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Constantin S, Sokanovic SJ, Mochimaru Y, Dams AL, Smiljanic K, Prévide RM, Nessa N, Carmona GN, Stojilkovic SS. Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptors N and N2 Control Pituitary Melanotroph Development and POMC Expression. Endocrinology 2024; 165:bqae076. [PMID: 38923438 PMCID: PMC11242453 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqae076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Revised: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
Abstract
The neuroendocrine marker genes Ptprn and Ptprn2 encode protein tyrosine phosphatase receptors N and N2, 2 members of protein tyrosine phosphatase receptors void of enzymatic activity, and whose function and mechanism of action have not been elucidated. To explore the role(s) of Ptprn and Ptprn2 on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, we used mice in which both genes were knocked out (DKO). The focus in this study was on corticotrophs and melanotrophs from the anterior and intermediate lobes of the pituitary gland, respectively. In both sexes, DKO caused an increase in the expression of the corticotroph/melanotroph genes Pomc and Tbx19 and the melanotroph-specific gene Pax7. We also found in vivo and in vitro increased synthesis and release of beta-endorphin, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, and ACTH in DKO mice, which was associated with increased serum corticosterone levels and adrenal mass. DKO also increased the expression of other melanotroph-specific genes, but not corticotroph-specific genes. The dopaminergic pathway in the hypothalamus and dopaminergic receptors in melanotrophs were not affected in DKO mice. However, hyperplasia of the intermediate lobe was observed in DKO females and males, accompanied by increased proopiomelanocortin immunoreactivity per cell. These results indicate that protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type N contributes to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function by being involved in processes governing postnatal melanotroph development and Pomc expression.
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- Stephanie Constantin
- Section on Cellular Signaling, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Cellular Signaling, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Cellular Signaling, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Cellular Signaling, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Cellular Signaling, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Cellular Signaling, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Cellular Signaling, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Cellular Signaling, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Hatakeyama H, Oshima T, Ono S, Morimoto Y, Takahashi N. Single-molecule analysis of intracellular insulin granule behavior and its application to analyzing cytoskeletal dependence and pathophysiological implications. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1287275. [PMID: 38124716 PMCID: PMC10731264 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1287275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Introduction: Mobilization of intracellular insulin granules to the plasma membrane plays a crucial role in regulating insulin secretion. However, the regulatory mechanisms of this mobilization process have been poorly understood due to technical limitations. In this study, we propose a convenient approach for assessing intracellular insulin granule behavior based on single-molecule analysis of insulin granule membrane proteins labeled with Quantum dot fluorescent nanocrystals. Methods: This approach allows us to analyze intracellular insulin granule movement with subpixel accuracy at 33 fps. We tracked two insulin granule membrane proteins, phogrin and zinc transporter 8, fused to HaloTag in rat insulinoma INS-1 cells and, by evaluating the tracks with mean-square displacement, demonstrated the characteristic behavior of insulin granules. Results and discussion: Pharmacological perturbations of microtubules and F-actin affected insulin granule behavior on distinct modalities. Specifically, microtubule dynamics and F-actin positively and negatively regulate insulin granule behavior, respectively, presumably by modulating each different behavioral mode. Furthermore, we observed impaired insulin granule behavior and cytoskeletal architecture under chronic treatment of high concentrations of glucose and palmitate. Our approach provides detailed information regarding intracellular insulin granule mobilization and its pathophysiological implications. This study sheds new light on the regulatory mechanisms of intracellular insulin granule mobilization and has important implications for understanding the pathogenesis of diabetes.
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- Hiroyasu Hatakeyama
- Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), The University of Tokyo Institute for Advanced Study (UTIAS), The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Laboratory of Structural Physiology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Alonso MT, Torres-Vidal P, Calvo B, Rodriguez C, Delrio-Lorenzo A, Rojo-Ruiz J, Garcia-Sancho J, Patel S. Use of aequorin-based indicators for monitoring Ca 2+ in acidic organelles. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2023; 1870:119481. [PMID: 37142127 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2023.119481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Over the last years, there is accumulating evidence that acidic organelles can accumulate and release Ca2+ upon cell activation. Hence, reliable recording of Ca2+ dynamics in these compartments is essential for understanding the physiopathological aspects of acidic organelles. Genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators (GECIs) are valuable tools to monitor Ca2+ in specific locations, although their use in acidic compartments is challenging due to the pH sensitivity of most available fluorescent GECIs. By contrast, bioluminescent GECIs have a combination of features (marginal pH sensitivity, low background, no phototoxicity, no photobleaching, high dynamic range and tunable affinity) that render them advantageous to achieve an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio in acidic compartments. This article reviews the use of bioluminescent aequorin-based GECIs targeted to acidic compartments. A need for more measurements in highly acidic compartments is identified.
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- M T Alonso
- Unidad de Excelencia, Instituto de Biomedicina y Genética Molecular de Valladolid (IBGM), Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/ Sanz y Forés 3, 47003 Valladolid, Spain.
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- Unidad de Excelencia, Instituto de Biomedicina y Genética Molecular de Valladolid (IBGM), Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/ Sanz y Forés 3, 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- Unidad de Excelencia, Instituto de Biomedicina y Genética Molecular de Valladolid (IBGM), Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/ Sanz y Forés 3, 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- Unidad de Excelencia, Instituto de Biomedicina y Genética Molecular de Valladolid (IBGM), Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/ Sanz y Forés 3, 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid, Avenida Universidad, 1, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Excelencia, Instituto de Biomedicina y Genética Molecular de Valladolid (IBGM), Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/ Sanz y Forés 3, 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- Unidad de Excelencia, Instituto de Biomedicina y Genética Molecular de Valladolid (IBGM), Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), c/ Sanz y Forés 3, 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Yang L, Chen W. Insulin secretion assays in an engineered MIN6 cell line. MethodsX 2023; 10:102029. [PMID: 36718202 PMCID: PMC9883224 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells is crucial for maintaining glucose homeostasis. The murine insulinoma derived MIN6 cell line is commonly used as a model for insulin secretion studies. However, its glucose responsiveness wanes with passaging, and insulin secretion is traditionally measured by expensive and time-consuming RIA or ELISA. We have developed a MIN6 subclone (MIN6-6) that allows for high throughput assay of insulin secretion in both population and single cells. In addition, MIN6-6 also expresses Cas9, permitting genome wide CRISPR screen of insulin secretion using a pooled sgRNA library. Here we provide methods for assaying insulin secretion both in bulk and in single cells in MIN6-6 cells, as well as for CRISPR screen of insulin secretion.•A highly glucose responsive beta cell reporter line (MIN6-6) with multiple engineered functionalities.•Allows for CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis, quantification of bulk insulin secretion by a straightforward nanoLuc assay and visualization of intracellular insulin granules.•Allows for en masse quantification of insulin granule exocytosis in individual cells under multiple conditions.
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- Liu Yang
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Yang L, Fye MA, Yang B, Tang Z, Zhang Y, Haigh S, Covington BA, Bracey K, Taraska JW, Kaverina I, Qu S, Chen W. Genome-wide CRISPR screen identified a role for commander complex mediated ITGB1 recycling in basal insulin secretion. Mol Metab 2022; 63:101541. [PMID: 35835371 PMCID: PMC9304790 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2022.101541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Pancreatic beta cells secrete insulin postprandially and during fasting to maintain glucose homeostasis. Although glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) has been extensively studied, much less is known about basal insulin secretion. Here, we performed a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 knockout screen to identify novel regulators of insulin secretion. METHODS To identify genes that cell autonomously regulate insulin secretion, we engineered a Cas9-expressing MIN6 subclone that permits irreversible fluorescence labeling of exocytic insulin granules. Using a fluorescence-activated cell sorting assay of exocytosis in low glucose and high glucose conditions in individual cells, we performed a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 knockout screen. RESULTS We identified several members of the COMMD family, a conserved family of proteins with central roles in intracellular membrane trafficking, as positive regulators of basal insulin secretion, but not GSIS. Mechanistically, we show that the Commander complex promotes insulin granules docking in basal state. This is mediated, at least in part, by its function in ITGB1 recycling. Defective ITGB1 recycling reduces its membrane distribution, the number of focal adhesions and cortical ELKS-containing complexes. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated a previously unknown function of the Commander complex in basal insulin secretion. We showed that by ITGB1 recycling, Commander complex increases cortical adhesions, which enhances the assembly of the ELKS-containing complexes. The resulting increase in the number of insulin granules near the plasma membrane strengthens basal insulin secretion.
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- Liu Yang
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Biochemistry and Biophysics Center, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Gaus B, Brüning D, Groß S, Müller M, Rustenbeck I. The changing view of insulin granule mobility: From conveyor belt to signaling hub. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:983152. [PMID: 36120467 PMCID: PMC9478610 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.983152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Before the advent of TIRF microscopy the fate of the insulin granule prior to secretion was deduced from biochemical investigations, electron microscopy and electrophysiological measurements. Since Calcium-triggered granule fusion is indisputably necessary to release insulin into the extracellular space, much effort was directed to the measure this event at the single granule level. This has also been the major application of the TIRF microscopy of the pancreatic beta cell when it became available about 20 years ago. To better understand the metabolic modulation of secretion, we were interested to characterize the entirety of the insulin granules which are localized in the vicinity of the plasma membrane to identify the characteristics which predispose to fusion. In this review we concentrate on how the description of granule mobility in the submembrane space has evolved as a result of progress in methodology. The granules are in a state of constant turnover with widely different periods of residence in this space. While granule fusion is associated +with prolonged residence and decreased lateral mobility, these characteristics may not only result from binding to the plasma membrane but also from binding to the cortical actin web, which is present in the immediate submembrane space. While granule age as such affects granule mobility and fusion probability, the preceding functional states of the beta cell leave their mark on these parameters, too. In summary, the submembrane granules form a highly dynamic heterogeneous population and contribute to the metabolic memory of the beta cells.
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- Bastian Gaus
- Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Dynamics and Vibrations, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
- *Correspondence: Ingo Rustenbeck,
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Lavilla CJ, Billacura MP, Hanna K, Boocock DJ, Coveney C, Miles AK, Foulds GA, Murphy A, Tan A, Jackisch L, Sayers SR, Caton PW, Doig CL, McTernan PG, Colombo SL, Sale C, Turner MD. Carnosine protects stimulus-secretion coupling through prevention of protein carbonyl adduction events in cells under metabolic stress. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 175:65-79. [PMID: 34455039 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.08.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Type 2 diabetes is characterised by failure to control glucose homeostasis, with numerous diabetic complications attributable to the resulting exposure of cells and tissues to chronic elevated concentrations of glucose and fatty acids. This, in part, results from formation of advanced glycation and advanced lipidation end-products that are able to modify protein, lipid, or DNA structure, and disrupt normal cellular function. Herein we used mass spectrometry to identify proteins modified by two such adduction events in serum of individuals with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes, along with similar analyses of human and mouse skeletal muscle cells and mouse pancreatic islets exposed to glucolipotoxic stress. We also report that carnosine, a histidine containing dipeptide, prevented 65-90% of 4-hydroxynonenal and 3-nitrotyrosine adduction events, and that this in turn preserved mitochondrial function and protected stimulus-secretion coupling in cells exposed to metabolic stress. Carnosine therefore offers significant therapeutic potential against metabolic diseases.
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- Charlie Jr Lavilla
- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Maastricht University, 6229 ER, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK
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- Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- Centre for Diabetes, Chronic Diseases and Ageing, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK.
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Marunaka Y, Yagi K. Essential requirement of complex number for oscillatory phenomenon in intracellular trafficking process. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:2990-3005. [PMID: 34136098 PMCID: PMC8176294 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Intracellular protein trafficking processes consisting of three intracellular states are described by three differential equations. To solve the equations, a quadratic equation is required, and its roots are generally real or complex. The purpose of the present study is to clarify the meanings of roots of real and complex numbers. To clarify the point, we define that: 1) ‘kI’ is the insertion rate from an insertion state trafficking to the plasma membrane state; 2) ‘kE’, the endocytotic rate from the plasma membrane state trafficking to a recycling state; 3) ‘kR’, the recycling rate from the recycling state trafficking to the insertion state. Amounts of proteins in three states are expressed as αelt+βemt+γ with α,β,γ = constant and l and m are roots of a quadratic equation, r2+kI+kE+kRr+kIkE+kIkR+kEkR=0. When l and m are real kI2+kE2+kR2>2kIkE+kEkR+kRkI, amounts of proteins in three states shows no oscillatory change but a monotonic change after a transient increase (or decrease); when l and m are complex kI2+kE2+kR2<2kIkE+kEkR+kRkI, amounts of proteins in three states are expressed as αelt+βemt+γ=2g2+h2sinbt+σeat+γ (α, β, l, m = complex and γ,a,b,g,h,σ = real: α,β = conjugate each other; l,m = conjugate each other), showing an oscillatory change with time. The frequency of oscillatory change appearance is evaluated to be 60% at random combinations of three trafficking rates, kI, kE and kR. The present study indicates that complex numbers have an essentially important meaning in appearance of oscillatory phenomena in bodily and cellular function.
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- Yoshinori Marunaka
- Medical Research Institute, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8472, Japan
- Research Center for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development Science, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan
- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 802-8566, Japan
- Corresponding authors at: Medical Research Institute, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, General Incorporated Foundation, 67 Kitatsuboi-cho, Nishino-kyo, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8472, Japan.
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- Medical Research Institute, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8472, Japan
- Luis Pasteur Center for Medical Research, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8225, Japan
- Corresponding authors at: Medical Research Institute, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, General Incorporated Foundation, 67 Kitatsuboi-cho, Nishino-kyo, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8472, Japan.
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Müller A, Schmidt D, Xu CS, Pang S, D’Costa JV, Kretschmar S, Münster C, Kurth T, Jug F, Weigert M, Hess HF, Solimena M. 3D FIB-SEM reconstruction of microtubule-organelle interaction in whole primary mouse β cells. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:e202010039. [PMID: 33326005 PMCID: PMC7748794 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202010039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Microtubules play a major role in intracellular trafficking of vesicles in endocrine cells. Detailed knowledge of microtubule organization and their relation to other cell constituents is crucial for understanding cell function. However, their role in insulin transport and secretion is under debate. Here, we use FIB-SEM to image islet β cells in their entirety with unprecedented resolution. We reconstruct mitochondria, Golgi apparati, centrioles, insulin secretory granules, and microtubules of seven β cells, and generate a comprehensive spatial map of microtubule-organelle interactions. We find that microtubules form nonradial networks that are predominantly not connected to either centrioles or endomembranes. Microtubule number and length, but not microtubule polymer density, vary with glucose stimulation. Furthermore, insulin secretory granules are enriched near the plasma membrane, where they associate with microtubules. In summary, we provide the first 3D reconstructions of complete microtubule networks in primary mammalian cells together with evidence regarding their importance for insulin secretory granule positioning and thus their supportive role in insulin secretion.
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- Andreas Müller
- Molecular Diabetology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA
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- Molecular Diabetology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technology Platform, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Molecular Diabetology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technology Platform, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
- Fondazione Human Technopole, Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA
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- Molecular Diabetology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Georgiadou E, Rutter GA. Age matters: Grading granule secretion in beta cells. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:8912-8913. [PMID: 32620690 PMCID: PMC7335800 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.h120.014586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Insulin is stored in secretory granules to facilitate rapid release in response to rising glucose levels, but the mechanisms by which these granules are identified and prioritized for secretion remains unclear. Using a fluorescent timer and flow cytometry-assisted organelle sorting, Yau et al. develop an elegant approach to assess insulin secretion as a function of granule age in pancreatic islet beta cells. Their findings supply quantitative evidence supporting the age-dependent release of different granule pools and confirm earlier models of preferential release of younger granules.
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- Eleni Georgiadou
- Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Reproduction, and Digestion, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Reproduction, and Digestion, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom,Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nan Yang Technological University, Singapore, For correspondence: Guy Rutter,
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Zhang Q, Pan Y, Zeng B, Zheng X, Wang H, Shen X, Li H, Jiang Q, Zhao J, Meng ZX, Li P, Chen Z, Wei H, Liu Z. Intestinal lysozyme liberates Nod1 ligands from microbes to direct insulin trafficking in pancreatic beta cells. Cell Res 2019; 29:516-532. [PMID: 31201384 PMCID: PMC6796897 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0190-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Long-range communication between intestinal symbiotic bacteria and extra-intestinal organs can occur through circulating bacterial signal molecules, through neural circuits, or through cytokines or hormones from host cells. Here we report that Nod1 ligands derived from intestinal bacteria act as signal molecules and directly modulate insulin trafficking in pancreatic beta cells. The cytosolic peptidoglycan receptor Nod1 and its downstream adapter Rip2 are required for insulin trafficking in beta cells in a cell-autonomous manner. Mechanistically, upon recognizing cognate ligands, Nod1 and Rip2 localize to insulin vesicles, recruiting Rab1a to direct insulin trafficking through the cytoplasm. Importantly, intestinal lysozyme liberates Nod1 ligands into the circulation, thus enabling long-range communication between intestinal microbes and islets. The intestine-islet crosstalk bridged by Nod1 ligands modulates host glucose tolerance. Our study defines a new type of inter-organ communication based on circulating bacterial signal molecules, which has broad implications for understanding the mutualistic relationship between microbes and host.
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- Qin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Rd, Shanghai, 200031, China.,Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Rd, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Rd, Shanghai, 200031, China.,Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Rd, Shanghai, 200031, China.,ShanghaiTech Univ, Sch Life Sci & Technol, 100 Haike Rd, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Precision Medicine Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. .,Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Schifferer M, Yushchenko DA, Stein F, Bolbat A, Schultz C. A Ratiometric Sensor for Imaging Insulin Secretion in Single β Cells. Cell Chem Biol 2017; 24:525-531.e4. [PMID: 28366620 PMCID: PMC5404835 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Revised: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Despite the urgent need for assays to visualize insulin secretion there is to date no reliable method available for measuring insulin release from single cells. To address this need, we developed a genetically encoded reporter termed RINS1 based on proinsulin superfolder GFP (sfGFP) and mCherry fusions for monitoring insulin secretion. RINS1 expression in MIN6 β cells resulted in proper processing yielding single-labeled insulin species. Unexpectedly, glucose or drug stimulation of insulin secretion in β cells led to the preferential release of the insulin-sfGFP construct, while the mCherry-fused C-peptide remained trapped in exocytic granules. This physical separation was used to monitor glucose-stimulated insulin secretion ratiometrically by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy in single MIN6 and primary mouse β cells. Further, RINS1 enabled parallel monitoring of pulsatile insulin release in tolbutamide-treated β cells, demonstrating the potential of RINS1 for investigations of antidiabetic drug candidates at the single-cell level.
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- Martina Schifferer
- Interdisciplinary Chemistry Group, Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Chemistry Group, Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Group of Chemical Biology, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Interdisciplinary Chemistry Group, Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Chemistry Group, Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Chemistry Group, Cell Biology & Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97237, USA.
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Yamaoka M, Ishizaki T, Kimura T. GTP- and GDP-Dependent Rab27a Effectors in Pancreatic Beta-Cells. Biol Pharm Bull 2016; 38:663-8. [PMID: 25947911 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b14-00886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) participate in a wide variety of cellular functions including proliferation, differentiation, adhesion, and intracellular transport. Conventionally, only the guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP)-bound small GTPase interacts with effector proteins, and the resulting downstream signals control specific cellular functions. Therefore, the GTP-bound form is regarded as active, and the focus has been on searching for proteins that bind the GTP form to look for their effectors. The Rab family small GTPase Rab27a is highly expressed in some secretory cells and is involved in the control of membrane traffic. The present study reviews recent progress in our understanding of the roles of Rab27a and its effectors in pancreatic beta-cells. In the basal state, GTP-bound Rab27a controls insulin secretion at pre-exocytic stages via its GTP-dependent effectors. We previously identified novel guanosine 5'-diphosphate (GDP)-bound Rab27-interacting proteins. Interestingly, GDP-bound Rab27a controls endocytosis of the secretory membrane via its interaction with these proteins. We also demonstrated that the insulin secretagogue glucose converts Rab27a from its GTP- to GDP-bound forms. Thus, GTP- and GDP-bound Rab27a regulate pre-exocytic and endocytic stages in membrane traffic, respectively. Since the physiological importance of GDP-bound GTPases has been largely overlooked, we consider that the investigation of GDP-dependent effectors for other GTPases is necessary for further understanding of cellular function.
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- Mami Yamaoka
- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine
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Yamaoka M, Ando T, Terabayashi T, Okamoto M, Takei M, Nishioka T, Kaibuchi K, Matsunaga K, Ishizaki R, Izumi T, Niki I, Ishizaki T, Kimura T. PI3K regulates endocytosis after insulin secretion by mediating signaling crosstalk between Arf6 and Rab27a. J Cell Sci 2015; 129:637-49. [PMID: 26683831 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.180141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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In secretory cells, endocytosis is coupled to exocytosis to enable proper secretion. Although endocytosis is crucial to maintain cellular homeostasis before and after secretion, knowledge about secretagogue-induced endocytosis in secretory cells is still limited. Here, we searched for proteins that interacted with the Rab27a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) EPI64 (also known as TBC1D10A) and identified the Arf6 guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor (GEF) ARNO (also known as CYTH2) in pancreatic β-cells. We found that the insulin secretagogue glucose promotes phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PIP3) generation through phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), thereby recruiting ARNO to the intracellular side of the plasma membrane. Peripheral ARNO promotes clathrin assembly through its GEF activity for Arf6 and regulates the early stage of endocytosis. We also found that peripheral ARNO recruits EPI64 to the same area and that the interaction requires glucose-induced endocytosis in pancreatic β-cells. Given that GTP- and GDP-bound Rab27a regulate exocytosis and the late stage of endocytosis, our results indicate that the glucose-induced activation of PI3K plays a pivotal role in exocytosis-endocytosis coupling, and that ARNO and EPI64 regulate endocytosis at distinct stages.
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- Mami Yamaoka
- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan JST, CREST, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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Dehghany J, Hoboth P, Ivanova A, Mziaut H, Müller A, Kalaidzidis Y, Solimena M, Meyer-Hermann M. A Spatial Model of Insulin-Granule Dynamics in Pancreatic β-Cells. Traffic 2015; 16:797-813. [DOI: 10.1111/tra.12286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Jaber Dehghany
- Department of Systems Immunology and Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of Helmholtz Centre Munich at University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden and Faculty of Medicine; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.); Neuherberg Germany
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of Helmholtz Centre Munich at University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden and Faculty of Medicine; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.); Neuherberg Germany
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of Helmholtz Centre Munich at University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden and Faculty of Medicine; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.); Neuherberg Germany
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of Helmholtz Centre Munich at University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden and Faculty of Medicine; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.); Neuherberg Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics; Dresden Germany
- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics; Moscow State University; Moscow Russia
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- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of Helmholtz Centre Munich at University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden and Faculty of Medicine; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.); Neuherberg Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics; Dresden Germany
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- Department of Systems Immunology and Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Braunschweig Germany
- Institute for Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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Pancreatic β-cell identity, glucose sensing and the control of insulin secretion. Biochem J 2015; 466:203-18. [PMID: 25697093 DOI: 10.1042/bj20141384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Insulin release from pancreatic β-cells is required to maintain normal glucose homoeostasis in man and many other animals. Defective insulin secretion underlies all forms of diabetes mellitus, a disease currently reaching epidemic proportions worldwide. Although the destruction of β-cells is responsible for Type 1 diabetes (T1D), both lowered β-cell mass and loss of secretory function are implicated in Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Emerging results suggest that a functional deficiency, involving de-differentiation of the mature β-cell towards a more progenitor-like state, may be an important driver for impaired secretion in T2D. Conversely, at least in rodents, reprogramming of islet non-β to β-cells appears to occur spontaneously in models of T1D, and may occur in man. In the present paper, we summarize the biochemical properties which define the 'identity' of the mature β-cell as a glucose sensor par excellence. In particular, we discuss the importance of suppressing a group of 11 'disallowed' housekeeping genes, including Ldha and the monocarboxylate transporter Mct1 (Slc16a1), for normal nutrient sensing. We then survey the changes in the expression and/or activity of β-cell-enriched transcription factors, including FOXO1, PDX1, NKX6.1, MAFA and RFX6, as well as non-coding RNAs, which may contribute to β-cell de-differentiation and functional impairment in T2D. The relevance of these observations for the development of new approaches to treat T1D and T2D is considered.
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Stasiuk GJ, Minuzzi F, Sae-Heng M, Rivas C, Juretschke HP, Piemonti L, Allegrini PR, Laurent D, Duckworth AR, Beeby A, Rutter GA, Long NJ. Dual-modal magnetic resonance/fluorescent zinc probes for pancreatic β-cell mass imaging. Chemistry 2015; 21:5023-33. [PMID: 25736590 PMCID: PMC4464533 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Despite the contribution of changes in pancreatic β-cell mass to the development of all forms of diabetes mellitus, few robust approaches currently exist to monitor these changes prospectively in vivo. Although magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) provides a potentially useful technique, targeting MRI-active probes to the β cell has proved challenging. Zinc ions are highly concentrated in the secretory granule, but they are relatively less abundant in the exocrine pancreas and in other tissues. We have therefore developed functional dual-modal probes based on transition-metal chelates capable of binding zinc. The first of these, Gd⋅1, binds Zn(II) directly by means of an amidoquinoline moiety (AQA), thus causing a large ratiometric Stokes shift in the fluorescence from λem =410 to 500 nm with an increase in relaxivity from r1 =4.2 up to 4.9 mM(-1) s(-1) . The probe is efficiently accumulated into secretory granules in β-cell-derived lines and isolated islets, but more poorly by non-endocrine cells, and leads to a reduction in T1 in human islets. In vivo murine studies of Gd⋅1 have shown accumulation of the probe in the pancreas with increased signal intensity over 140 minutes.
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- Graeme J Stasiuk
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College LondonSouth Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ (UK)
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- Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of MedicineImperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College LondonSouth Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College LondonSouth Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ (UK)
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- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, R&D DSAR/BiomakersBiom & Biol Ass, FF, Industriepark Hoechst, Building H825, 65926 Frankfurt (Germany)
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- Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteVia Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano (Italy)
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- Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Fabrikstrasse10-2.40.4, 4056, Basel (Switzerland)
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South RoadDurham, DH1 3LE (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South RoadDurham, DH1 3LE (UK)
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- Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of MedicineImperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College LondonSouth Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ (UK)
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HAP1 helps to regulate actin-based transport of insulin-containing granules in pancreatic β cells. Histochem Cell Biol 2015; 144:39-48. [PMID: 25744490 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-015-1311-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/14/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Huntingtin-associated protein 1 (HAP1) is enriched in neurons and binds to polyglutamine-expanded huntingtin. It consists of two alternatively spliced isoforms, HAP1A and HAP1B, which differ only in their short C-terminal sequences. Both HAP1A and HAP1B have been also detected in pancreatic β cells, where the loss of HAP1 impairs glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Here, we use time-lapse laser scanning confocal microscopy to provide direct evidence that HAP1A, but not HAP1B, co-localizes and co-migrates with insulin-containing vesicles and actin-based myosin Va motor protein in the INS-1 pancreatic β cell line. Knocking down HAP1 expression using small interfering RNA significantly inhibited actin-based transport of insulin vesicles following glucose stimulation. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated interaction between HAP1A, myosin Va, and phogrin, a transmembrane protein in insulin-containing vesicles. Stimulating INS-1 cells with glucose increased the association of HAP1A with myosin Va, while silencing HAP1 expression reduced the association of myosin Va with phogrin after glucose stimulation, without affecting levels of myosin Va or actin. Our results provide real-time evidence in living cells that HAP1 may help regulate transport of insulin-containing secretory granules along cortical actin filaments. This also raises the possibility that HAP1 may play an important role in actin-based secretory vesicle trafficking in neurons.
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Goginashvili A, Zhang Z, Erbs E, Spiegelhalter C, Kessler P, Mihlan M, Pasquier A, Krupina K, Schieber N, Cinque L, Morvan J, Sumara I, Schwab Y, Settembre C, Ricci R. Insulin secretory granules control autophagy in pancreatic cells. Science 2015; 347:878-82. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa2628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Matz M, Schumacher K, Hatlapatka K, Lorenz D, Baumann K, Rustenbeck I. Observer-independent quantification of insulin granule exocytosis and pre-exocytotic mobility by TIRF microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2014; 20:206-218. [PMID: 24230985 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927613013767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy of fluorescently labeled secretory granules permits monitoring of exocytosis and the preceding granule behavior in one experiment. While observer-dependent evaluation may be sufficient to quantify exocytosis, most of the other information contained in the video files cannot be accessed this way. The present program performs observer-independent detection of exocytosis and tracking of the entire submembrane population of insulin granules. A precondition is the exact localization of the peak of the granule fluorescence. Tracking is based on the peak base radius, peak intensity, and the precrossing itineraries. Robustness of the tracking was shown by simulated tracks of original granule patterns. Mobility in the X-Y dimension is described by the caging diameter which in contrast to the widely used mean square displacement has an inherent time resolution. Observer-independent detection of exocytosis in MIN6 cells labeled with insulin-EGFP is based on the maximal decrease in fluorescence intensity and position of the centroid of the dissipating cloud of released material. Combining the quantification of KCl-induced insulin exocytosis with the analysis of prefusion mobility showed that during the last 3 s pre-exocytotic granules had a smaller caging diameter than control granules and that it increased significantly immediately before fusion.
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- Magnus Matz
- Institute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig D38106, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig D38106, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig D38106, Germany
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- Institute of Analysis and Algebra, University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig D38106, Germany
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- Institute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig D38106, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig D38106, Germany
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Yang L, Ji W, Xue Y, Chen L. Imaging beta-cell mass and function in situ and in vivo. J Mol Med (Berl) 2013; 91:929-38. [PMID: 23700217 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-013-1056-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Revised: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) from pancreatic beta-cells is critical to the maintenance of blood glucose homeostasis in animals. Both decrease in pancreatic beta-cell mass and defects in beta-cell function contribute to the onset of diabetes, although the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Molecular imaging techniques can help beta-cell study in a number of ways. High-resolution fluorescence imaging techniques provide novel insights into the fundamental mechanisms underlying GSIS in isolated beta-cells or in situ in pancreatic islets, and dynamic changes of beta-cell mass and function can be noninvasively monitored in vivo by imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography. All these techniques will contribute to the better understanding of the progression of diabetes and the search for the optimized therapeutic measures that reverse deficits in beta-cell mass and function.
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- Lu Yang
- The State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University and National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China.
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Silva PN, Altamentova SM, Kilkenny DM, Rocheleau JV. Fibroblast growth factor receptor like-1 (FGFRL1) interacts with SHP-1 phosphatase at insulin secretory granules and induces beta-cell ERK1/2 protein activation. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:17859-70. [PMID: 23640895 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.440677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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FGFRL1 is a newly identified member of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family expressed in adult pancreas. Unlike canonical FGFRs that initiate signaling via tyrosine kinase domains, the short intracellular sequence of FGFRL1 consists of a putative Src homology domain-2 (SH2)-binding motif adjacent to a histidine-rich C terminus. As a consequence of nonexistent kinase domains, FGFRL1 has been postulated to act as a decoy receptor to inhibit canonical FGFR ligand-induced signaling. In pancreatic islet beta-cells, canonical FGFR1 signaling affects metabolism and insulin processing. This study determined beta-cell expression of FGFRL1 as well as consequent effects on FGFR1 signaling and biological responses. We confirmed FGFRL1 expression at the plasma membrane and within distinct intracellular granules of both primary beta-cells and βTC3 cells. Fluorescent protein-tagged FGFRL1 (RL1) induced a significant ligand-independent increase in MAPK signaling. Removal of the histidine-rich domain (RL1-ΔHis) or entire intracellular sequence (RL1-ΔC) resulted in greater retention at the plasma membrane and significantly reduced ligand-independent ERK1/2 responses. The SHP-1 phosphatase was identified as an RL1-binding substrate. Point mutation of the SH2-binding motif reduced the ability of FGFRL1 to bind SHP-1 and activate ERK1/2 but did not affect receptor localization to insulin secretory granules. Finally, overexpression of RL1 increased cellular insulin content and matrix adhesion. Overall, these data suggest that FGFRL1 does not function as a decoy receptor in beta-cells, but rather it enhances ERK1/2 signaling through association of SHP-1 with the receptor's intracellular SH2-binding motif.
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- Pamuditha N Silva
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
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Steppan D, Zügner A, Rachel R, Kurtz A. Structural analysis suggests that renin is released by compound exocytosis. Kidney Int 2013; 83:233-41. [DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bogan JS, Xu Y, Hao M. Cholesterol accumulation increases insulin granule size and impairs membrane trafficking. Traffic 2012; 13:1466-80. [PMID: 22889194 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2012.01407.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Revised: 08/09/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The formation of mature secretory granules is essential for proper storage and regulated release of hormones and neuropeptides. In pancreatic β cells, cholesterol accumulation causes defects in insulin secretion and may participate in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Using a novel cholesterol analog, we show for the first time that insulin granules are the major sites of intracellular cholesterol accumulation in live β cells. This is distinct from other, non-secretory cell types, in which cholesterol is concentrated in the recycling endosomes and the trans-Golgi network. Excess cholesterol was delivered specifically to insulin granules, which caused granule enlargement and retention of syntaxin 6 and VAMP4 in granule membranes, with concurrent depletion of these proteins from the trans-Golgi network. Clathrin also accumulated in the granules of cholesterol-overloaded cells, consistent with a possible defect in the last stage of granule maturation, during which clathrin-coated vesicles bud from the immature granules. Excess cholesterol also reduced the docking and fusion of insulin granules at the plasma membrane. Together, the data support a model in which cholesterol accumulation in insulin secretory granules impairs the ability of these vesicles to respond to stimuli, and thus reduces insulin secretion.
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- Jonathan S Bogan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Li J, Song J, Cassidy MG, Rychahou P, Starr ME, Liu J, Li X, Epperly G, Weiss HL, Townsend CM, Gao T, Evers BM. PI3K p110α/Akt signaling negatively regulates secretion of the intestinal peptide neurotensin through interference of granule transport. Mol Endocrinol 2012; 26:1380-93. [PMID: 22700584 DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Neurotensin (NT), an intestinal peptide secreted from N cells in the small bowel, regulates a variety of physiological functions of the gastrointestinal tract, including secretion, gut motility, and intestinal growth. The class IA phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) family, which comprised of p110 catalytic (α, β and δ) and p85 regulatory subunits, has been implicated in the regulation of hormone secretion from endocrine cells. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. In particular, the role of PI3K in intestinal peptide secretion is not known. Here, we show that PI3K catalytic subunit, p110α, negatively regulates NT secretion in vitro and in vivo. We demonstrate that inhibition of p110α, but not p110β, induces NT release in BON, a human endocrine cell line, which expresses NT mRNA and produces NT peptide in a manner analogous to N cells, and QGP-1, a pancreatic endocrine cell line that produces NT peptide. In contrast, overexpression of p110α decreases NT secretion. Consistently, p110α-inhibition increases plasma NT levels in mice. To further delineate the mechanisms contributing to this effect, we demonstrate that inhibition of p110α increases NT granule trafficking by up-regulating α-tubulin acetylation; NT secretion is prevented by overexpression of HDAC6, an α-tubulin deacetylase. Moreover, ras-related protein Rab27A (a small G protein) and kinase D-interacting substrate of 220 kDa (Kidins220), which are associated with NT granules, play a negative and positive role, respectively, in p110α-inhibition-induced NT secretion. Our findings identify the critical role and novel mechanisms for the PI3K signaling pathway in the control of intestinal hormone granule transport and release.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Tyrberg B, Miles P, Azizian KT, Denzel MS, Nieves ML, Monosov EZ, Levine F, Ranscht B. T-cadherin (Cdh13) in association with pancreatic β-cell granules contributes to second phase insulin secretion. Islets 2011; 3:327-37. [PMID: 21975561 PMCID: PMC3329514 DOI: 10.4161/isl.3.6.17705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Glucose homeostasis depends on adequate control of insulin secretion. We report the association of the cell-adhesion and adiponectin (APN)-binding glycoprotein T-cadherin (Cdh13) with insulin granules in mouse and human β-cells. Immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy of islets in situ and targeting of RFP-tagged T-cadherin to GFP-labeled insulin granules in isolated β-cells demonstrate this unusual location. Analyses of T-cadherin-deficient (Tcad-KO) mice show normal islet architecture and insulin content. However, T-cadherin is required for sufficient insulin release in vitro and in vivo. Primary islets from Tcad-KO mice were defective in glucose-induced but not KCl-mediated insulin secretion. In vivo, second phase insulin release in T-cad-KO mice during a hyperglycemic clamp was impaired while acute first phase release was unaffected. Tcad-KO mice showed progressive glucose intolerance by 5 mo of age without concomitant changes in peripheral insulin sensitivity. Our analyses detected no association of APN with T-cadherin on β-cell granules although colocalization was observed on the pancreatic vasculature. These data identify T-cadherin as a novel component of insulin granules and suggest that T-cadherin contributes to the regulation of insulin secretion independently of direct interactions with APN.
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- Björn Tyrberg
- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute; Orlando, FL USA
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- Department of Surgery; UCSD School of Medicine; La Jolla, CA USA
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- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute; La Jolla; CA USA
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- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute; La Jolla; CA USA
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Kimura T, Niki I. Rab27a in pancreatic beta-cells, a busy protein in membrane trafficking. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 107:219-23. [PMID: 21762718 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The small GTPases have the 'active' GTP-bound and 'inactive' GDP-bound states, and thereby act as a molecular switch in cells. Rab27a is a member of this family and exists in T-lymphocytes, melanocytes and pancreatic beta-cells. Rab27a regulates secretion of cytolytic granules from cytotoxic T-lymphocytes and intracellular transport of melanosomes in melanocytes. In pancreatic beta-cells, Rab27a controls pre-exocytotic stages of insulin secretion. A few GTP-dependent Rab27a effectors are known to mediate these cellular functions. We recently found that Rab27a also possesses the GDP-dependent effector coronin 3. Coronin 3 regulates endocytosis in pancreatic beta-cells through its interaction with GDP-Rab27a. These results imply that GTP- and GDP-Rab27a actively regulate distinct stages in the insulin secretory pathway. In this review, we provide an overview of the roles of both GTP- and GDP-Rab27a in pancreatic beta-cells.
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- Toshihide Kimura
- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 8795593, Japan
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Ca2+ Dynamics in the Secretory Vesicles of Neurosecretory PC12 and INS1 Cells. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2010; 30:1267-74. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-010-9572-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tomas A, Yermen B, Regazzi R, Pessin JE, Halban PA. Regulation of insulin secretion by phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate. Traffic 2010; 11:123-37. [PMID: 19845918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00996.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The role of PIP(2) in pancreatic beta cell function was examined here using the beta cell line MIN6B1. Blocking PIP(2) with PH-PLC-GFP or PIP5KIgamma RNAi did not impact on glucose-stimulated secretion although susceptibility to apoptosis was increased. Over-expression of PIP5KIgamma improved cell survival and inhibited secretion with accumulation of endocytic vacuoles containing F-actin, PIP(2), transferrin receptor, caveolin 1, Arf6 and the insulin granule membrane protein phogrin but not insulin. Expression of constitutively active Arf6 Q67L also resulted in vacuole formation and inhibition of secretion, which was reversed by PH-PLC-GFP co-expression. PIP(2) co-localized with gelsolin and F-actin, and gelsolin co-expression partially reversed the secretory defect of PIP5KIgamma-over-expressing cells. RhoA/ROCK inhibition increased actin depolymerization and secretion, which was prevented by over-expressing PIP5KIgamma, while blocking PIP(2) reduced constitutively active RhoA V14-induced F-actin polymerization. In conclusion, although PIP(2) plays a pro-survival role in MIN6B1 cells, excessive PIP(2) production because of PIP5KIgamma over-expression inhibits secretion because of both a defective Arf6/PIP5KIgamma-dependent endocytic recycling of secretory membrane and secretory membrane components such as phogrin and the RhoA/ROCK/PIP5KIgamma-dependent perturbation of F-actin cytoskeleton remodelling.
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- Alejandra Tomas
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Kimura T, Taniguchi S, Toya K, Niki I. Glucose-induced translocation of coronin 3 regulates the retrograde transport of the secretory membrane in the pancreatic beta-cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 395:318-23. [PMID: 20362548 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.03.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Accepted: 03/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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GTP-Rab27a is known to regulate insulin exocytosis. We have recently reported that coronin 3, which paradoxically binds GDP-Rab27a, participates in endocytosis of the insulin secretory membrane. Here, we demonstrate that glucose stimulation caused redistribution of coronin 3 in the vicinity of the plasma membrane, which was mimicked by overexpression of the GDP-Rab27a mutant or the Rab27a GAP. Glucose-induced translocation of coronin 3 was inhibited by Rab27a knock-down. The internalized phogrin, an insulin granule associated protein, located near the plasma membrane by the dominant-negative coronin 3, but the protein at the outer surface of the plasma membrane was decreased. These results indicate that glucose recruits coronin 3 near the plasma membrane, and that it regulates the retrograde transport of the secretory membrane in pancreatic beta-cells.
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- Toshihide Kimura
- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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Cell-wide analysis of secretory granule dynamics in three dimensions in living pancreatic beta-cells: evidence against a role for AMPK-dependent phosphorylation of KLC1 at Ser517/Ser520 in glucose-stimulated insulin granule movement. Biochem Soc Trans 2010; 38:205-8. [PMID: 20074060 DOI: 10.1042/bst0380205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells requires the kinesin-1/Kif5B-mediated transport of insulin granules along microtubules. 5'-AMPK (5'-AMP-activated protein kinase) is a heterotrimeric serine/threonine kinase which is activated in beta-cells at low glucose concentrations, but inhibited as glucose levels increase. Active AMPK blocks glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and the recruitment of insulin granules to the cell surface, suggesting motor proteins may be targets for this kinase. While both kinesin-1/Kif5B and KLC1 (kinesin light chain-1) contain consensus AMPK phosphorylation sites (Thr(693) and Ser(520), respectively) only recombinant GST (glutathione transferase)-KLC1 was phosphorylated by purified AMPK in vitro. To test the hypothesis that phosphorylation at this site may modulate kinesin-1-mediated granule movement, we developed an approach to study the dynamics of all the resolvable granules within a cell in three dimensions. This cell-wide approach revealed that the number of longer excursions (>10 mum) increased significantly in response to elevated glucose concentration (30 versus 3 mM) in control MIN6 beta-cells. However, similar changes were seen in cells overexpressing wild-type KLC1, phosphomimetic (S517D/S520D) or non-phosphorylatable (S517A/S520A) mutants of KLC1. Thus, changes in the phosphorylation state of KLC1 at Ser(517)/Ser(520) seem unlikely to affect motor function.
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Insulinomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors of pancreatic islet cells that retain the ability to produce and secrete insulin. In contrast to normally differentiated β-cells, insulinoma cells continue to secrete insulin and proinsulin at low blood glucose. This deregulated insulin secretion manifests clinically as fasting hypoglycemia. The molecular pathways that characterize normal insulin secretion and β-cell growth are reviewed and contrasted to the biology of insulinomas. The second half of this review summarizes the clinical approach to the disorder. The diagnosis of insulinoma is established by demonstrating inappropriately high insulin levels with coincident hypoglycemia at the time of a supervised fast. Localization of insulinomas is challenging owing to their small size but should be attempted to maximize the chance for successful surgical resection and avoid risks associated with reoperation. In the majority of cases, successful surgical resection leads to lifelong cure.
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- Jean-Marc Guettier
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Building 10-CRC, Room 6-5952, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1612, USA, Tel.: +1 301 496 1913, ,
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Kimura T, Taniguchi S, Niki I. Actin assembly controlled by GDP-Rab27a is essential for endocytosis of the insulin secretory membrane. Arch Biochem Biophys 2010; 496:33-7. [PMID: 20138020 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We have recently reported that GDP-bound Rab27a regulates endocytosis of the insulin secretory membrane via its binding to coronin 3, an actin-binding protein. The aim of this study was to examine the participation of actin assembly in the Rab27a-dependent regulation of endocytosis using a pancreatic beta cell line, MIN6. Coronin 3 promoted F-actin bundling only in the presence of GDP-Rab27a. This effect was independent of coronin-3-binding to the actin-related proteins 2 and 3 (Arp2/3). Uptake of anti-phogrin-lumen antibody into MIN6 was inhibited by anti-coronin-3-C antibody which recognizes the actin-binding site. This inhibition was also observed with coronin-3-R28D, which lacks in actin binding. These results suggest that coronin 3 is a genuine GDP-Rab27a effector, and that controls endocytosis of the secretory membrane via modulating actin assembly in pancreatic beta-cells.
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- Toshihide Kimura
- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine at Oita, Japan
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Isolation and culture of mouse pancreatic islets for ex vivo imaging studies with trappable or recombinant fluorescent probes. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 633:171-84. [PMID: 20204627 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-019-5_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The endocrine pancreas contains small clusters of 1,000-2,000 neuroendocrine cells termed islets of Langerhans. By secreting insulin, glucagon, or other hormones as circumstances dictate, islets play a central role in the control of glucose homeostasis in mammals. Islets are dispersed throughout the exocrine tissue and comprise only 1-2% of the volume of the whole organ; human pancreas contains about 10(6) islets whereas rodents have approximately 2 x 10(3) islets. The isolation of islets from the exocrine tissue usually begins with digestion of the pancreas with collagenase. Collagenase-containing medium is either injected into the pancreatic duct, and the organ left to digest in situ, or added after isolation of the pancreas and its dissection into small pieces ex vivo. Islets can then be separated from the exocrine tissue by gradient density or by handpicking. The islets obtained can either be used intact, for example, to measure insulin or glucagon secretion or be dispersed into single cells with a Ca(2+)-free medium or with trypsin/dispase. The latter facilitates the introduction of recombinant or trappable probes and microimaging studies of, for example, changes in cytosolic-free Ca(2+) concentration or the dynamics of individual organelles or proteins.
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Insulin granule biogenesis, trafficking and exocytosis. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2009; 80:473-506. [PMID: 19251047 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(08)00616-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that beta cell dysfunction resulting in abnormal insulin secretion is the essential element in the progression of patients from a state of impaired glucose tolerance to frank type 2 diabetes (Del Prato, 2003; Del Prato and Tiengo, 2001). Although extensive studies have examined the molecular, cellular and physiologic mechanisms of insulin granule biogenesis, sorting, and exocytosis the precise mechanisms controlling these processes and their dysregulation in the developed of diabetes remains an area of important investigation. We now know that insulin biogenesis initiates with the synthesis of preproinsulin in rough endoplastic reticulum and conversion of preproinsulin to proinsulin. Proinsulin begins to be packaged in the Trans-Golgi Network and is sorting into immature secretory granules. These immature granules become acidic via ATP-dependent proton pump and proinsulin undergoes proteolytic cleavage resulting the formation of insulin and C-peptide. During the granule maturation process, insulin is crystallized with zinc and calcium in the form of dense-core granules and unwanted cargo and membrane proteins undergo selective retrograde trafficking to either the constitutive trafficking pathway for secretion or to degradative pathways. The newly formed mature dense-core insulin granules populate two different intracellular pools, the readily releasable pools (RRP) and the reserved pool. These two distinct populations are thought to be responsible for the biphasic nature of insulin release in which the RRP granules are associated with the plasma membrane and undergo an acute calcium-dependent release accounting for first phase insulin secretion. In contrast, second phase insulin secretion requires the trafficking of the reserved granule pool to the plasma membrane. The initial trigger for insulin granule fusion with the plasma membrane is a rise in intracellular calcium and in the case of glucose stimulation results from increased production of ATP, closure of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel and cellular depolarization. In turn, this opens voltage-dependent calcium channels allowing increased influx of extracellular calcium. Calcium is thought to bind to members of the fusion regulatory proteins synaptogamin that functionally repressors the fusion inhibitory protein complexin. Both complexin and synaptogamin interact as well as several other regulatory proteins interact with the core fusion machinery composed of the Q- or t-SNARE proteins syntaxin 1 and SNAP25 in the plasma membrane that assembles with the R- or v-SNARE protein VAMP2 in insulin granules. In this chapter we will review the current progress of insulin granule biogenesis, sorting, trafficking, exocytosis and signaling pathways that comprise the molecular basis of glucose-dependent insulin secretion.
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Rutter GA, Leclerc I, Tsuboi T, Xavier GDS, Diraison F, Qian Q. Imaging glucose-regulated insulin secretion and gene expression in single islet beta-cells: control by AMP-activated protein kinase. Cell Biochem Biophys 2009; 40:179-90. [PMID: 15289653 DOI: 10.1385/cbb:40:3:179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The mechanisms by which changes in glucose concentration regulate gene expression and insulin secretion in pancreatic islet beta-cells are only partly understood. Here we describe the development of new technologies for examining these processes at the level of single living beta-cells. We also present recent findings, made using these and other techniques, which implicate a role for adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase in glucose signaling in these cells.
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- Guy A Rutter
- Henry Wellcome Laboratories of Integrated Cell Signalling and Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Torii S, Saito N, Kawano A, Hou N, Ueki K, Kulkarni RN, Takeuchi T. Gene silencing of phogrin unveils its essential role in glucose-responsive pancreatic beta-cell growth. Diabetes 2009; 58:682-92. [PMID: 19073770 PMCID: PMC2646067 DOI: 10.2337/db08-0970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Phogrin and IA-2, autoantigens in insulin-dependent diabetes, have been shown to be involved in insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells; however, implications at a molecular level are confusing from experiment to experiment. We analyzed biological functions of phogrin in beta-cells by an RNA interference technique. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Adenovirus-mediated expression of short hairpin RNA specific for phogrin (shPhogrin) was conducted using cultured beta-cell lines and mouse islets. Both glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and cell proliferation rate were determined in the phogrin-knockdown cells. Furthermore, protein expression was profiled in these cells. To see the binding partner of phogrin in beta-cells, coimmunoprecipitation analysis was carried out. RESULTS Adenoviral expression of shPhogrin efficiently decreased its endogenous expression in pancreatic beta-cells. Silencing of phogrin in beta-cells abrogated the glucose-mediated mitogenic effect, which was accompanied by a reduction in the level of insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS2) protein, without any changes in insulin secretion. Phogrin formed a complex with insulin receptor at the plasma membrane, and their interaction was promoted by high-glucose stimulation that in turn led to stabilization of IRS2 protein. Corroboratively, phogrin knockdown had no additional effect on the proliferation of beta-cell line derived from the insulin receptor-knockout mouse. CONCLUSIONS Phogrin is involved in beta-cell growth via regulating stability of IRS2 protein by the molecular interaction with insulin receptor. We propose that phogrin and IA-2 function as an essential regulator of autocrine insulin action in pancreatic beta-cells.
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- Seiji Torii
- Secretion Biology Lab, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Griffiths EJ, Rutter GA. Mitochondrial calcium as a key regulator of mitochondrial ATP production in mammalian cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:1324-33. [PMID: 19366607 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Revised: 01/23/2009] [Accepted: 01/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Mitochondrial Ca(2+) transport was initially considered important only in buffering of cytosolic Ca(2+) by acting as a "sink" under conditions of Ca(2+) overload. The main regulator of ATP production was considered to be the relative concentrations of high energy phosphates. However, work by Denton and McCormack in the 1970s and 1980s showed that free intramitochondrial Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](m)) activated dehydrogenase enzymes in mitochondria, leading to increased NADH and hence ATP production. This leads them to propose a scheme, subsequently termed a "parallel activation model" whereby increases in energy demand, such as hormonal stimulation or increased workload in muscle, produced an increase in cytosolic [Ca(2+)] that was relayed by the mitochondrial Ca(2+) transporters into the matrix to give an increase in [Ca(2+)](m). This then stimulated energy production to meet the increased energy demand. With the development of methods for measuring [Ca(2+)](m) in living cells that proved [Ca(2+)](m) changed over a dynamic physiological range rather than simply soaking up excess cytosolic [Ca(2+)], this model has now gained widespread acceptance. However, work by ourselves and others using targeted probes to measure changes in both [Ca(2+)] and [ATP] in different cell compartments has revealed variations in the interrelationships between these two in different tissues, suggesting that metabolic regulation by Ca(2+) is finely tuned to the demands and function of the individual organ.
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- Elinor J Griffiths
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
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Santodomingo J, Vay L, Camacho M, Hernández-Sanmiguel E, Fonteriz RI, Lobatón CD, Montero M, Moreno A, Alvarez J. Calcium dynamics in bovine adrenal medulla chromaffin cell secretory granules. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 28:1265-74. [PMID: 18973554 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06440.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The secretory granules constitute one of the less well-known compartments in terms of Ca2+ dynamics. They contain large amounts of total Ca2+, but the free intragranular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]SG), the mechanisms for Ca2+ uptake and release from the granules and their physiological significance regarding exocytosis are still matters of debate. We used in the present work an aequorin chimera targeted to the granules to investigate [Ca2+]SG homeostasis in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. We found that most of the intracellular aequorin chimera is present in a compartment with 50-100 microM Ca2+. Ca2+ accumulation into this compartment takes place mainly through an ATP-dependent mechanism, namely, a thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+-ATPase. In addition, fast Ca2+ release was observed in permeabilized cells after addition of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) or caffeine, suggesting the presence of InsP3 and ryanodine receptors in the vesicular membrane. Stimulation of intact cells with the InsP3-producing agonist histamine or with caffeine also induced Ca2+ release from the vesicles, whereas acetylcholine or high-[K+] depolarization induced biphasic changes in vesicular[Ca2+], suggesting heterogeneous responses of different vesicle populations, some of them releasing and some taking up Ca2+during stimulation. In conclusion, our data show that chromaffin cell secretory granules have the machinery required for rapid uptake and release of Ca2+, and this strongly supports the hypothesis that granular Ca2+ may contribute to its own secretion.
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- Jaime Santodomingo
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Ramón y Cajal, 7, E-47005 Valladolid, Spain
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Torii S. Expression and function of IA-2 family proteins, unique neuroendocrine-specific protein-tyrosine phosphatases. Endocr J 2009; 56:639-48. [PMID: 19550073 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.k09e-157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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IA-2 (also known as islet cell antigen ICA-512) and IA-2 beta (also known as phogrin, phosphatase homologue in granules of insulinoma) are major autoantigens in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Autoantibodies against both proteins are expressed years before clinical onset, and they become predictive markers for high-risk subjects. However, the role of these genes in the IDDM pathogenesis has been reported fairly negative by recent studies. IA-2 and IA-2 beta are type I transmembrane proteins that possess one inactive protein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) domain in the cytoplasmic region, and act as one of the constituents of regulated secretory pathways in various neuroendocrine cell types including pancreatic beta-cells. Existence of IA-2 homologues in different species suggests a fundamental role in neuroendocrine function. Studies of knockout animals have shown their involvement in maintaining hormone content, however, their specific steps in the secretory pathway IA-2 functions as well as their molecular mechanisms in the hormone content regulation are still unknown. More recent studies have suggested a novel function showing that they contribute to pancreatic beta-cell growth. This review attempts to show the possible biological functions of IA-2 family, focusing on their expression and localization in the neuroendocrine cells.
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- Seiji Torii
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
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Kimura T, Kaneko Y, Yamada S, Ishihara H, Senda T, Iwamatsu A, Niki I. The GDP-dependent Rab27a effector coronin 3 controls endocytosis of secretory membrane in insulin-secreting cell lines. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:3092-8. [PMID: 18768935 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.030544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Rab27a is involved in the control of membrane traffic, a crucial step in the regulated secretion. Typically, the guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-bound form has been considered to be active and, therefore, searching for proteins binding to the GTP-form has been attempted to look for their effectors. Here, we have identified the actin-bundling protein coronin 3 as a novel Rab27a effector that paradoxically bound guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-Rab27a in the pancreatic beta-cell line MIN6. Coronin 3 directly bound GDP-Rab27a through its beta-propeller structure. The most important insulin secretagogue glucose promptly shifted Rab27a from the GTP- to GDP-bound form. Knockdown of coronin 3 by RNAi resulted in the inhibition of phogrin (an insulin-granule-associated protein) internalization and the uptake of FM4-64 (a marker of endocytosis). Similar results were reproduced by disruption of the coronin-3-GDP-Rab27a interaction with the dominant-negative coronin 3, and coexpression of the GDP-Rab27a mutant rescued these changes. Taken together, our results indicate that interaction of GDP-Rab27a and coronin 3 is important in stimulus-endocytosis coupling, and that GTP- and GDP-Rab27a regulates insulin membrane recycling at the distinct stages.
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- Toshihide Kimura
- Department of Pharmacology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
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Ravier MA, Tsuboi T, Rutter GA. Imaging a target of Ca2+ signalling: dense core granule exocytosis viewed by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Methods 2008; 46:233-8. [PMID: 18854212 PMCID: PMC2597054 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2008.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2008] [Accepted: 09/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ca2+ ions are the most ubiquitous second messenger found in all cells, and play a significant role in controlling regulated secretion from neurons, endocrine, neuroendocrine and exocrine cells. Here, we describe microscopic techniques to image regulated secretion, a target of Ca2+ signalling. The first of these, total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF), is well suited for optical sectioning at cell–substrate regions with an unusually thin region of fluorescence excitation (<150 nm). It is thus particularly useful for studies of regulated hormone secretion. A brief summary of this approach is provided, as well as a description of the physical basis for the technique and the tools to implement TIRF using a standard fluorescence microscope. We also detail the different fluorescent probes which can be used to detect secretion and how to analyze the data obtained. A comparison between TIRF and other imaging modalities including confocal and multiphoton microscopy is also included.
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- Magalie A Ravier
- Unit of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Louvain Faculty of Medicine, UCL 55.30 Avenue Hippocrate 55, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Trajkovski M, Mziaut H, Schubert S, Kalaidzidis Y, Altkrüger A, Solimena M. Regulation of insulin granule turnover in pancreatic beta-cells by cleaved ICA512. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:33719-29. [PMID: 18824546 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804928200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Insulin maintains homeostasis of glucose by promoting its uptake into cells from the blood. Hyperglycemia triggers secretion of insulin from pancreatic beta-cells. This process is mediated by secretory granule exocytosis. However, how beta-cells keep granule stores relatively constant is still unknown. ICA512 is an intrinsic granule membrane protein, whose cytosolic domain binds beta2-syntrophin, an F-actin-associated protein, and is cleaved upon granule exocytosis. The resulting cleaved cytosolic fragment, ICA512-CCF, reaches the nucleus and up-regulates the transcription of granule genes, including insulin and ICA512. Here, we show that ICA512-CCF also dimerizes with intact ICA512 on granules, thereby displacing it from beta2-syntrophin. This leads to increased granule mobility and insulin release. Based on these findings, we propose a model whereby the generation of ICA512-CCF first amplifies insulin secretion. The ensuing reduction of granule stores would then increase the probability of newly generated ICA512-CCF to reach the nucleus and enhance granule biogenesis, thus allowing beta-cells to constantly adjust production of granules to their storage size and consumption. Pharmacological modulation of these feedback loops may alleviate deficient insulin release in diabetes.
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- Mirko Trajkovski
- Laboratory of Experimental Diabetology, School of Medicine, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden 01307, Germany
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Baltrusch S, Lenzen S. Monitoring of glucose-regulated single insulin secretory granule movement by selective photoactivation. Diabetologia 2008; 51:989-96. [PMID: 18389213 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-0979-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Fluorescence microscopy opens new perspectives for the analysis of insulin secretory granule movement. In this study, we examined whether recently developed photoactivatable/photoconvertible proteins are a useful tool for studying this process at the single granule level in insulin-secreting cells after glucose stimulation. METHODS Plasmids were generated for expression of fusion proteins of the granule membrane phosphatase phogrin or the granule cargo protein neuropeptide Y (NPY) with the photoactivatable green fluorescent protein mutant A206K (PA-GFP-A206K), the photoconvertible protein Dendra2 and the fluorescent protein mCherry. Transfected insulin-secreting MIN6 cells were analysed by fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS Point-resolved 405 nm light exposure during image acquisition of MIN6 cells transiently transfected with Phogrin-PA-GFP-A206K or NPY-PA-GFP-A206K as well as of stable MIN6-Phogrin-Dendra2 cells resulted in selective visualisation of few granules by green or red fluorescence, respectively. Movement of these granules was analysed by an automated tracking method from confocal 3D image series. The high spatiotemporal resolution facilitated an elongated tracking of single granules. Interestingly, the track speed and track displacement of granules after 1 h starvation and subsequent glucose stimulation was lower in cells pre-cultured for 48 h at 3 mmol/l glucose than in cells pre-cultured at 25 mmol/l glucose. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Targeting of the granule membrane or its cargo with a photoactivatable/photoconvertible protein allows in-depth visualisation and tracking of single insulin granules in dependence upon glucose. This technique may also open the way to elucidating the regulation of granule movement velocity within the pancreatic beta cell with respect to secretory defects in type 2 diabetes.
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- S Baltrusch
- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30623, Hannover, Germany.
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Tomas A, Meda P, Regazzi R, Pessin JE, Halban PA. Munc 18-1 and granuphilin collaborate during insulin granule exocytosis. Traffic 2008; 9:813-32. [PMID: 18208509 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00709.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Munc 18-1 is a member of the Sec/Munc family of syntaxin-binding proteins known to bind to the plasma membrane Q-SNARE syntaxin1 and whose precise role in regulated exocytosis remains controversial. Here, we show that Munc 18-1 plays a positive role in regulated insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells. Munc 18-1 depletion caused a loss in the secretory capacity of both transiently transfected INS 1E cells and a stable clone with tetracycline-regulated Munc 18-1 RNA interference. In addition, Munc 18-1-depleted cells exhibited defective docking of insulin granules to the plasma membrane and accumulated insulin in the trans Golgi network. Furthermore, glucose stimulation after Munc 18-1 depletion resulted in the rapid formation of autophagosomes. In contrast, overexpression of Munc 18-1 had no effect on insulin secretion. Although there was no detectable interaction between Munc 18-1 and Munc-18-interacting protein 1 or calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase, Munc 18-1 associated with the granular protein granuphilin. This association was regulated by glucose and was required for the specific interaction of insulin granules with syntaxin1. We conclude that Munc 18-1 and granuphilin collaborate in the docking of insulin granules to the plasma membrane in an initial fusion-incompetent state, with Munc 18-1 subsequently playing a positive role in a later stage of insulin granule exocytosis.
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- Alejandra Tomas
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Goehring AS, Pedroja BS, Hinke SA, Langeberg LK, Scott JD. MyRIP anchors protein kinase A to the exocyst complex. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:33155-67. [PMID: 17827149 PMCID: PMC3508720 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705167200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The movement of signal transduction enzymes in and out of multi-protein complexes coordinates the spatial and temporal resolution of cellular events. Anchoring and scaffolding proteins are key to this process because they sequester protein kinases and phosphatases with a subset of their preferred substrates. The protein kinase A-anchoring family of proteins (AKAPs), which target the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and other enzymes to defined subcellular microenvironments, represent a well studied group of these signal-organizing molecules. In this report we demonstrate that the Rab27a GTPase effector protein MyRIP is a member of the AKAP family. The zebrafish homolog of MyRIP (Ze-AKAP2) was initially detected in a two-hybrid screen for AKAPs. A combination of biochemical, cell-based, and immunofluorescence approaches demonstrate that the mouse MyRIP ortholog targets the type II PKA holoenzyme via an atypical mechanism to a specific perinuclear region of insulin-secreting cells. Similar approaches show that MyRIP interacts with the Sec6 and Sec8 components of the exocyst complex, an evolutionarily conserved protein unit that controls protein trafficking and exocytosis. These data indicate that MyRIP functions as a scaffolding protein that links PKA to components of the exocytosis machinery.
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- April S. Goehring
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239
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Baltrusch S, Lenzen S. Novel insights into the regulation of the bound and diffusible glucokinase in MIN6 beta-cells. Diabetes 2007; 56:1305-15. [PMID: 17287461 DOI: 10.2337/db06-0894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A stable MIN6 beta-cell clone overexpressing glucokinase as an enhanced cyan fluorescent protein (ECFP) fusion construct was generated for analysis of glucokinase regulation in these glucose-responsive insulin-secreting cells. A higher glucokinase enzyme activity accompanied by an improved glucose-induced insulin secretion indicated the integration of ECFP-glucokinase into the functional pool of glucokinase protein in MIN6-ECFP-glucokinase cells. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments of MIN6-ECFP-glucokinase cells and photoactivation of a transiently transfected photoswitchable cyan fluorescent protein (PS-CFP)-glucokinase construct in MIN6 cells indicate a higher motility of the diffusible glucokinase fraction at high glucose concentrations. In agreement with previous studies, we observed significant binding of ECFP-glucokinase to insulin secretory granules. Using fluorescence lifetime imaging, we obtained evidence for an association between glucokinase and alpha-tubulin in MIN6-ECFP-glucokinase cells. Furthermore, immunohistochemistry and fluorescence resonance energy transfer analysis by acceptor photobleaching showed distinct association between endogenous glucokinase and alpha-tubulin as well as beta-tubulin in MIN6 cells. Interestingly, glucokinase was also colocalized with kinesin, a motor protein involved in insulin secretory granule movement. Therefore, we suggest a role of a bound glucokinase protein fraction in the regulation of insulin granule movement along tubulin filaments.
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- Simone Baltrusch
- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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MacDonald PE, Rorsman P. The Ins and Outs of Secretion from Pancreatic β-Cells: Control of Single-Vesicle Exo- and Endocytosis. Physiology (Bethesda) 2007; 22:113-21. [PMID: 17420302 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00047.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Exocytosis of insulin-containing secretory vesicles in pancreatic β-cells is crucial to maintenance of plasma glucose levels. They fuse with the plasma membrane in a regulated manner to release their contents and are subsequently recaptured either intact or through conventional clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Here, we discuss these mechanisms in β-cells at the single-vesicle level.
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- Patrick E MacDonald
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Heusser K, Yuan H, Neagoe I, Tarasov AI, Ashcroft FM, Schwappach B. Scavenging of 14-3-3 proteins reveals their involvement in the cell-surface transport of ATP-sensitive K+ channels. J Cell Sci 2007; 119:4353-63. [PMID: 17038548 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Arginine (Arg)-based endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localization signals are involved in the quality control of different heteromultimeric membrane protein complexes. ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels are unique because each subunit in the heterooctamer contains an Arg-based ER-localization signal. We have dissected the inactivation events that override the ER-localization activity of the eight peptide-sorting motifs. Employing a 14-3-3-scavenger construct to lower the availability of 14-3-3 proteins, we found that 14-3-3 proteins promote the cell-surface expression of heterologously expressed and native KATP channels. 14-3-3 proteins were detected in physical association with KATP channels in a pancreatic beta-cell line. Our results suggest that the Arg-based signal present in Kir6.2 is sterically masked by the SUR1 subunit. By contrast, 14-3-3 proteins functionally antagonized the Arg-based signal present in SUR1. The last ten amino acids were required for efficient 14-3-3 recruitment to multimeric forms of the Kir6.2 C-terminus. Channels containing a pore-forming subunit lacking these residues reached the cell surface inefficiently but were functionally indistinguishable from channels formed by the full-length subunits. In conclusion, 14-3-3 proteins promote the cell-surface transport of correctly assembled complexes but do not regulate the activity of KATP channels at the cell surface.
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- Katja Heusser
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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The mechanisms by which insulin-containing dense core secretory vesicles approach and finally fuse with the plasma membrane are of considerable current interest: defects in these processes may be one of the contributing factors to Type 2 diabetes. In this review, we discuss the molecular mechanisms involved in vesicle trafficking within the pancreatic beta-cell and the mechanisms whereby these may be regulated. We then go on to describe recent evidence that suggests that vesicle fusion at the plasma membrane is a partly reversible process ("kiss and run" or "cavity recapture"). We propose that vesicles may participate in a exo-endocytotic cycle in which a proportion of those that have already undergone an interaction with the plasma membrane may exchange exocytotic machinery with maturing vesicles.
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- Guy A Rutter
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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