ-cells have complex morphology and might interact with many more islet cells than suggested by their low numbers. δ-Cells contain ATP-sensitive potassium channels, which open at low levels of glucose but close when glucose is elevated. This closure initiates membrane depolarization and electrical activity and increased somatostatin secretion. Factors released by neighbouring α-cells or β-cells amplify the glucose-induced effects on somatostatin secretion from δ-cells, which act locally within the islets as paracrine or autocrine inhibitors of insulin, glucagon and somatostatin secretion. The effects of somatostatin are mediated by activation of somatostatin receptors coupled to the inhibitory G protein, which culminates in suppression of the electrical activity and exocytosis in α-cells and β-cells. Somatostatin secretion is perturbed in animal models of diabetes mellitus, which might explain the loss of appropriate hypoglycaemia-induced glucagon secretion, a defect that could be mitigated by somatostatin receptor 2 antagonists. Somatostatin antagonists or agents that suppress somatostatin secretion have been proposed as an adjunct to insulin therapy. In this Review, we summarize the cell physiology of somatostatin secretion, what might go wrong in diabetes mellitus and the therapeutic potential of agents targeting somatostatin secretion or action.
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- Patrik Rorsman
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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van der Meulen T, Lee S, Noordeloos E, Donaldson CJ, Adams MW, Noguchi GM, Mawla AM, Huising MO. Artemether Does Not Turn α Cells into β Cells. Cell Metab 2018; 27:218-225.e4. [PMID: 29103923 PMCID: PMC5762275 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 08/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Pancreatic α cells retain considerable plasticity and can, under the right circumstances, transdifferentiate into functionally mature β cells. In search of a targetable mechanistic basis, a recent paper suggested that the widely used anti-malaria drug artemether suppresses the α cell transcription factor Arx to promote transdifferentiation into β cells. However, key initial experiments in this paper were carried out in islet cell lines, and most subsequent validation experiments implied transdifferentiation without direct demonstration of α to β cell conversion. Indeed, we find no evidence that artemether promotes transdifferentiation of primary α cells into β cells. Moreover, artemether reduces Ins2 expression in primary β cells >100-fold, suppresses glucose uptake, and abrogates β cell calcium responses and insulin secretion in response to glucose. Our observations suggest that artemether induces general islet endocrine cell dedifferentiation and call into question the utility of artemisinins to promote α to β cell transdifferentiation in treating diabetes.
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- Talitha van der Meulen
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Vilarino M, Rashid ST, Suchy FP, McNabb BR, van der Meulen T, Fine EJ, Ahsan SD, Mursaliyev N, Sebastiano V, Diab SS, Huising MO, Nakauchi H, Ross PJ. CRISPR/Cas9 microinjection in oocytes disables pancreas development in sheep. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17472. [PMID: 29234093 PMCID: PMC5727233 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17805-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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One of the ultimate goals of regenerative medicine is the generation of patient-specific organs from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). Sheep are potential hosts for growing human organs through the technique of blastocyst complementation. We report here the creation of pancreatogenesis-disabled sheep by oocyte microinjection of CRISPR/Cas9 targeting PDX1, a critical gene for pancreas development. We compared the efficiency of target mutations after microinjecting the CRISPR/Cas9 system in metaphase II (MII) oocytes and zygote stage embryos. MII oocyte microinjection reduced lysis, improved blastocyst rate, increased the number of targeted bi-allelic mutations, and resulted in similar degree of mosaicism when compared to zygote microinjection. While the use of a single sgRNA was efficient at inducing mutated fetuses, the lack of complete gene inactivation resulted in animals with an intact pancreas. When using a dual sgRNA system, we achieved complete PDX1 disruption. This PDX1-/- fetus lacked a pancreas and provides the basis for the production of gene-edited sheep as a host for interspecies organ generation. In the future, combining gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9 and PSCs complementation could result in a powerful approach for human organ generation.
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- Marcela Vilarino
- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine and Institute for Liver Studies, King's College, London, UK
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine and Institute for Liver Studies, King's College, London, UK
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Davis, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
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Zeng C, Mulas F, Sui Y, Guan T, Miller N, Tan Y, Liu F, Jin W, Carrano AC, Huising MO, Shirihai OS, Yeo GW, Sander M. Pseudotemporal Ordering of Single Cells Reveals Metabolic Control of Postnatal β Cell Proliferation. Cell Metab 2017; 25:1160-1175.e11. [PMID: 28467932 PMCID: PMC5501713 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Pancreatic β cell mass for appropriate blood glucose control is established during early postnatal life. β cell proliferative capacity declines postnatally, but the extrinsic cues and intracellular signals that cause this decline remain unknown. To obtain a high-resolution map of β cell transcriptome dynamics after birth, we generated single-cell RNA-seq data of β cells from multiple postnatal time points and ordered cells based on transcriptional similarity using a new analytical tool. This analysis captured signatures of immature, proliferative β cells and established high expression of amino acid metabolic, mitochondrial, and Srf/Jun/Fos transcription factor genes as their hallmark feature. Experimental validation revealed high metabolic activity in immature β cells and a role for reactive oxygen species and Srf/Jun/Fos transcription factors in driving postnatal β cell proliferation and mass expansion. Our work provides the first high-resolution molecular characterization of state changes in postnatal β cells and paves the way for the identification of novel therapeutic targets to stimulate β cell regeneration.
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- Chun Zeng
- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Medicine, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Medicine, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center and Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Pullen TJ, Huising MO, Rutter GA. Analysis of Purified Pancreatic Islet Beta and Alpha Cell Transcriptomes Reveals 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase (Hsd11b1) as a Novel Disallowed Gene. Front Genet 2017; 8:41. [PMID: 28443133 PMCID: PMC5385341 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We and others have previously identified a group of genes, dubbed "disallowed," whose expression is markedly lower in pancreatic islets than in other mammalian cell types. Forced mis-expression of several members of this family leads to defective insulin secretion, demonstrating the likely importance of disallowance for normal beta cell function. Up to now, transcriptomic comparisons have been based solely on data from whole islets. This raises the possibilities that (a) there may be important differences in the degree of disallowance of family members between beta and other either neuroendocrine cells; (b) beta (or alpha) cell disallowed genes may have gone undetected. To address this issue, we survey here recent massive parallel sequencing (RNA-Seq) datasets from purified mouse and human islet cells. Our analysis reveals that the most strongly disallowed genes are similar in beta and alpha cells, with 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (Hsd11b1) mRNA being essentially undetectable in both cell types. The analysis also reveals that several genes involved in cellular proliferation, including Yap1 and Igfbp4, and previously assumed to be disallowed in both beta and alpha cells, are selectively repressed only in the beta cell. The latter finding supports the view that beta cell growth is selectively restricted in adults, providing a mechanism to avoid excessive insulin production and the risk of hypoglycaemia. Approaches which increase the expression or activity of selected disallowed genes in the beta cell may provide the basis for novel regenerative therapies in type 2 diabetes.
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- Timothy J. Pullen
- Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College LondonLondon, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, DavisCA, USA
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- Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College LondonLondon, UK
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van der Meulen T, Mawla AM, DiGruccio MR, Adams MW, Nies V, Dólleman S, Liu S, Ackermann AM, Cáceres E, Hunter AE, Kaestner KH, Donaldson CJ, Huising MO. Virgin Beta Cells Persist throughout Life at a Neogenic Niche within Pancreatic Islets. Cell Metab 2017; 25:911-926.e6. [PMID: 28380380 PMCID: PMC8586897 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Postnatal maintenance or regeneration of pancreatic beta cells is considered to occur exclusively via the replication of existing beta cells, but clinically meaningful restoration of human beta cell mass by proliferation has never been achieved. We discovered a population of immature beta cells that is present throughout life and forms from non-beta precursors at a specialized micro-environment or "neogenic niche" at the islet periphery. These cells express insulin, but lack other key beta cell markers, and are transcriptionally immature, incapable of sensing glucose, and unable to support calcium influx. They constitute an intermediate stage in the transdifferentiation of alpha cells to cells that are functionally indistinguishable from conventional beta cells. We thus identified a lifelong source of new beta cells at a specialized site within healthy islets. By comparing co-existing immature and mature beta cells within healthy islets, we stand to learn how to mature insulin-expressing cells into functional beta cells.
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- Talitha van der Meulen
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Pilbrow AP, Lewis KA, Perrin MH, Sweet WE, Moravec CS, Tang WHW, Huising MO, Troughton RW, Cameron VA. Cardiac CRFR1 Expression Is Elevated in Human Heart Failure and Modulated by Genetic Variation and Alternative Splicing. Endocrinology 2016; 157:4865-4874. [PMID: 27754786 PMCID: PMC5133347 DOI: 10.1210/en.2016-1448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and the CRF-related peptides, urocortin (Ucn)-1, Ucn2, and Ucn3 signal through receptors CRFR1 and CRFR2 to restore homeostasis in response to stress. The Ucns exert potent cardioprotective effects and may have clinical utility in heart failure. To explore the activity of this system in the heart, we measured the levels of myocardial gene expression of the CRF/Ucn family of ligands/receptors and investigated genetic variation and alternative splicing of CRFR1 in 110 heart failure patients and 108 heart donors. Using quantitative real-time PCR, we detected CRFR1, CRFR2, CRF, Ucn1, Ucn2, and Ucn3 in all samples. CRFR2α was the most abundant receptor and Ucn3 the most abundant ligand, both in patients and donors. Compared with donors, cardiac expression of CRFR1, CRF, and Ucn3 was higher (P < .001) and CRFR2α lower (P = .012) in patients. In patients and donors, genetic variation within CRFR1, represented by the chromosome 17q21.31 inversion polymorphism, was associated with markedly higher CRFR1 expression (P < .001), making CRFR1 and CRFR2α expression almost equivalent in some patients. A novel, truncated splice variant of CRFR1, designated CRFR1j, was identified and shown to exert a dominant-negative effect on CRFR1 signaling in vitro. The novel variant was expressed in a greater proportion of patients (60%) than donors (3%, P < .001). In summary, cardiac expression of CRFR1, CRF, and Ucn3 genes is elevated in heart failure and may contribute to the activation of the CRF/Ucn system in these patients. A common variant within the CRFR1 gene and a novel CRFR1 splice variant may modulate CRFR1 expression and signaling.
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- Anna P Pilbrow
- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories (A.P.P., K.A.L., M.H.P., M.O.H.), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037; Christchurch Heart Institute (A.P.P., R.W.T., V.A.C.), Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand; Kaufman Center for Heart Failure (W.E.S., C.S.M., W.H.W.T.), Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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Hogan MF, Ravnskjaer K, Matsumura S, Huising MO, Hull RL, Kahn SE, Montminy M. Hepatic Insulin Resistance Following Chronic Activation of the CREB Coactivator CRTC2. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:25997-6006. [PMID: 26342077 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.679266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Under fasting conditions, increases in circulating concentrations of glucagon maintain glucose homeostasis via the induction of hepatic gluconeogenesis. Triggering of the cAMP pathway in hepatocytes stimulates the gluconeogenic program via the PKA-mediated phosphorylation of CREB and dephosphorylation of the cAMP-regulated CREB coactivators CRTC2 and CRTC3. In parallel, decreases in circulating insulin also increase gluconeogenic gene expression via the de-phosphorylation and activation of the forkhead transcription factor FOXO1. Hepatic gluconeogenesis is increased in insulin resistance where it contributes to the attendant hyperglycemia. Whether selective activation of the hepatic CREB/CRTC pathway is sufficient to trigger metabolic changes in other tissues is unclear, however. Modest hepatic expression of a phosphorylation-defective and therefore constitutively active CRTC2S171,275A protein increased gluconeogenic gene expression under fasting as well as feeding conditions. Circulating glucose concentrations were constitutively elevated in CRTC2S171,275A-expressing mice, leading to compensatory increases in circulating insulin concentrations that enhance FOXO1 phosphorylation. Despite accompanying decreases in FOXO1 activity, hepatic gluconeogenic gene expression remained elevated in CRTC2S171,275A mice, demonstrating that chronic increases in CRTC2 activity in the liver are indeed sufficient to promote hepatic insulin resistance and to disrupt glucose homeostasis.
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- Meghan F Hogan
- From the Peptide Biology Laboratories, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98108
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- From the Peptide Biology Laboratories, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- From the Peptide Biology Laboratories, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan, and
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- From the Peptide Biology Laboratories, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98108
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98108
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- From the Peptide Biology Laboratories, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037,
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Pancreatic beta cells are clustered in islets of Langerhans together with alpha cells in an arrangement that facilitates the tight coordination of insulin and glucagon secretion at the source of their release. Other secretory cells, including somatostatin-secreting delta cells and pancreatic polypeptide cells, co-localise with alpha and beta cells in the islet and serve to modulate islet endocrine output. A multitude of non-secretory cell types, including endothelial cells, pericytes, stromal cells, glial cells and macrophages, complete the cellular make up of the islet, which is further enhanced by (para)sympathetic nerve terminals that impinge on the islets via neurotransmitters released in the islet microenvironment. While this islet architecture is relatively simple compared with the vast complexity of the central nervous system, the constellation of cell types united in the islet nevertheless provides a rich substrate for local paracrine and autocrine interactions that affect diverse aspects of islet physiology, ranging from the modulation of hormone secretion to the regulation of islet cell mass via proliferation and death. In this issue of Diabetologia (DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3552-5 ), Yang et al take the notion of rich crosstalk within the islet as their point of departure for a systematic evaluation of the beta cell-protective properties of an extensive panel of over 200 factors, with some surprising and highly interesting results, as discussed in this commentary.
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- Mark O Huising
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA,
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The α and β cells act in concert to maintain blood glucose. The α cells release glucagon in response to low levels of glucose to stimulate glycogenolysis in the liver. In contrast, β cells release insulin in response to elevated levels of glucose to stimulate peripheral glucose disposal. Despite these opposing roles in glucose homeostasis, α and β cells are derived from a common progenitor and share many proteins important for glucose sensing and hormone secretion. Results from recent work have underlined these similarities between the two cell types by revealing that β-to-α as well as α-to-β transdifferentiation can take place under certain experimental circumstances. These exciting findings highlight unexpected plasticity of adult islets and offer hope of novel therapeutic paths to replenish β cells in diabetes. In this review, we focus on the transcription factor networks that establish and maintain pancreatic endocrine cell identity and how they may be perturbed to facilitate transdifferentiation.
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- Talitha van der Meulen
- Department of NeurobiologyPhysiology and Behavior, College of Biological SciencesDepartment of Physiology and Membrane BiologySchool of Medicine, University of California, 193 Briggs Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of NeurobiologyPhysiology and Behavior, College of Biological SciencesDepartment of Physiology and Membrane BiologySchool of Medicine, University of California, 193 Briggs Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA Department of NeurobiologyPhysiology and Behavior, College of Biological SciencesDepartment of Physiology and Membrane BiologySchool of Medicine, University of California, 193 Briggs Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Prothiwa M, Syed I, Huising MO, van der Meulen T, Donaldson CJ, Trauger SA, Kahn BB, Saghatelian A. Data-driven synthesis of proteolysis-resistant peptide hormones. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:17710-3. [PMID: 25496053 DOI: 10.1021/ja5065735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Peptide hormones are key physiological regulators, and many would make terrific drugs; however, the therapeutic use of peptides is limited by poor metabolism including rapid proteolysis. To develop novel proteolysis-resistant peptide hormone analogs, we utilize a strategy that relies on data from simple mass spectrometry experiments to guide the chemical synthesis of proteolysis-resistant analogs (i.e., data-driven synthesis). Application of this strategy to oxyntomodulin (OXM), a peptide hormone that stimulates insulin secretion from islets and lowers blood glucose in vivo, defined the OXM cleavage site in serum, and this information was used to synthesize a proteolysis-resistant OXM analog (prOXM). prOXM and OXM have similar activity in binding and glucose stimulated-insulin secretion assays. Furthermore, prOXM is also active in vivo. prOXM reduces basal glucose levels and improves glucose tolerance in mice. The discovery of prOXM suggests that proteolysis-resistant variants of other important peptide hormones can also be found using this strategy to increase the number of candidate therapeutic peptides.
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- Michaela Prothiwa
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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During the development of diabetes β-cells are exposed to elevated concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines, TNFα and IL1β, which in vitro induce β-cell death. The class B G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 (CRFR1) and CRFR2 are expressed in pancreatic islets. As downstream signaling by other class B GPCRs can protect against cytokine-induced β-cell apoptosis, we evaluated the protective potential of CRFR activation in β-cells in a pro-inflammatory setting. CRFR1/CRFR2 ligands activated AKT and CRFR1 signaling and reduced apoptosis in human islets. In rat and mouse insulin-secreting cell lines (INS-1 and MIN6), CRFR1 agonists upregulated insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS2) expression, increased AKT activation, counteracted the cytokine-mediated decrease in BAD phosphorylation, and inhibited apoptosis. The anti-apoptotic signaling was dependent on prolonged exposure to corticotropin-releasing factor family peptides and followed PKA-mediated IRS2 upregulation. This indicates that CRFR signaling counteracts proinflammatory cytokine-mediated apoptotic pathways through upregulation of survival signaling in β-cells. Interestingly, CRFR signaling also counteracted basal apoptosis in both cultured INS-1 cells and intact human islets.
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- Lykke Blaabjerg
- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide BiologySalk Institute, 10100 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USACellular and Metabolic Research SectionDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide BiologySalk Institute, 10100 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USACellular and Metabolic Research SectionDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide BiologySalk Institute, 10100 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USACellular and Metabolic Research SectionDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide BiologySalk Institute, 10100 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USACellular and Metabolic Research SectionDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide BiologySalk Institute, 10100 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USACellular and Metabolic Research SectionDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide BiologySalk Institute, 10100 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USACellular and Metabolic Research SectionDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide BiologySalk Institute, 10100 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USACellular and Metabolic Research SectionDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide BiologySalk Institute, 10100 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USACellular and Metabolic Research SectionDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Riera CE, Huising MO, Follett P, Leblanc M, Halloran J, Van Andel R, de Magalhaes Filho CD, Merkwirth C, Dillin A. TRPV1 pain receptors regulate longevity and metabolism by neuropeptide signaling. Cell 2014; 157:1023-36. [PMID: 24855942 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The sensation of pain is associated with increased mortality, but it is unknown whether pain perception can directly affect aging. We find that mice lacking TRPV1 pain receptors are long-lived, displaying a youthful metabolic profile at old age. Loss of TRPV1 inactivates a calcium-signaling cascade that ends in the nuclear exclusion of the CREB-regulated transcriptional coactivator CRTC1 within pain sensory neurons originating from the spinal cord. In long-lived TRPV1 knockout mice, CRTC1 nuclear exclusion decreases production of the neuropeptide CGRP from sensory endings innervating the pancreatic islets, subsequently promoting insulin secretion and metabolic health. In contrast, CGRP homeostasis is disrupted with age in wild-type mice, resulting in metabolic decline. We show that pharmacologic inactivation of CGRP receptors in old wild-type animals can restore metabolic health. These data suggest that ablation of select pain sensory receptors or the inhibition of CGRP are associated with increased metabolic health and control longevity.
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- Céline E Riera
- Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA; The Glenn Center for Aging Research, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA; The Glenn Center for Aging Research, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Glenn Center for Aging Research, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- The Glenn Center for Aging Research, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA; The Glenn Center for Aging Research, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Benner C, van der Meulen T, Cacéres E, Tigyi K, Donaldson CJ, Huising MO. The transcriptional landscape of mouse beta cells compared to human beta cells reveals notable species differences in long non-coding RNA and protein-coding gene expression. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:620. [PMID: 25051960 PMCID: PMC4124169 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Insulin producing beta cell and glucagon producing alpha cells are colocalized in pancreatic islets in an arrangement that facilitates the coordinated release of the two principal hormones that regulate glucose homeostasis and prevent both hypoglycemia and diabetes. However, this intricate organization has also complicated the determination of the cellular source(s) of the expression of genes that are detected in the islet. This reflects a significant gap in our understanding of mouse islet physiology, which reduces the effectiveness by which mice model human islet disease. RESULTS To overcome this challenge, we generated a bitransgenic reporter mouse that faithfully labels all beta and alpha cells in mouse islets to enable FACS-based purification and the generation of comprehensive transcriptomes of both populations. This facilitates systematic comparison across thousands of genes between the two major endocrine cell types of the islets of Langerhans whose principal hormones are of cardinal importance for glucose homeostasis. Our data leveraged against similar data for human beta cells reveal a core common beta cell transcriptome of 9900+ genes. Against the backdrop of overall similar beta cell transcriptomes, we describe marked differences in the repertoire of receptors and long non-coding RNAs between mouse and human beta cells. CONCLUSIONS The comprehensive mouse alpha and beta cell transcriptomes complemented by the comparison of the global (dis)similarities between mouse and human beta cells represent invaluable resources to boost the accuracy by which rodent models offer guidance in finding cures for human diabetes.
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- Christopher Benner
- />Razzavi Newman Integrated Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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- />Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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- />Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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- />Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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- />Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
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- />Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
- />Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, University of California, One Shields Avenue, 180 Briggs Hall, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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Manuel R, Metz JR, Flik G, Vale WW, Huising MO. Corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein (CRF-BP) inhibits CRF- and urotensin-I-mediated activation of CRF receptor-1 and -2 in common carp. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2014; 202:69-75. [PMID: 24769042 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein (CRF-BP) is considered a key determinant for CRF receptor (CRF-R) activation by CRF and several related peptides. Earlier studies have shown that the CRF system is highly conserved in gene structures throughout evolution, yet little is known about the evolutionary conservation of its biological functions. Therefore, we address the functional properties of CRF-BP and CRF-Rs in a teleost fish (common carp; Cyprinus carpio L.). We report the finding of two similar, yet distinct, genes for both CRF-R1 and CRF-R2 in this species. The four receptors are differentially responsive to CRF, urotensin-I (UI), sauvagine, and urocortin-2 (Ucn-2) and -3 (Ucn-3) as shown by luciferase assays. In vitro, carp CRF-BP inhibits CRF- and UI-mediated activation of the newfound CRF-Rs, but its potency to do so varies between receptor and peptide ligand. This is the first paper to establish the functionality and physiological interplay between CRF-BP, CRF-Rs and CRF-family peptides in a teleostean species.
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- Remy Manuel
- Department of Organismal Animal Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Organismal Animal Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Organismal Animal Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a devastating disease precipitated by an autoimmune response directed at the insulin-producing beta-cells of the pancreas for which no cure exists. Stem cell-derived beta-cells show great promise for a cure as they have the potential to supply unlimited numbers of cells that could be derived from a patient's own cells, thus eliminating the need for immunosuppression. Current in vitro protocols for the differentiation of stem cell-derived beta-cells can successfully generate pancreatic endoderm cells. In diabetic rodents, such cells can differentiate further along the beta-cell lineage until they are eventually capable of restoring normoglycemia. While these observations demonstrate that stem cell-derived pancreatic endoderm has the potential to differentiate into mature, glucose-responsive beta-cells, the signals that direct differentiation and maturation from pancreatic endoderm onwards remain poorly understood. In this review, we analyze the sequence of events that culminates in the formation of beta-cells during embryonic development. and summarize how current protocols to generate beta-cells have sought to capitalize on this ontogenic template. We place particular emphasis on the current challenges and opportunities which occur in the later stages of beta-cell differentiation and maturation of transplantable stem cell-derived beta-cells. Another focus is on the question how the use of recently identified maturation markers such as urocortin 3 can be instrumental in guiding these efforts.
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- Talitha van der Meulen
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Clayton Laboratories for Peptide Biology, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Clayton Laboratories for Peptide Biology, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Jensen MV, Haldeman JM, Zhang H, Lu D, Huising MO, Vale WW, Hohmeier HE, Rosenberg P, Newgard CB. Control of voltage-gated potassium channel Kv2.2 expression by pyruvate-isocitrate cycling regulates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:23128-40. [PMID: 23788641 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.491654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Recent studies have shown that the pyruvate-isocitrate cycling pathway, involving the mitochondrial citrate/isocitrate carrier and the cytosolic NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDc), is involved in control of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). Here we demonstrate that pyruvate-isocitrate cycling regulates expression of the voltage-gated potassium channel family member Kv2.2 in islet β-cells. siRNA-mediated suppression of ICDc, citrate/isocitrate carrier, or Kv2.2 expression impaired GSIS, and the effect of ICDc knockdown was rescued by re-expression of Kv2.2. Moreover, chronic exposure of β-cells to elevated fatty acids, which impairs GSIS, resulted in decreased expression of Kv2.2. Surprisingly, knockdown of ICDc or Kv2.2 increased rather than decreased outward K(+) current in the 832/13 β-cell line. Immunoprecipitation studies demonstrated interaction of Kv2.1 and Kv2.2, and co-overexpression of the two channels reduced outward K(+) current compared with overexpression of Kv2.1 alone. Also, siRNA-mediated knockdown of ICDc enhanced the suppressive effect of the Kv2.1-selective inhibitor stromatoxin1 on K(+) currents. Our data support a model in which a key function of the pyruvate-isocitrate cycle is to maintain levels of Kv2.2 expression sufficient to allow it to serve as a negative regulator of Kv channel activity.
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- Mette V Jensen
- Duke Institute of Molecular Physiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27704, USA
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van der Meulen T, Xie R, Kelly OG, Vale WW, Sander M, Huising MO. Urocortin 3 marks mature human primary and embryonic stem cell-derived pancreatic alpha and beta cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52181. [PMID: 23251699 PMCID: PMC3522648 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The peptide hormone Urocortin 3 (Ucn 3) is abundantly and exclusively expressed in mouse pancreatic beta cells where it regulates insulin secretion. Here we demonstrate that Ucn 3 first appears at embryonic day (E) 17.5 and, from approximately postnatal day (p) 7 and onwards throughout adult life, becomes a unifying and exclusive feature of mouse beta cells. These observations identify Ucn 3 as a potential beta cell maturation marker. To determine whether Ucn 3 is similarly restricted to beta cells in humans, we conducted comprehensive immunohistochemistry and gene expression experiments on macaque and human pancreas and sorted primary human islet cells. This revealed that Ucn 3 is not restricted to the beta cell lineage in primates, but is also expressed in alpha cells. To substantiate these findings, we analyzed human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived pancreatic endoderm that differentiates into mature endocrine cells upon engraftment in mice. Ucn 3 expression in hESC-derived grafts increased robustly upon differentiation into mature endocrine cells and localized to both alpha and beta cells. Collectively, these observations confirm that Ucn 3 is expressed in adult beta cells in both mouse and human and appears late in beta cell differentiation. Expression of Pdx1, Nkx6.1 and PC1/3 in hESC-derived Ucn 3+ beta cells supports this. However, the expression of Ucn 3 in primary and hESC-derived alpha cells demonstrates that human Ucn 3 is not exclusive to the beta cell lineage but is a general marker for both the alpha and beta cell lineages. Ucn 3+ hESC-derived alpha cells do not express Nkx6.1, Pdx1 or PC1/3 in agreement with the presence of a separate population of Ucn 3+ alpha cells. Our study highlights important species differences in Ucn 3 expression, which have implications for its utility as a marker to identify mature beta cells in (re)programming strategies.
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- Talitha van der Meulen
- Peptide Biology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- ViaCyte, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Peptide Biology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Salk Center for Nutritional Genomics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Gorissen M, Bernier NJ, Manuel R, de Gelder S, Metz JR, Huising MO, Flik G. Recombinant human leptin attenuates stress axis activity in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 178:75-81. [PMID: 22543190 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Revised: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Proper functioning of the endocrine stress axis requires communication between the stress axis and other regulatory mechanisms. We here describe an intimate interplay between the stress axis and recombinant human leptin (rhLeptin) in a teleostean fish, the common carp Cyprinus carpio. Restraint stress (by netting up to 96h) increased plasma cortisol but did not affect hepatic leptin expression. Perifusion of pituitary glands or head kidneys with rhLeptin revealed direct effects of rhLeptin on both tissues. RhLeptin suppresses basal and CRF-induced ACTH-secretion in a rapid and concentration-dependent manner. The rhLeptin effect persisted for over an hour after administration had been terminated. RhLeptin decreases basal interrenal cortisol secretion in vitro, and by doing so attenuates ACTH-stimulated cortisol production; rhLeptin does not affect interrenal ACTH-sensitivity. Our findings show that the endocrine stress axis activity and leptin are inseparably linked in a teleostean fish, a notion relevant to further our insights in the evolution of leptin physiology in vertebrates.
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- Marnix Gorissen
- Department of Animal Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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