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0000-0003-4253-1830
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University of Michigan
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Publisher: MyJove Corporation
Date: 02-05-2019
DOI: 10.3791/59398
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-10-2013
DOI: 10.1007/S00125-013-3083-X
Abstract: Lipolytic breakdown of endogenous lipid pools in pancreatic beta cells contributes to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and is thought to be mediated by acute activation of neutral lipases in the lification pathway. Recently it has been shown in other cell types that endogenous lipid can be metabolised by autophagy, and this lipophagy is catalysed by lysosomal acid lipase (LAL). This study aimed to elucidate a role for LAL and lipophagy in pancreatic beta cells. We employed pharmacological and/or genetic inhibition of autophagy and LAL in MIN6 cells and primary islets. Insulin secretion following inhibition was measured using RIA. Lipid accumulation was assessed by MS and confocal microscopy (to visualise lipid droplets) and autophagic flux was analysed by western blot. Insulin secretion was increased following chronic (≥ 8 h) inhibition of LAL. This was more pronounced with glucose than with non-nutrient stimuli and was accompanied by augmentation of neutral lipid species. Similarly, following inhibition of autophagy in MIN6 cells, the number of lipid droplets was increased and GSIS was potentiated. Inhibition of LAL or autophagy in primary islets also increased insulin secretion. This augmentation of GSIS following LAL or autophagy inhibition was dependent on the acute activation of neutral lipases. Our data suggest that lysosomal lipid degradation, using LAL and potentially lipophagy, contributes to neutral lipid turnover in beta cells. It also serves as a constitutive negative regulator of GSIS by depletion of substrate for the non-lysosomal neutral lipases that are activated acutely by glucose.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-11-2010
DOI: 10.1007/S00125-010-1962-Y
Abstract: Proinflammatory cytokines contribute to beta cell destruction in type 1 diabetes, but the mechanisms are incompletely understood. The aim of the current study was to address the role of the protein kinase C (PKC) isoform PKCδ, a erse regulator of cell death, in cytokine-stimulated apoptosis in primary beta cells. Islets isolated from wild-type or Prkcd(-/-) mice were treated with IL-1β, TNF-α and IFNγ and assayed for apoptosis, nitric oxide (NO) generation and insulin secretion. Activation of signalling pathways, apoptosis and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress were determined by immunoblotting. Stabilisation of mRNA transcripts was measured by RT-PCR following transcriptional arrest. Mice were injected with multiple low doses of streptozotocin (MLD-STZ) and fasting blood glucose monitored. Deletion of Prkcd inhibited apoptosis and NO generation in islets stimulated ex vivo with cytokines. It also delayed the onset of hyperglycaemia in MLD-STZ-treated mice. Activation of ERK, p38, JNK, AKT1, the ER stress markers DDIT3 and phospho-EIF2α and the intrinsic apoptotic markers BCL2 and MCL1 was not different between genotypes. However, deletion of Prkcd destabilised mRNA transcripts for Nos2, and for multiple components of the toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) signalling complex, which resulted in disrupted TLR2 signalling. Loss of PKCδ partially protects against hyperglycaemia in the MLD-STZ model in vivo, and against cytokine-mediated apoptosis in vitro. This is accompanied by reduced NO generation and destabilisation of Nos2 and components of the TLR2 signalling pathway. The results highlight a mechanism for regulating proinflammatory gene expression in beta cells independently of transcription.
Publisher: American Society for Clinical Investigation
Date: 17-12-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-05-2018
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Date: 28-04-2009
DOI: 10.2337/DB09-0132
Abstract: Insufficient insulin secretion is a hallmark of type 2 diabetes, and exposure of β-cells to elevated lipid levels (lipotoxicity) contributes to secretory dysfunction. Functional ablation of protein kinase C ε (PKCε) has been shown to improve glucose homeostasis in models of type 2 diabetes and, in particular, to enhance glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) after lipid exposure. Therefore, we investigated the lipid-dependent mechanisms responsible for the enhanced GSIS after inactivation of PKCε. We cultured islets isolated from PKCε knockout (PKCεKO) mice in palmitate prior to measuring GSIS, Ca2+ responses, palmitate esterification products, lipolysis, lipase activity, and gene expression. The enhanced GSIS could not be explained by increased expression of another PKC isoform or by alterations in glucose-stimulated Ca2+ influx. Instead, an upregulation of the lifying pathways of GSIS in lipid-cultured PKCεKO β-cells was revealed under conditions in which functional ATP-sensitive K+ channels were bypassed. Furthermore, we showed increased esterification of palmitate into triglyceride pools and an enhanced rate of lipolysis and triglyceride lipase activity in PKCεKO islets. Acute treatment with the lipase inhibitor orlistat blocked the enhancement of GSIS in lipid-cultured PKCεKO islets, suggesting that a lipolytic product mediates the enhancement of glucose- lified insulin secretion after PKCε deletion. Our findings demonstrate a mechanistic link between lipolysis and the lifying pathways of GSIS in murine β-cells, and they suggest an interaction between PKCε and lipolysis. These results further highlight the therapeutic potential of PKCε inhibition to enhance GSIS from the β-cell under conditions of lipid excess.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Date: 27-11-2017
DOI: 10.2337/DB17-0321
Abstract: Mitophagy is a cellular quality-control pathway, which is essential for elimination of unhealthy mitochondria. While mitophagy is critical to pancreatic β-cell function, the posttranslational signals governing β-cell mitochondrial turnover are unknown. Here, we report that ubiquitination is essential for the assembly of a mitophagy regulatory complex, comprised of the E3 ligase Nrdp1, the deubiquitinase enzyme USP8, and Clec16a, a mediator of β-cell mitophagy with unclear function. We discover that the diabetes gene Clec16a encodes an E3 ligase, which promotes nondegradative ubiquitin conjugates to direct its mitophagy effectors and stabilize the Clec16a-Nrdp1-USP8 complex. Inhibition of the Clec16a pathway by the chemotherapeutic lenalidomide, a selective ubiquitin ligase inhibitor associated with new-onset diabetes, impairs β-cell mitophagy, oxygen consumption, and insulin secretion. Indeed, patients treated with lenalidomide develop compromised β-cell function. Moreover, the β-cell Clec16a-Nrdp1-USP8 mitophagy complex is destabilized and dysfunctional after lenalidomide treatment as well as after glucolipotoxic stress. Thus, the Clec16a-Nrdp1-USP8 complex relies on ubiquitin signals to promote mitophagy and maintain mitochondrial quality control necessary for optimal β-cell function.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2016
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