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McLaughlin K, Acreman S, Nawaz S, Cutteridge J, Clark A, Knudsen JG, Denwood G, Spigelman AF, Manning Fox JE, Singh SP, MacDonald PE, Hastoy B, Zhang Q. Loss of tetraspanin-7 expression reduces pancreatic β-cell exocytosis Ca 2+ sensitivity but has limited effect on systemic metabolism. Diabet Med 2022; 39:e14984. [PMID: 36264270 PMCID: PMC9828109 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tetraspanin-7 (Tspan7) is an islet autoantigen involved in autoimmune type 1 diabetes and known to regulate β-cell L-type Ca2+ channel activity. However, the role of Tspan7 in pancreatic β-cell function is not yet fully understood. METHODS Histological analyses were conducted using immunostaining. Whole-body metabolism was tested using glucose tolerance test. Islet hormone secretion was quantified using static batch incubation or dynamic perifusion. β-cell transmembrane currents, electrical activity and exocytosis were measured using whole-cell patch-clamping and capacitance measurements. Gene expression was studied using mRNA-sequencing and quantitative PCR. RESULTS Tspan7 is expressed in insulin-containing granules of pancreatic β-cells and glucagon-producing α-cells. Tspan7 knockout mice (Tspan7y/- mouse) exhibit reduced body weight and ad libitum plasma glucose but normal glucose tolerance. Tspan7y/- islets have normal insulin content and glucose- or tolbutamide-stimulated insulin secretion. Depolarisation-triggered Ca2+ current was enhanced in Tspan7y/- β-cells, but β-cell electrical activity and depolarisation-evoked exocytosis were unchanged suggesting that exocytosis was less sensitive to Ca2+ . TSPAN7 knockdown (KD) in human pseudo-islets led to a significant reduction in insulin secretion stimulated by 20 mM K+ . Transcriptomic analyses show that TSPAN7 KD in human pseudo-islets correlated with changes in genes involved in hormone secretion, apoptosis and ER stress. Consistent with rodent β-cells, exocytotic Ca2+ sensitivity was reduced in a human β-cell line (EndoC-βH1) following Tspan7 KD. CONCLUSION Tspan7 is involved in the regulation of Ca2+ -dependent exocytosis in β-cells. Its function is more significant in human β-cells than their rodent counterparts.
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- Kerry McLaughlin
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismUniversity of Oxford, Churchill HospitalOxfordUK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismUniversity of Oxford, Churchill HospitalOxfordUK
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Physiology, Metabolic Research UnitUniversity of GoteborgGöteborgSweden
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismUniversity of Oxford, Churchill HospitalOxfordUK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismUniversity of Oxford, Churchill HospitalOxfordUK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismUniversity of Oxford, Churchill HospitalOxfordUK
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- Section for Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismUniversity of Oxford, Churchill HospitalOxfordUK
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute and Department of PharmacologyUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAlbertaCanada
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute and Department of PharmacologyUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAlbertaCanada
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute and Department of PharmacologyUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAlbertaCanada
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismUniversity of Oxford, Churchill HospitalOxfordUK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismUniversity of Oxford, Churchill HospitalOxfordUK
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Deng K, Thorn P. Presynaptic-like mechanisms and the control of insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells. Cell Calcium 2022; 104:102585. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Fu Z, Liang X, Shi L, Tang L, Chen D, Liu A, Shao C. SYT8 promotes pancreatic cancer progression via the TNNI2/ERRα/SIRT1 signaling pathway. Cell Death Dis 2021; 7:390. [PMID: 34907162 PMCID: PMC8671424 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-021-00779-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal malignancy due to failures of early detection and high metastasis in patients. While certain genetic mutations in tumors are associated with severity, the molecular mechanisms responsible for cancer progression are still poorly understood. Synaptotagmin-8 (SYT8) is a membrane protein that regulates hormone secretion and neurotransmission, and its expression is positively regulated by the promoter of the insulin gene in pancreatic islet cells. In this study, we identified a previously unknown role of SYT8 in altering tumor characteristics in pancreatic cancer. SYT8 levels were upregulated in patient tumors and contributed towards increased cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in vitro and in vivo. Increased SYT8 expression also promoted tumor metastasis in an in vivo tumor metastasis model. Furthermore, we showed that SYT8-mediated increase in tumorigenicity was regulated by SIRT1, a protein deacetylase previously known to alter cell metabolism in pancreatic lesions. SIRT1 expression was altered by orphan nuclear receptor ERRα and troponin-1 (TNNI2), resulting in cell proliferation and migration in an SYT8-dependent manner. Together, we identified SYT8 to be a central regulator of tumor progression involving signaling via the SIRT1, ERRα, and TNNI2 axis. This knowledge may provide the basis for the development of therapeutic strategies to restrict tumor metastasis in pancreatic cancer.
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- Zhiping Fu
- grid.73113.370000 0004 0369 1660Department of Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- grid.73113.370000 0004 0369 1660Department of Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- grid.73113.370000 0004 0369 1660Department of Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- grid.73113.370000 0004 0369 1660Department of Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- grid.73113.370000 0004 0369 1660Department of Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- grid.73113.370000 0004 0369 1660Department of Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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Yau B, Hocking S, Andrikopoulos S, Kebede MA. Targeting the insulin granule for modulation of insulin exocytosis. Biochem Pharmacol 2021; 194:114821. [PMID: 34748819 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The pancreatic β-cells control insulin secretion in the body to regulate glucose homeostasis, and β-cell stress and dysfunction is characteristic of Type 2 Diabetes. Pharmacological targeting of the β-cell to increase insulin secretion is typically utilised, however, extended use of common drugs such as sulfonylureas are known to result in secondary failure. Moreover, there is evidence they may induce β-cell failure in the long term. Within β-cells, insulin secretory granules (ISG) serve as compartments to store, process and traffic insulin for exocytosis. There is now growing evidence that ISG exist in multiple populations, distinct in their protein composition, motility, age, and capacity for secretion. In this review, we discuss the implications of a heterogenous ISG population in β-cells and highlight the need for more understanding into how unique ISG populations may be targeted in anti-diabetic therapies.
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- Belinda Yau
- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia; Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
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- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia; Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health and Department of Endocrinology Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia; Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Vevea JD, Kusick GF, Courtney KC, Chen E, Watanabe S, Chapman ER. Synaptotagmin 7 is targeted to the axonal plasma membrane through γ-secretase processing to promote synaptic vesicle docking in mouse hippocampal neurons. eLife 2021; 10:e67261. [PMID: 34543184 PMCID: PMC8452306 DOI: 10.7554/elife.67261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Synaptotagmin 7 (SYT7) has emerged as a key regulator of presynaptic function, but its localization and precise role in the synaptic vesicle cycle remain the subject of debate. Here, we used iGluSnFR to optically interrogate glutamate release, at the single-bouton level, in SYT7KO-dissociated mouse hippocampal neurons. We analyzed asynchronous release, paired-pulse facilitation, and synaptic vesicle replenishment and found that SYT7 contributes to each of these processes to different degrees. 'Zap-and-freeze' electron microscopy revealed that a loss of SYT7 diminishes docking of synaptic vesicles after a stimulus and inhibits the recovery of depleted synaptic vesicles after a stimulus train. SYT7 supports these functions from the axonal plasma membrane, where its localization and stability require both γ-secretase-mediated cleavage and palmitoylation. In summary, SYT7 is a peripheral membrane protein that controls multiple modes of synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis and plasticity, in part, through enhancing activity-dependent docking of SVs.
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- Jason D Vevea
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteMadisonUnited States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University, School of MedicineBaltimoreUnited States
- Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University, School of MedicineBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteMadisonUnited States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University, School of MedicineBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University, School of MedicineBaltimoreUnited States
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, School of MedicineBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteMadisonUnited States
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Oh SY, Choi YM, Kim HY, Park YS, Jung SC, Park JW, Woo SY, Ryu KH, Kim HS, Jo I. Application of Tonsil-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration: Concise Review. Stem Cells 2019; 37:1252-1260. [PMID: 31287931 PMCID: PMC6852396 DOI: 10.1002/stem.3058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Since the discovery of stem cells and multipotency characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), there has been tremendous development in regenerative medicine. MSCs derived from bone marrow have been widely used in various research applications, yet there are limitations such as invasiveness of obtaining samples, low yield and proliferation rate, and questions regarding their practicality in clinical applications. Some have suggested that MSCs from other sources, specifically those derived from palatine tonsil tissues, that is, tonsil‐derived MSCs (TMSCs), could be considered as a new potential therapeutic tool in regenerative medicine due to their superior proliferation rate and differentiation capabilities with low immunogenicity and ease of obtaining. Several studies have determined that TMSCs have differentiation potential not only into the mesodermal lineage but also into the endodermal as well as ectodermal lineages, expanding their potential usage and placing them as an appealing option to consider for future studies in regenerative medicine. In this review, the differentiation capacities of TMSCs and their therapeutic competencies from past studies are addressed. stem cells2019;37:1252–1260
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- Se-Young Oh
- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Lenzi C, Stevens J, Osborn D, Hannah MJ, Bierings R, Carter T. Synaptotagmin 5 regulates Ca 2+-dependent Weibel-Palade body exocytosis in human endothelial cells. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.221952. [PMID: 30659119 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.221952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Elevations of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) are a potent trigger for Weibel-Palade body (WPB) exocytosis and secretion of von Willebrand factor (VWF) from endothelial cells; however, the identity of WPB-associated Ca2+-sensors involved in transducing acute increases in [Ca2+]i into granule exocytosis remains unknown. Here, we show that synaptotagmin 5 (SYT5) is expressed in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and is recruited to WPBs to regulate Ca2+-driven WPB exocytosis. Western blot analysis of HUVECs identified SYT5 protein, and exogenously expressed SYT5-mEGFP localised almost exclusively to WPBs. shRNA-mediated knockdown of endogenous SYT5 (shSYT5) reduced the rate and extent of histamine-evoked WPB exocytosis and reduced secretion of the WPB cargo VWF-propeptide (VWFpp). The shSYT5-mediated reduction in histamine-evoked WPB exocytosis was prevented by expression of shRNA-resistant SYT5-mCherry. Overexpression of SYT5-EGFP increased the rate and extent of histamine-evoked WPB exocytosis, and increased secretion of VWFpp. Expression of a Ca2+-binding defective SYT5 mutant (SYT5-Asp197Ser-EGFP) mimicked depletion of endogenous SYT5. We identify SYT5 as a WPB-associated Ca2+ sensor regulating Ca2+-dependent secretion of stored mediators from vascular endothelial cells.
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- Camille Lenzi
- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London SW18 ORE, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London SW18 ORE, UK
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- Microbiology Services Colindale, Public Health England, London, NW9 5EQ, UK
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- Plasma Proteins, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1006 AD Amsterdam, PO Box 9190, The Netherlands
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London SW18 ORE, UK
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Hastoy B, Clark A, Rorsman P, Lang J. Fusion pore in exocytosis: More than an exit gate? A β-cell perspective. Cell Calcium 2017; 68:45-61. [PMID: 29129207 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2017.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Secretory vesicle exocytosis is a fundamental biological event and the process by which hormones (like insulin) are released into the blood. Considerable progress has been made in understanding this precisely orchestrated sequence of events from secretory vesicle docked at the cell membrane, hemifusion, to the opening of a membrane fusion pore. The exact biophysical and physiological regulation of these events implies a close interaction between membrane proteins and lipids in a confined space and constrained geometry to ensure appropriate delivery of cargo. We consider some of the still open questions such as the nature of the initiation of the fusion pore, the structure and the role of the Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive-factor Attachment protein REceptor (SNARE) transmembrane domains and their influence on the dynamics and regulation of exocytosis. We discuss how the membrane composition and protein-lipid interactions influence the likelihood of the nascent fusion pore forming. We relate these factors to the hypothesis that fusion pore expansion could be affected in type-2 diabetes via changes in disease-related gene transcription and alterations in the circulating lipid profile. Detailed characterisation of the dynamics of the fusion pore in vitro will contribute to understanding the larger issue of insulin secretory defects in diabetes.
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- Benoit Hastoy
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK.
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK; Metabolic Research, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Goteborg, Medicinaregatan 11, S-41309 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nano-objets (CBMN), CNRS UMR 5248, Université de Bordeaux, Allée de Geoffrey St Hilaire, 33600 Pessac, France.
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Pinheiro PS, Houy S, Sørensen JB. C2-domain containing calcium sensors in neuroendocrine secretion. J Neurochem 2016; 139:943-958. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 09/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Paulo S. Pinheiro
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology; University of Coimbra; Coimbra Portugal
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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Redpath GMI, Sophocleous RA, Turnbull L, Whitchurch CB, Cooper ST. Ferlins Show Tissue-Specific Expression and Segregate as Plasma Membrane/Late Endosomal or Trans-Golgi/Recycling Ferlins. Traffic 2016; 17:245-66. [PMID: 26707827 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Ferlins are a family of transmembrane-anchored vesicle fusion proteins uniquely characterized by 5-7 tandem cytoplasmic C2 domains, Ca(2+)-regulated phospholipid-binding domains that regulate vesicle fusion in the synaptotagmin family. In humans, dysferlin mutations cause limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B (LGMD2B) due to defective Ca(2+)-dependent, vesicle-mediated membrane repair and otoferlin mutations cause non-syndromic deafness due to defective Ca(2+)-triggered auditory neurotransmission. In this study, we describe the tissue-specific expression, subcellular localization and endocytic trafficking of the ferlin family. Studies of endosomal transit together with 3D-structured illumination microscopy reveals dysferlin and myoferlin are abundantly expressed at the PM and cycle to Rab7-positive late endosomes, supporting potential roles in the late-endosomal pathway. In contrast, Fer1L6 shows concentrated localization to a specific compartment of the trans-Golgi/recycling endosome, cycling rapidly between this compartment and the PM via Rab11 recycling endosomes. Otoferlin also shows trans-Golgi to PM cycling, with very low levels of PM otoferlin suggesting either brief PM residence, or rare incorporation of otoferlin molecules into the PM. Thus, type-I and type-II ferlins segregate as PM/late-endosomal or trans-Golgi/recycling ferlins, consistent with different ferlins mediating vesicle fusion events in specific subcellular locations.
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- Gregory M I Redpath
- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, Kid's Research Institute, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.,Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, Kid's Research Institute, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Microbial Imaging Facility, The iThree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia
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- Microbial Imaging Facility, The iThree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, Kid's Research Institute, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.,Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Röder PV, Wu B, Liu Y, Han W. Pancreatic regulation of glucose homeostasis. Exp Mol Med 2016; 48:e219. [PMID: 26964835 PMCID: PMC4892884 DOI: 10.1038/emm.2016.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 448] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
In order to ensure normal body function, the human body is dependent on a tight control of its blood glucose levels. This is accomplished by a highly sophisticated network of various hormones and neuropeptides released mainly from the brain, pancreas, liver, intestine as well as adipose and muscle tissue. Within this network, the pancreas represents a key player by secreting the blood sugar-lowering hormone insulin and its opponent glucagon. However, disturbances in the interplay of the hormones and peptides involved may lead to metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) whose prevalence, comorbidities and medical costs take on a dramatic scale. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to uncover and understand the mechanisms underlying the various interactions to improve existing anti-diabetic therapies and drugs on the one hand and to develop new therapeutic approaches on the other. This review summarizes the interplay of the pancreas with various other organs and tissues that maintain glucose homeostasis. Furthermore, anti-diabetic drugs and their impact on signaling pathways underlying the network will be discussed.
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- Pia V Röder
- Metabolism in Human Diseases Unit, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- Metabolism in Human Diseases Unit, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138673, Singapore. E-mail: or
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- Laboratory of Metabolic Medicine, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
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- Laboratory of Metabolic Medicine, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
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- Metabolism in Human Diseases Unit, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- Laboratory of Metabolic Medicine, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
- Metabolism in Human Diseases Unit, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138673, Singapore. E-mail: or
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Characterisation of insulin-producing cells differentiated from tonsil derived mesenchymal stem cells. Differentiation 2015; 90:27-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 07/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Milochau A, Lagrée V, Benassy MN, Chaignepain S, Papin J, Garcia-Arcos I, Lajoix A, Monterrat C, Coudert L, Schmitter JM, Ochoa B, Lang J. Synaptotagmin 11 interacts with components of the RNA-induced silencing complex RISC in clonal pancreatic β-cells. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:2217-22. [PMID: 24882364 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2014] [Revised: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Synaptotagmins are two C2 domain-containing transmembrane proteins. The function of calcium-sensitive members in the regulation of post-Golgi traffic has been well established whereas little is known about the calcium-insensitive isoforms constituting half of the protein family. Novel binding partners of synaptotagmin 11 were identified in β-cells. A number of them had been assigned previously to ER/Golgi derived-vesicles or linked to RNA synthesis, translation and processing. Whereas the C2A domain interacted with the Q-SNARE Vti1a, the C2B domain of syt11 interacted with the SND1, Ago2 and FMRP, components of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). Binding to SND was direct via its N-terminal tandem repeats. Our data indicate that syt11 may provide a link between gene regulation by microRNAs and membrane traffic.
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMR CNRS 5248, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMR CNRS 5248, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- University of the Basque Country, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Physiology, Bilbao, Spain
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- Université Montpellier 1, CNRS FRE 3400, Faculté de Pharmacie, F-34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- University of the Basque Country, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Physiology, Bilbao, Spain
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMR CNRS 5248, F-33607 Pessac, France.
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Mani BK, Chuang JC, Kjalarsdottir L, Sakata I, Walker AK, Kuperman A, Osborne-Lawrence S, Repa JJ, Zigman JM. Role of calcium and EPAC in norepinephrine-induced ghrelin secretion. Endocrinology 2014; 155:98-107. [PMID: 24189139 PMCID: PMC3868802 DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ghrelin is an orexigenic hormone secreted principally from a distinct population of gastric endocrine cells. Molecular mechanisms regulating ghrelin secretion are mostly unknown. Recently, norepinephrine (NE) was shown to enhance ghrelin release by binding to β1-adrenergic receptors on ghrelin cells. Here, we use an immortalized stomach-derived ghrelin cell line to further characterize the intracellular signaling pathways involved in NE-induced ghrelin secretion, with a focus on the roles of Ca(2+) and cAMP. Several voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel (VGCC) family members were found by quantitative PCR to be expressed by ghrelin cells. Nifedipine, a selective L-type VGCC blocker, suppressed both basal and NE-stimulated ghrelin secretion. NE induced elevation of cytosolic Ca(2+) levels both in the presence and absence of extracellular Ca(2+). Ca(2+)-sensing synaptotagmins Syt7 and Syt9 were also highly expressed in ghrelin cell lines, suggesting that they too help mediate ghrelin secretion. Raising cAMP with the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine also stimulated ghrelin secretion, although such a cAMP-mediated effect likely does not involve protein kinase A, given the absence of a modulatory response to a highly selective protein kinase A inhibitor. However, pharmacological inhibition of another target of cAMP, exchange protein-activated by cAMP (EPAC), did attenuate both basal and NE-induced ghrelin secretion, whereas an EPAC agonist enhanced basal ghrelin secretion. We conclude that constitutive ghrelin secretion is primarily regulated by Ca(2+) influx through L-type VGCCs and that NE stimulates ghrelin secretion predominantly through release of intracellular Ca(2+). Furthermore, cAMP and its downstream activation of EPAC are required for the normal ghrelin secretory response to NE.
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- Bharath K Mani
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (B.K.M., J.-C.C., I.S., A.K.W., A.K., S.O.-L., J.M.Z.), Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Hypothalamic research (B.K.M., J.-C.C., L.K., I.S., A.K.W., A.K., S.O.-L., J.J.R., J.M.Z.), Department of Internal Medicine; and Departments of Psychiatry (B.K.M., J.-C.C., I.S., A.K.W., A.K., S.O.-L., J.M.Z.) and Physiology (L.K., J.J.R.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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Andersson SA, Olsson AH, Esguerra JLS, Heimann E, Ladenvall C, Edlund A, Salehi A, Taneera J, Degerman E, Groop L, Ling C, Eliasson L. Reduced insulin secretion correlates with decreased expression of exocytotic genes in pancreatic islets from patients with type 2 diabetes. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2012; 364:36-45. [PMID: 22939844 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Reduced insulin release has been linked to defect exocytosis in β-cells. However, whether expression of genes suggested to be involved in the exocytotic process (exocytotic genes) is altered in pancreatic islets from patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and correlate to insulin secretion, needs to be further investigated. Analysing expression levels of 23 exocytotic genes using microarray revealed reduced expression of five genes in human T2D islets (χ(2)=13.25; p<0.001). Gene expression of STX1A, SYT4, SYT7, SYT11, SYT13, SNAP25 and STXBP1 correlated negatively to in vivo measurements of HbA1c levels and positively to glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in vitro in human islets. STX1A, SYT4 and SYT11 protein levels correspondingly decreased in human T2D islets. Moreover, silencing of SYT4 and SYT13 reduced GSIS in INS1-832/13 cells. Our data support that reduced expression of exocytotic genes contributes to impaired insulin secretion, and suggest decreased expression of these genes as part of T2D pathogenesis.
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- Sofia A Andersson
- Islet Cell Exocytosis, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Gustavsson N, Wu B, Han W. Calcium sensing in exocytosis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 740:731-57. [PMID: 22453967 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2888-2_32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and hormones are released through regulated exocytosis of synaptic vesicles and large dense core vesicles. This complex and highly regulated process is orchestrated by SNAREs and their associated proteins. The triggering signal for regulated exocytosis is usually an increase in intracellular calcium levels. Besides the triggering role, calcium signaling modulates the precise amount and kinetics of vesicle release. Thus, it is a central question to understand the molecular machineries responsible for calcium sensing in exocytosis. Here we provide an overview of our current understanding of calcium sensing in neurotransmitter release and hormone secretion.
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- Natalia Gustavsson
- Laboratory of Metabolic Medicine, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore.
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Falkowski MA, Thomas DDH, Messenger SW, Martin TF, Groblewski GE. Expression, localization, and functional role for synaptotagmins in pancreatic acinar cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2011; 301:G306-16. [PMID: 21636530 PMCID: PMC3154608 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00108.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Secretagogue-induced changes in intracellular Ca(2+) play a pivotal role in secretion in pancreatic acini yet the molecules that respond to Ca(2+) are uncertain. Zymogen granule (ZG) exocytosis is regulated by soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complexes. In nerve and endocrine cells, Ca(2+)-stimulated exocytosis is regulated by the SNARE-associated family of proteins termed synaptotagmins. This study examined a potential role for synaptotagmins in acinar secretion. RT-PCR revealed that synaptotagmin isoforms 1, 3, 6, and 7 are present in isolated acini. Immunoblotting and immunofluorescence using three different antibodies demonstrated synaptotagmin 1 immunoreactivity in apical cytoplasm and ZG fractions of acini, where it colocalized with vesicle-associated membrane protein 2. Synaptotagmin 3 immunoreactivity was detected in membrane fractions and colocalized with an endolysosomal marker. A potential functional role for synaptotagmin 1 in secretion was indicated by results that introduction of synaptotagmin 1 C2AB domain into permeabilized acini inhibited Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis by 35%. In contrast, constructs of synaptotagmin 3 had no effect. Confirmation of these findings was achieved by incubating intact acini with an antibody specific to the intraluminal domain of synaptotagmin 1, which is externalized following exocytosis. Externalized synaptotagmin 1 was detected exclusively along the apical membrane. Treatment with CCK-8 (100 pM, 5 min) enhanced immunoreactivity by fourfold, demonstrating that synaptotagmin is inserted into the apical membrane during ZG fusion. Collectively, these data indicate that acini express synaptotagmin 1 and support that it plays a functional role in secretion whereas synaptotagmin 3 has an alternative role in endolysosomal membrane trafficking.
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Mapping of INS promoter interactions reveals its role in long-range regulation of SYT8 transcription. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2011; 18:372-8. [PMID: 21336277 PMCID: PMC6402586 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Insulin (INS) synthesis and secretion from pancreatic β cells are tightly regulated; their deregulation causes diabetes. Here we map INS-associated loci in human pancreatic islets by 4C and 3C techniques and show that the INS gene physically interacts with the SYT8 gene, located over 300 kb away. This interaction is elevated by glucose and accompanied by increases in SYT8 expression. Inactivation of the INS promoter by promoter-targeting siRNA reduces SYT8 gene expression. SYT8-INS interaction and SYT8 transcription are attenuated by CTCF depletion. Furthermore, SYT8 knockdown decreases insulin secretion in islets. These results reveal a non-redundant role for SYT8 in insulin secretion and indicate that the INS promoter acts from a distance to stimulate SYT8 transcription. This suggests a function for the INS promoter in coordinating insulin transcription and secretion through long-range regulation of SYT8 expression in human islets.
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Boal F, Laguerre M, Milochau A, Lang J, Scotti PA. A charged prominence in the linker domain of the cysteine‐string protein Cspα mediates its regulated interaction with the calcium sensor synaptotagmin 9 during exocytosis. FASEB J 2010; 25:132-43. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-152033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Frédéric Boal
- Department of BiochemistrySchool of Medical SciencesUniversity of BristolBristolUK
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5248Universitedé Bordeaux IPessacFrance
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5248Universitedé Bordeaux IPessacFrance
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5248Universitedé Bordeaux IPessacFrance
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5248Universitedé Bordeaux IPessacFrance
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Yang L, Zhao L, Gan Z, He Z, Xu J, Gao X, Wang X, Han W, Chen L, Xu T, Li W, Liu Y. Deficiency in RNA editing enzyme ADAR2 impairs regulated exocytosis. FASEB J 2010; 24:3720-32. [PMID: 20501795 DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-152363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Mammalian RNA editing catalyzed by adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs) ADAR1 and ADAR2 plays pivotal roles in the brain through functional modifications of neurotransmitter receptors and ion channels. We have demonstrated previously that RNA editing by ADAR2 is regulated metabolically in pancreatic β cells. To investigate the cellular functions of ADAR2 in professional secretory cells, we studied the effects of ADAR2 knockdown on regulated exocytosis. Selective knockdown of ADAR2 expression markedly impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in the rat insulinoma INS-1 cells and primary pancreatic islets and significantly diminished KCl-stimulated secretion of exogenous human growth hormone or endogenous chromogranin B protein in the rat adrenal pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. Notably, restored overexpression of catalytically active but not editing-deficient mutant ADAR2 could rescue the impairment in stimulated secretion from ADAR2 knockdown cells. Moreover, ADAR2 suppression significantly attenuated Ca(2+)-evoked membrane capacitance increases and appreciably reduced the number of membrane-docked insulin granules in INS-1 cells. Interestingly, the secretory defects resulting from ADAR2 deficiency were coupled to decreased expression of Munc18-1 and synaptotagmin-7, two key molecules in the regulation of vesicle exocytosis. Thus, these findings reveal an important aspect of ADAR2 actions in regulated exocytosis, implicating RNA editing in the control of cellular secretory machinery.
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- Liu Yang
- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
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Calcium-sensing beyond neurotransmitters: functions of synaptotagmins in neuroendocrine and endocrine secretion. Biosci Rep 2009; 29:245-59. [PMID: 19500075 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20090031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and hormones are released through the regulated exocytosis of SVs (synaptic vesicles) and LDCVs (large dense-core vesicles), a process that is controlled by calcium. Synaptotagmins are a family of type 1 membrane proteins that share a common domain structure. Most synaptotagmins are located in brain and endocrine cells, and some of these synaptotagmins bind to phospholipids and calcium at levels that trigger regulated exocytosis of SVs and LDCVs. This led to the proposed synaptotagmin-calcium-sensor paradigm, that is, members of the synaptotagmin family function as calcium sensors for the regulated exocytosis of neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and hormones. Here, we provide an overview of the synaptotagmin family, and review the recent mouse genetic studies aimed at understanding the functions of synaptotagmins in neurotransmission and endocrine-hormone secretion. Also, we discuss potential roles of synaptotagmins in non-traditional endocrine systems.
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Brunner Y, Schvartz D, Couté Y, Sanchez JC. Proteomics of regulated secretory organelles. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2009; 28:844-867. [PMID: 19301366 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Regulated secretory organelles are important subcellular structures of living cells that allow the release in the extracellular space of crucial compounds, such as hormones and neurotransmitters. Therefore, the regulation of biogenesis, trafficking, and exocytosis of regulated secretory organelles has been intensively studied during the last 30 years. However, due to the large number of different regulated secretory organelles, only a few of them have been specifically characterized. New insights into regulated secretory organelles open crucial perspectives for a better comprehension of the mechanisms that govern cell secretion. The combination of subcellular fractionation, protein separation, and mass spectrometry is also possible to study regulated secretory organelles at the proteome level. In this review, we present different strategies used to isolate regulated secretory organelles, separate their protein content, and identify the proteins by mass spectrometry. The biological significance of regulated secretory organelles-proteomic analysis is discussed as well.
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- Yannick Brunner
- Biomedical Proteomics Research Group, University Medical Center, Geneva, Switzerland
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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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Miyazaki M, Emoto M, Fukuda N, Hatanaka M, Taguchi A, Miyamoto S, Tanizawa Y. DOC2b is a SNARE regulator of glucose-stimulated delayed insulin secretion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 384:461-5. [PMID: 19410553 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.04.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Accepted: 04/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Insulin secretion is precisely regulated by blood glucose with unique biphasic pattern. The regulatory mechanism of the second-phase insulin release is unclear. In this study, we report that DOC2b (double C2 domain protein isoform b), a SNARE related protein, was associated with insulin vesicles and translocated to plasma membrane within several minutes upon high-glucose stimulation followed by an interaction with syntaxin4, but not syntaxin1. This binding specificity and the time course of DOC2b translocation were suitable for the regulation of second-phase insulin release. Increased DOC2b expression enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. In contrast, silencing DOC2b inhibited delayed release of insulin, without affecting rapid (approximately 7min) phase secretion. Interestingly, DOC2b had no effects on KCl-triggered insulin release. These data suggest that DOC2b may be a regulator for delayed (second-phase) insulin secretion in MIN6 cells.
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- Mutsuko Miyazaki
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Hematological Sciences and Therapeutics, Department of Bio-Signal Analysis, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube 755-8505, Japan
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Burghardt H, López-Bermejo A, Baumgartner B, Ibáñez L, Vendrell J, Ricart W, Palacín M, Fernández-Real JM, Zorzano A. The nuclear receptor coactivator AIB3 is a modulator of HOMA beta-cell function in nondiabetic children. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2008; 69:730-6. [PMID: 18462265 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The amplified in breast cancer-3 protein (AIB3) is a nuclear coactivator involved in proliferation, apoptosis and development. AIB3 loss of function causes deficient insulin secretion in mice, indicating that AIB3 participates in beta-cell regulation. Our objective was to evaluate genetic variants located on AIB3 associated with beta-cell function in children and to analyse the effect of AIB3 overexpression on gene expression in insulin 1 (INS-1) beta-pancreatic cells. DESIGN Polymorphisms from AIB3 were genotyped in 148 children with normal or low birthweights for gestational age. The effect of AIB3 overexpression on gene expression was analysed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in INS-1 cells. RESULTS AIB3 variants were associated with homeostasis model assessment of beta-cell function (HOMA-beta-cell) in children with normal or low birthweights for gestational age, but not with HOMA of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), or with birthweight. AIB3 overexpression increased the expression of genes involved in signalling, such as IRS-1, IRS-2, IGF-II receptor or Foxo1, or of genes that control insulin secretion, such as Cplx2, Glut2 or Kv3.1 in INS-1 cells. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that AIB3 contributes to the maintenance of beta-cell function in nondiabetic children and regulates gene expression in INS-1 cells.
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- Hans Burghardt
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Barcelona, Spain
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Vinet AF, Fukuda M, Descoteaux A. The exocytosis regulator synaptotagmin V controls phagocytosis in macrophages. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2008; 181:5289-95. [PMID: 18832684 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.8.5289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Synaptotagmins (Syts) play a key role in the regulation of Ca(2+)-triggered exocytosis and membrane fusion events, two crucial events associated to the phagocytic process. In the present study, we investigated the role of Syt V, a regulator of focal exocytosis, in phagocytosis. In macrophages, Syt V is localized on recycling endosomes and on filopodia-like structures and is recruited to the nascent phagosomes independently of the phagocytic receptor engaged. Silencing of Syt V by RNA interference revealed a role for this protein for phagocytosis, particularly under conditions of high membrane demand. In contrast, silencing of Syt V had no effect on the recruitment of the lysosomal marker LAMP1 to phagosomes, indicating that phagosome maturation is not regulated by Syt V. Collectively, these results illustrate the importance of Syt V in the regulation of an important innate function of macrophages. Furthermore, our results are consistent with the concept that focal exocytosis of endocytic organelles is a key event in phagocytosis and suggest that Syt V regulates this process.
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- Adrien F Vinet
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Genetic analysis of synaptotagmin-7 function in synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:3986-91. [PMID: 18308933 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712372105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Synaptotagmin-7 is a candidate Ca(2+) sensor for exocytosis that is at least partly localized to synapses. Similar to synaptotagmin-1, which functions as a Ca(2+) sensor for fast synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis, synaptotagmin-7 contains C(2)A and C(2)B domains that exhibit Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipid binding. However, synaptotagmin-7 cannot replace synaptotagmin-1 as a Ca(2+) sensor for fast SV exocytosis, raising questions about the physiological significance of its Ca(2+)-binding properties. Here, we examine how synaptotagmin-7 binds Ca(2+) and test whether this Ca(2+) binding regulates Ca(2+)-triggered SV exocytosis. We show that the synaptotagmin-7 C(2)A domain exhibits a Ca(2+)-binding mode similar to that of the synaptotagmin-1 C(2)A domain, suggesting that the synaptotagmin-1 and -7 C(2) domains generally employ comparable Ca(2+)-binding mechanisms. We then generated mutant mice that lack synaptotagmin-7 or contain point mutations inactivating Ca(2+) binding either to both C(2) domains of synaptotagmin-7 or only to its C(2)B domain. Synaptotagmin-7-mutant mice were viable and fertile. Inactivation of Ca(2+) binding to both C(2) domains caused an approximately 70% reduction in synaptotagmin-7 levels, whereas inactivation of Ca(2+) binding to only the C(2)B domain did not alter synaptotagmin-7 levels. The synaptotagmin-7 deletion did not change fast synchronous release, slow asynchronous release, or short-term synaptic plasticity of release of neurotransmitters. Thus, our results show that Ca(2+) binding to the synaptotagmin-7 C(2) domains is physiologically important for stabilizing synaptotagmin-7, but that Ca(2+) binding by synaptotagmin-7 likely does not regulate SV exocytosis, consistent with a role for synaptotagmin-7 in other forms of Ca(2+)-dependent synaptic exocytosis.
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Tamori M, Saha AK, Matsuno A, Noskor SC, Koizumi O, Kobayakawa Y, Nakajima Y, Motokawa T. Stichopin-containing nerves and secretory cells specific to connective tissues of the sea cucumber. Proc Biol Sci 2007; 274:2279-85. [PMID: 17623636 PMCID: PMC2288486 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Stichopin, a 17-amino acid peptide isolated from a sea cucumber, affects the stiffness change of the body-wall catch connective tissues and the contraction of the body-wall muscles. The localization of stichopin in sea cucumbers was studied by indirect immunohistochemistry using antiserum against stichopin. Double staining was performed with both stichopin antiserum and 1E11, the monoclonal antibody specific to echinoderm nerves. A stichopin-like immunoreactivity (stichopin-LI) was exclusively found in the connective tissues of various organs. Many fibres and cells with processes were stained by both the anti-stichopin antibody and 1E11. They were found in the body-wall dermis and the connective tissue layer of the cloacae and were suggested to be connective tissue-specific nerves. Oval cells with stichopin-LI (OCS) without processes were found in the body-wall dermis, the connective tissue sheath of the longitudinal body-wall muscles, the connective tissue layer of the tube feet and tentacles, and the connective tissue in the radial nerves separating the ectoneural part from the hyponeural part. Electron microscopic observations of the OCSs in the radial nerves showed that they were secretory cells. The OCSs were located either near the well-defined neural structures or near the water-filled cavities, such as the epineural sinus and the canals of the tube feet. The location near the water-filled cavities might suggest that stichopin was secreted into these cavities to function as a hormone.
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- Masaki Tamori
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, W3-42, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama 2-12-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
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Gauthier BR, Duhamel DL, Iezzi M, Theander S, Saltel F, Fukuda M, Wehrle-Haller B, Wollheim CB. Synaptotagmin VII splice variants alpha, beta, and delta are expressed in pancreatic beta-cells and regulate insulin exocytosis. FASEB J 2007; 22:194-206. [PMID: 17709608 DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8333com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Synaptotagmins (SYT) are calcium-binding proteins that participate in regulated exocytosis. Although SYTI to IX isoforms are expressed in insulin-producing cell lines, hitherto only SYTIX has been associated with native beta-cell insulin granules and implicated in exocytosis. SYTVII was also proposed to regulate insulin exocytosis, but its subcellular location and number of alternative splice variants produced remain controversial. Only transcripts of SYTVII alpha, beta, and a novel splice variant delta are expressed in beta-cells and INS-1E cells. Western blotting revealed that INS-1E cells predominantly produced SYTVII alpha and low levels of SYTVII beta, whereas SYTVII delta was undetectable. The protein colocalized with insulin granules but not with synaptic-like microvesicles. Overexpression of SYTVII alpha resulted in decreased insulin granule content with a concomitant translocation of the variant to the plasma membrane, while SYTVII beta retained largely a granular pattern. Overexpressed SYTVII delta exhibited a distribution different to that of insulin granules and inhibited exocytosis when assessed by whole cell patch clamp capacitance recording. Silencing of SYTVII alpha by targeted RNA interference suppressed secretion, while repression of beta slightly increased release. Our results demonstrate that SYTVII is expressed on insulin granules and that only SYTVII alpha is implicated in exocytosis under physiological conditions.
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- Benoit R Gauthier
- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University Medical Center, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Li Y, Wang P, Xu J, Gorelick F, Yamazaki H, Andrews N, Desir GV. Regulation of insulin secretion and GLUT4 trafficking by the calcium sensor synaptotagmin VII. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 362:658-64. [PMID: 17720139 PMCID: PMC2194288 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2007] [Accepted: 08/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Insulin regulates blood glucose by promoting uptake by fat and muscle, and inhibiting production by liver. Insulin-stimulated glucose uptake is mediated by GLUT4, which translocates from an intracellular compartment to the plasma membrane. GLUT4 traffic and insulin secretion both rely on calcium-dependent, regulated exocytosis. Deletion of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3 results in constitutive expression of GLUT4 at the plasma membrane. Inhibition of channel activity stimulated GLUT4 translocation through a calcium dependent mechanism. The synaptotagmins (Syt) are calcium sensors for vesicular traffic, and Syt VII mediates lysosomal and secretory granule exocytosis. We asked if Syt VII regulates insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells, and GLUT4 translocation in insulin-sensitive tissues mouse model. Syt VII deletion (Syt VII -/-) results in glucose intolerance and a marked decrease in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in vivo. Pancreatic islet cells isolated from Syt VII -/- cells secreted significantly less insulin than islets of littermate controls. Syt VII deletion disrupted GLUT4 traffic as evidenced by constitutive expression of GLUT4 present at the plasma membrane of fat and skeletal muscle cells and unresponsiveness to insulin. These data document a key role for Syt VII in peripheral glucose homeostasis through its action on both insulin secretion and GLUT4 traffic.
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- Yanyan Li
- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 2073, P.O. Box 208029, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
- VACHS Medical Center, 951 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 2073, P.O. Box 208029, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
- VACHS Medical Center, 951 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 2073, P.O. Box 208029, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
- VACHS Medical Center, 951 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 2073, P.O. Box 208029, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
- VACHS Medical Center, 951 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 2073, P.O. Box 208029, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 2073, P.O. Box 208029, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
- VACHS Medical Center, 951 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Corresponding author. Address: Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 2073, P.O. Box 208029, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA. Fax: +1 508 462 8950. E-mail address: (G.V. Desir)
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Dong Y, Wan Q, Yang X, Bai L, Xu P. Interaction of Munc18 and Syntaxin in the regulation of insulin secretion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 360:609-14. [PMID: 17617378 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2007] [Accepted: 06/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Syntaxin1A and Munc18-1 play essential roles in exocytosis. However, the molecular mechanism and the functional roles of their interaction in insulin secretion remain to be explored. Using membrane capacitance measurement, we examine effect of overexpressing Munc18-1 on exocytosis in pancreatic beta cells. The results show that Munc18-1 negatively regulates vesicle fusion. To probe the interaction between Munc18-1 and Syntaxin1A, Munc18-1-Tdimer2 and EGFP-Syntaxin1A were co-transfected into INS-1 cells. FRET measurement confirmed that Munc18-1 interacted with wild type Syntaxin 1A, but not the constitutively open form (DM) of Syntaxin1A. Overexpressing DM in primary pancreatic beta cells augmented insulin secretion, and this effect can overcome the inhibitory effect of Munc18-1 overexpression. We propose that Munc18-1 inhibitis the SNARE complex assembly by stabilizing Syntaxin1A in a closed conformation in vesicle priming process, therefore negatively regulates insulin secretion.
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- Yongming Dong
- Joint Laboratory of the Institute of Biophysics & Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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We have investigated whether Ca(2+)-binding proteins, which have been implicated in the control of neurons and neuroendocrine secretion, play a role in controlling mast cell function. These studies have identified synaptotagmins (Syts) II, III, and IX as well as neuronal Ca(2+) sensor 1 (NCS-1) as important regulators of mast cell function. Strikingly, we find that these Ca(2+)-binding proteins contribute to mast cell function by regulating specific endocytic pathways. Syt II, the most abundant Syt homologue in mast cells, resides in an amine-free lysosomal compartment. Studying the function of Syt II-knocked down rat basophilic leukemia cells has shown a dual function of this homologue. Syt II is required for the downregulation of protein kinase Calpha, but it negatively regulates lysosomal exocytosis. Syt III, the next most abundant homologue, localizes to early endosomes and is required for the formation of the endocytic recycling compartment (ERC). Syt IX and NCS-1 localize to the ERC and regulate ERC export, NCS-1 by activating phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase beta. Finally, we show that recycling through the ERC is needed for secretory granule protein sorting as well as for the activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2. Accordingly, NCS-1 stimulates Fc epsilon RI-triggered exocytosis and release of arachidonic acid metabolites.
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- Ronit Sagi-Eisenberg
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Grise F, Taib N, Monterrat C, Lagrée V, Lang J. Distinct roles of the C2A and the C2B domain of the vesicular Ca2+ sensor synaptotagmin 9 in endocrine beta-cells. Biochem J 2007; 403:483-92. [PMID: 17263688 PMCID: PMC1876385 DOI: 10.1042/bj20061182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Synaptotagmins form a family of calcium-sensor proteins implicated in exocytosis, and these vesicular transmembrane proteins are endowed with two cytosolic calcium-binding C2 domains, C2A and C2B. Whereas the isoforms syt1 and syt2 have been studied in detail, less is known about syt9, the calcium sensor involved in endocrine secretion such as insulin release from large dense core vesicles in pancreatic beta-cells. Using cell-based assays to closely mimic physiological conditions, we observed SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein-attachment protein receptor)-independent translocation of syt9C2AB to the plasma membrane at calcium levels corresponding to endocrine exocytosis, followed by internalization to endosomes. The use of point mutants and truncations revealed that initial translocation required only the C2A domain, whereas the C2B domain ensured partial pre-binding of syt9C2AB to the membrane and post-stimulatory localization to endosomes. In contrast with the known properties of neuronal and neuroendocrine syt1 or syt2, the C2B domain of syt9 did not undergo calcium-dependent membrane binding despite a high degree of structural homology as observed through molecular modelling. The present study demonstrates distinct intracellular properties of syt9 with different roles for each C2 domain in endocrine cells.
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- Florence Grise
- *Jeune Equipe 2390, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux 1, 2 Av. Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- †UMR 5144 CNRS Mobios, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux 1, 2 Av. Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- *Jeune Equipe 2390, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux 1, 2 Av. Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- *Jeune Equipe 2390, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux 1, 2 Av. Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- *Jeune Equipe 2390, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux 1, 2 Av. Robert Escarpit, F-33607 Pessac, France
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Dubois M, Vacher P, Roger B, Huyghe D, Vandewalle B, Kerr-Conte J, Pattou F, Moustaïd-Moussa N, Lang J. Glucotoxicity inhibits late steps of insulin exocytosis. Endocrinology 2007; 148:1605-14. [PMID: 17204559 DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-1022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Prolonged exposure of beta-cells to high glucose (glucotoxicity) diminishes insulin secretion in response to glucose and has been linked to altered generation of metabolism-secretion coupling factors. We have investigated whether glucotoxicity may also alter calcium handling and late steps in secretion such as exocytosis. Clonal INS-1E beta-cells cultured at high glucose (20 or 30 mM vs. 5.5 mM) for 72 h exhibited elevated basal intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i), which was KATP-channel dependent and due to long-term activation of protein kinase A. An increased amplitude and shortened duration of depolarization-evoked rises in [Ca2+]i were apparent. These changes were probably linked to the observed increased filling of intracellular stores and to short-term activation of protein kinase A. Insulin secretion was reduced not only by acute stimulation with either glucose or KCl but more importantly by direct calcium stimulation of permeabilized cells. These findings indicate a defect in the final steps of exocytosis. To confirm this, we measured expression levels of some 30 proteins implicated in trafficking/exocytosis of post-Golgi vesicles. Several proteins required for calcium-induced exocytosis of secretory granules were down-regulated, such as the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-sensitive factor attachment receptor (SNARE) proteins VAMP-2 [vesicle (v)-SNARE, vesicle-associated membrane protein 2] and syntaxin 1 as well as complexin. VAMP-2 was also reduced in human islets. In contrast, cell immunostaining and expression levels of several fluorescent proteins suggested that other post-trans-Golgi trafficking steps and compartments are preserved and that cells were not degranulated. Thus, these studies indicate that, in addition to known metabolic changes, glucotoxicity impedes generation of signals for secretion and diminishes the efficiency of late steps in exocytosis.
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- Mathilde Dubois
- Université de Bordeaux, Cell Biology Program, and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale E347, Pessac, France
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Tsuboi T, Fukuda M. Synaptotagmin VII modulates the kinetics of dense-core vesicle exocytosis in PC12 cells. Genes Cells 2007; 12:511-9. [PMID: 17397398 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2007.01070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In our previous study, we showed that PC12 cell lines stably expressing synaptotagmin (Syt) VII have greater ability to release hormones Ca(2+)-dependently than the original PC12 cells. However, the precise molecular mechanism of the enhancement of hormone secretion by Syt VII has never been elucidated. In this study, we established a PC12 cell line that stably expresses Syt VII-green fluorescent protein (Syt VII-GFP) or its Ca(2+)-binding-site-deficient mutant (D172N/D303N substitutions; Syt VII-DN-GFP), and examined the effect of Syt VII-GFP expression on the kinetics of dense-core vesicle exocytosis by total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy. Both Syt VII-GFP and Syt VII-DN-GFP co-localized well with dense-core vesicle markers, monomeric red fluorescent protein (mRFP)-tagged neuropeptide Y (NPY-mRFP) and cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)-tagged tissue plasminogen activator (tPA-CFP). Expression of Syt VII-GFP enhanced the number of dense-core vesicle exocytotic events, whereas expression of Syt VII-DN-GFP or knockdown of Syt VII-GFP with specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) attenuated the number of exocytotic events. Monitoring individual tPA-CFP release events revealed that "full release" events are increased in Syt VII-GFP-expressing cells, but not in Syt VII-DN-GFP-expressing or Syt VII-silenced cells. Our data indicate that Syt VII modulates the kinetics of Ca(2+)-dependent dense-core vesicle exocytosis in neuroendocrine PC12 cells, possibly by modulating fusion pore opening.
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- Takashi Tsuboi
- Fukuda Initiative Research Unit, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Lynch KL, Martin TFJ. Synaptotagmins I and IX function redundantly in regulated exocytosis but not endocytosis in PC12 cells. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:617-27. [PMID: 17264148 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Synaptotagmin I is considered to be a Ca2+ sensor for fast vesicle exocytosis. Because Ca2+-dependent vesicle exocytosis persists in synaptotagmin I mutants, there must be additional Ca2+ sensors. Multiple synaptotagmin isoforms co-reside on vesicles, which suggests that other isoforms complement synaptotagmin I function. We found that full downregulation of synaptotagmins I and IX, which co-reside on vesicles in PC12 cells, completely abolished Ca2+-dependent vesicle exocytosis. By contrast, Ca2+-dependent exocytosis persisted in cells expressing only synaptotagmin I or only synaptotagmin IX, which indicated a redundancy in function for these isoforms. Although either isoform was sufficient to confer Ca2+ regulation on vesicle exocytosis, synaptotagmins I and IX conferred faster and slower release rates, respectively, indicating that individual isoforms impart distinct kinetic properties to vesicle exocytosis. The downregulation of synaptotagmin I but not synaptotagmin IX impaired compensatory vesicle endocytosis, which revealed a lack of isoform redundancy and functional specialization of synaptotagmin I for endocytic retrieval.
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- Kara L Lynch
- Department of Biochemistry, 433 Babcock Drive, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Monterrat C, Grise F, Benassy MN, Hémar A, Lang J. The calcium-sensing protein synaptotagmin 7 is expressed on different endosomal compartments in endocrine, neuroendocrine cells or neurons but not on large dense core vesicles. Histochem Cell Biol 2007; 127:625-32. [PMID: 17277932 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-007-0271-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Synaptotagmin (syt) isoforms function as calcium sensor in post-Golgi transport although the precise transport step and compartment(s) concerned are still not fully resolved. As syt7 has been proposed to operate in lysosomal exocytosis and in exocytosis of large dense core vesicles (LDCVs), we have addressed the distribution of endogenous syt7 in insulin-secreting cells. These cells express different syt7 isoforms comparable to neurons. According to subcellular fractionation and quantitative confocal immunocytochemistry, syt7 is not found on LDCVs or on synaptic-like microvesicles but colocalizes with Rab7 on endosomes and to structures near to or at the plasma membrane. Similarly, endogenous syt7 was absent from LDCVs in pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. In contrast, syt7 localised to lysosomes in both, PC12 cells and hippocampal neurons. In conclusion, endogenous syt7 shows a wider distribution than previously reported but does not qualify as vesicular calcium sensor in SLMV or LDCV exocytosis according to its localisation.
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- Carole Monterrat
- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux 1, JE 2390, 33607, Pessac/Bordeaux, France
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Masztalerz A, Zeelenberg IS, Wijnands YM, de Bruijn R, Drager AM, Janssen H, Roos E. Synaptotagmin 3 deficiency in T cells impairs recycling of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 and thereby inhibits CXCL12 chemokine-induced migration. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:219-28. [PMID: 17179206 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Synaptotagmins regulate vesicle trafficking and fusion of vesicles with membranes – processes that have been implicated in cell migration. We therefore hypothesized that synaptotagmins play a role in T-cell migration. Amongst synaptotagmins 1-11, we found synaptotagmin 3 (SYT3) to be the only one that is expressed in T cells. CXCR4-triggered migration was inhibited by antisense synaptotagmin 3 mRNA and by the isolated C2B domain, known to impair oligomerization of all synaptotagmins, but not by a C2B mutant that binds Ca2+ but does not block oligomerization. The C2B domain also blocked CXCR4-triggered actin polymerization and invasion. However, CXCR4-dependent adhesion in flow was not affected. Surprisingly, we found that little or no SYT3 is present near the plasma membrane but that it is mainly localized in multivesicular bodies, which also contained much of the CXCR4. Impaired SYT3 function blocked CXCR4 recycling and thus led to reduced surface levels of CXCR4. Migration was restored by overexpression of CXCR4. We conclude that STT3 is essential for CXCR4 recycling in T cells and thereby for the maintenance of high CXCR4 surface levels required for migration.
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- Agnieszka Masztalerz
- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 121 Plesmanlaan, 1066CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Xiong X, Zhou KM, Wu ZX, Xu T. Silence of synaptotagmin I in INS-1 cells inhibits fast exocytosis and fast endocytosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 347:76-82. [PMID: 16808897 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2006] [Accepted: 06/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Synaptotagmin I (Syt I) is a Ca(2+) sensor for triggering fast synchronized release of neurotransmitters. However, controversy remains whether Syt I is also obligatory for the exocytosis and endocytosis of larger dense core vesicles (LDCVs) in endocrine cells. In this study, we used a short hairpin RNA (shRNA) to silence the expression of Syt I and investigated the roles of Syt I on exocytosis and endocytosis in INS-1 cells. Our results demonstrated that expression of Syt I is remarkably reduced by the Syt I gene targeting shRNA. Using high-time resolution capacitance measurement, we found that the silence of Syt I decreased the calcium sensitivity of fusion of insulin granules and therefore reduced the exocytotic burst triggered by step-like [Ca(2+)](i) elevation. In addition, the occurrence frequency and amplitude of fast endocytosis were remarkably reduced in the silenced cells. We conclude that Syt I not only participates in the Ca(2+)-sensing of LDCV fusion with plasmalemma, but also plays a crucial role in fast endocytosis in INS-1 cells.
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- Xiong Xiong
- Institute of Biophysics and Biochemistry, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
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MacDonald PE, Joseph JW, Rorsman P. Glucose-sensing mechanisms in pancreatic beta-cells. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2006; 360:2211-25. [PMID: 16321791 PMCID: PMC1569593 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The appropriate secretion of insulin from pancreatic beta-cells is critically important to the maintenance of energy homeostasis. The beta-cells must sense and respond suitably to postprandial increases of blood glucose, and perturbation of glucose-sensing in these cells can lead to hypoglycaemia or hyperglycaemias and ultimately diabetes. Here, we review beta-cell glucose-sensing with a particular focus on the regulation of cellular excitability and exocytosis. We examine in turn: (i) the generation of metabolic signalling molecules; (ii) the regulation of beta-cell membrane potential; and (iii) insulin granule dynamics and exocytosis. We further discuss the role of well known and putative candidate metabolic signals as regulators of insulin secretion.
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- Patrick E MacDonald
- Duke University Medical Center Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center Durham, NC 27704, USA.
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Ahras M, Otto GP, Tooze SA. Synaptotagmin IV is necessary for the maturation of secretory granules in PC12 cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 173:241-51. [PMID: 16618809 PMCID: PMC2063815 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200506163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In neuroendocrine PC12 cells, immature secretory granules (ISGs) mature through homotypic fusion and membrane remodeling. We present evidence that the ISG-localized synaptotagmin IV (Syt IV) is involved in ISG maturation. Using an in vitro homotypic fusion assay, we show that the cytoplasmic domain (CD) of Syt IV, but not of Syt I, VII, or IX, inhibits ISG homotypic fusion. Moreover, Syt IV CD binds specifically to ISGs and not to mature secretory granules (MSGs), and Syt IV binds to syntaxin 6, a SNARE protein that is involved in ISG maturation. ISG homotypic fusion was inhibited in vivo by small interfering RNA–mediated depletion of Syt IV. Furthermore, the Syt IV CD, as well as Syt IV depletion, reduces secretogranin II (SgII) processing by prohormone convertase 2 (PC2). PC2 is found mostly in the proform, suggesting that activation of PC2 is also inhibited. Granule formation, and the sorting of SgII and PC2 from the trans-Golgi network into ISGs and MSGs, however, is not affected. We conclude that Syt IV is an essential component for secretory granule maturation.
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- Malika Ahras
- Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London WC2A 3PX, England, UK
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Monterrat C, Boal F, Grise F, Hémar A, Lang J. Synaptotagmin 8 is expressed both as a calcium-insensitive soluble and membrane protein in neurons, neuroendocrine and endocrine cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:73-81. [PMID: 16386321 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2005.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2005] [Revised: 11/12/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Synaptotagmins (syt) form a large family of transmembrane proteins and some of its isoforms are known to regulate calcium-induced membrane fusion during vesicular traffic. In view of the reported implication of the isoform syt8 in exocytosis we investigated the expression, localisation and calcium-sensitivity of syt8 in secretory cells. An immunopurified antipeptide antibody was generated which is directed against a C-terminal sequence and devoid of crossreactivity towards syt1 to 12. Subcellular fractionation and immunocytochemistry revealed two forms of synaptotagmin 8 (50 and 40 kDa). Whereas the 40-kDa was present in the cytosol in brain, in PC12 and in clonal beta-cells, the 50-kDa form was localised in very typical clusters and partially colocalised with the SNARE protein Vti1a. Moreover, in primary hippocampal neurons syt8 was only found within the soma. Amplification of syt8 by RT-PCR indicated that the observed protein variants were not generated by alternative splicing of the 6th exon and are most likely linked to variations in the N-terminal region. In contrast to the established calcium sensor syt2, endogenous cytosolic syt8 and transiently expressed syt8-C2AB-eGFP did not translocate upon a raise in cytosolic calcium in living cells. Syt8 is therefore not a calcium sensor in exocytotic membrane fusion in endocrine cells.
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- Carole Monterrat
- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Pôle Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, JE 2390, 33607 Pessac/Bordeaux, France
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Andrews NW, Chakrabarti S. There's more to life than neurotransmission: the regulation of exocytosis by synaptotagmin VII. Trends Cell Biol 2005; 15:626-31. [PMID: 16168654 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2005.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2005] [Revised: 08/02/2005] [Accepted: 09/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Among the 16 known vertebrate synaptotagmins, only Syt I, IV and VII are also present in C. elegans and Drosophila, suggesting that these isoforms play especially important roles in vivo. Extensive evidence indicates that Syt I is a synaptic vesicle Ca(2+) sensor essential for rapid neurotransmitter release. It has been suggested that the ubiquitously expressed Syt VII also regulates synaptic vesicle exocytosis, despite its presence in several tissues in addition to the brain. Here, we discuss recent genetic and biochemical evidence that does not support this view. Syt VII null mutants do not have a neurological phenotype, and the protein is found on the membrane of lysosomes and some non-synaptic secretory granules, where it regulates Ca(2+)-triggered exocytosis and plasma membrane repair.
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- Norma W Andrews
- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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Iezzi M, Eliasson L, Fukuda M, Wollheim CB. Adenovirus-mediated silencing of Synaptotagmin 9 inhibits Ca2+-dependent insulin secretion in islets. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:5241-6. [PMID: 16165130 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Revised: 08/18/2005] [Accepted: 08/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Synaptotagmins (Syts) are involved in Ca(2+)-dependent insulin release. However, which Syt isoform is functional in primary beta-cells remains unknown. We demonstrate by electron microscopy of pancreatic islets, the association of Syt 9 with insulin granules. Silencing of Syt 9 by RNA interference adenovirus in islet cells had no effect on the expression of Syt 5, Syt 7 and Syt 3 isoforms. The latter was localized at the plasma membrane of pancreatic polypeptide cells. Insulin release in response to glucose or tolbutamide was strongly inhibited in Syt 9 deficient islets, whereas exocytosis potentiated by raising cAMP levels, was unaltered. Thus, Syt 9 may act as Ca(2+) sensor for beta-cell secretion.
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- Mariella Iezzi
- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University Medical Center, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Sreenath AS, Kumar KR, Reddy GV, Sreedevi B, Praveen D, Monika S, Sudha S, Reddy MG, Reddanna P. Evidence for the association of synaptotagmin with glutathione S-transferases: implications for a novel function in human breast cancer. Clin Biochem 2005; 38:436-43. [PMID: 15820774 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2004] [Revised: 01/04/2005] [Accepted: 01/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the pattern of changes in GSTs in cancerous and adjacent non-cancerous tissues obtained from breast cancer patients undergoing surgery. DESIGN AND METHODS Cytosolic GST purification, assay of GST, protein expression levels, and GST-synaptotagmin association were analyzed using standard biochemical techniques like GSH-affinity purification, spectrophotometry, SDS-PAGE, Western blots, and matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF). RESULTS GST activity in cancerous tissues (0.26 U/mg protein) was significantly higher (P < 0.05) as compared to those from adjacent non-cancerous tissues (0.14 U/mg protein) of breast cancer patients. Further analysis of GST subunits on SDS-PAGE and Western blots using class-specific GST antibodies revealed significant elevation in GST-pi levels in cancer tissues with no appreciable changes in GST-alpha and GST-mu. Along with the elevation of GST-pi levels, high molecular weight proteins (approximately 70 kDa) cross reacting with GST antibodies were detected only in surgically resected tumor biopsies but not in the non-cancerous tissues adjacent to the tumor. Based on MALDI-TOF analysis, the high molecular weight band was identified as synaptotagmin V bound to GST-M1 with 47% sequence coverage after processing on an MS-FIT search engine. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest a novel putative functional role for the GST-synaptotagmin complex in human breast cancers. As this association of GST M1-synaptotagmin was not seen in adjacent non-cancerous tissues, this can be used as a marker for breast cancers.
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- A S Sreenath
- Department of Animal Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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Tsuboi T, Ravier MA, Xie H, Ewart MA, Gould GW, Baldwin SA, Rutter GA. Mammalian exocyst complex is required for the docking step of insulin vesicle exocytosis. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:25565-70. [PMID: 15878854 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501674200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glucose stimulates insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells by inducing the recruitment and fusion of insulin vesicles to the plasma membrane. However, little is currently known about the mechanism of the initial docking or tethering of insulin vesicles prior to fusion. Here, we examined the role of the SEC6-SEC8 (exocyst) complex, implicated in trafficking of secretory vesicles to fusion sites in the plasma membrane in yeast and in regulating glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic MIN6 beta cells. We show first that SEC6 is concentrated on insulin-positive vesicles, whereas SEC5 and SEC8 are largely confined to the cytoplasm and the plasma membrane, respectively. Overexpression of truncated, dominant-negative SEC8 or SEC10 mutants decreased the number of vesicles at the plasma membrane, whereas expression of truncated SEC6 or SEC8 inhibited overall insulin secretion. When single exocytotic events were imaged by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, the fluorescence of the insulin surrogate, neuropeptide Y-monomeric red fluorescent protein brightened, diffused, and then vanished with kinetics that were unaffected by overexpression of truncated SEC8 or SEC10. Together, these data suggest that the exocyst complex serves to selectively regulate the docking of insulin-containing vesicles at sites of release close to the plasma membrane.
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- Takashi Tsuboi
- Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrated Cell Signalling and Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, United Kingdom
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Ca2+ influx, an immediate consequence of plasma membrane disruption, triggers a resealing mechanism involving exocytosis. Although this has been known for about a decade, a better understanding of the organelles involved and of the molecular machinery controlling membrane repair has been slower to emerge. Recent studies have changed this picture, by identifying lysosomes as exocytotic vesicles involved in membrane resealing and the Ca2+-binding protein synaptotagmin VII as a regulator of this process. New evidence reinforces the role of the C2A and C2B domains of synaptotagmin VII in plasma membrane repair, highlighting the importance of this molecule as a powerful tool for future studies.
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- Norma W Andrews
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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Portela-Gomes GM, Hacker GW, Weitgasser R. Neuroendocrine cell markers for pancreatic islets and tumors. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2004; 12:183-92. [PMID: 15551729 DOI: 10.1097/00129039-200409000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The authors review the application of a variety of neuroendocrine cell markers to identify pancreatic islet cells and tumors. In the past, several empiric histochemical techniques had been used to demonstrate neuroendocrine cells, particularly the Grimelius argyrophilic stain. The development of immunohistochemistry made it possible to demonstrate specific cell products such as regulatory peptides, thus allowing the classification of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with a view to clinical symptoms. However, it is not always possible to visualize regulatory peptides in these tumors. It is therefore important to use broad-spectrum neuroendocrine cell markers to identify the neuroendocrine nature. These markers are proteins localized in the secretory granules (core- or membrane-related), in the cytosol, or in the cellular membrane. The markers most commonly used in routine histopathology are the secretory granule proteins chromogranin A and synaptophysin and the cytosolic enzyme neuronspecific enolase. Other new markers (e.g., synaptic vesicle protein 2) are of general diagnostic value. Region-specific antibodies to chromogranin A can be valuable in differentiating between benign and malignant neuroendocrine tumors. Some markers may be related to the functioning characteristics of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, such as prohormone convertases. In addition, markers giving further complementary information have been identified, such as five somatostatin receptor subtypes, the expression of which varies markedly in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Antibodies against all somatostatin receptor subtypes are now commercially available, and immunohistochemical investigation of its expression should be routinely applied when considering treatment with somatostatin analogs.
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Fukuda M, Kanno E, Satoh M, Saegusa C, Yamamoto A. Synaptotagmin VII Is Targeted to Dense-core Vesicles and Regulates Their Ca2+-dependent Exocytosis in PC12 Cells. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:52677-84. [PMID: 15456748 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409241200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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It has recently been proposed that synaptotagmin (Syt) VII functions as a plasma membrane Ca2+ sensor for dense-core vesicle exocytosis in PC12 cells based on the results of transient overexpression studies using green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged Syt VII; however, the precise subcellular localization of Syt VII is still a matter of controversy (plasma membrane versus secretory granules). In this study we established a PC12 cell line "stably expressing" the Syt VII-GFP molecule and demonstrated by immunocytochemical and immunoelectron microscopic analyses that the Syt VII-GFP protein is localized on dense-core vesicles as well as in other intracellular membranous structures, such as the trans-Golgi network and lysosomes. Syt VII-GFP forms a complex with endogenous Syts I and IX, but not with Syt IV, and it colocalize well with Syts I and IX in the cellular processes (where dense-core vesicles are accumulated) in the PC12 cell line. We further demonstrated by an N-terminal antibody-uptake experiment that Syt VII-GFP-containing dense-core vesicles undergo Ca2+ -dependent exocytosis, the same as endogenous Syt IX-containing vesicles. Moreover, silencing of Syt VII-GFP with specific small interfering RNA dramatically reduced high KCl-dependent neuropeptide Y secretion from the stable PC12 cell line (approximately 60% of the control cells), whereas the same small interfering RNA had little effect on neuropeptide Y secretion from the wild-type PC12 cells (approximately 85-90% of the control cells), indicating that the level of endogenous expression of Syt VII molecules must be low. Our results indicate that the targeting of Syt VII-GFP molecules to specific membrane compartment(s) is affected by the transfection method (transient expression versus stable expression) and suggested that Syt VII molecule on dense-core vesicles functions as a vesicular Ca2+ sensor for exocytosis in endocrine cells.
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- Mitsunori Fukuda
- Fukuda Initiative Research Unit, RIKEN (the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Shen SS, Tucker WC, Chapman ER, Steinhardt RA. Molecular regulation of membrane resealing in 3T3 fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:1652-60. [PMID: 15536080 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410136200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Membrane resealing in mammalian cells after injury depends on Ca(2+)-dependent fusion of intracellular vesicles with the plasma membrane. When cells are wounded twice, the subsequent resealing is generally faster. Physiological and biochemical studies have shown the initiation of two different repair signaling pathways, which are termed facilitated and potentiated responses. The facilitated response is dependent on the generation and recruitment of new vesicles, whereas the potentiated response is not. Here, we report that the two responses can be differentially defined molecularly. Using recombinant fragments of synaptobrevin-2 and synaptotagmin C2 domains we were able to dissociate the molecular requirements of vesicle exocytosis for initial membrane resealing and the facilitated and potentiated responses. The initial resealing response was blocked by fragments of synaptobrevin-2 and the C2B domain of synaptotagmin VII. Both the facilitated and potentiated responses were also blocked by the C2B domain of synaptotagmin VII. Although the initial resealing response was not blocked by the C2AB domain of synaptotagmin I or the C2A domain of synaptotagmin VII, recruitment of new vesicles for the facilitated response was inhibited. We also used Ca2+ binding mutant studies to show that the effects of synaptotagmins on membrane resealing are Ca(2+)-dependent. The pattern of inhibition by synaptotagmin C2 fragments that we observed cannot be used to specify a vesicle compartment, such as lysosomes, in membrane repair.
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- Sheldon S Shen
- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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