scholarly journals Pancreatic beta-cell specific deletion of VPS41 causes diabetes due to defects in insulin secretion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian H. Burns ◽  
Belinda Yau ◽  
Anjelica Rodriguez ◽  
Jenna Triplett ◽  
Drew Maslar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Transmembrane Protein ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Pancreatic Beta Cell ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Regulated Exocytosis ◽  
Specific Proteins ◽  
Hops Complex

AbstractInsulin secretory granules (SGs) mediate the regulated secretion of insulin, which is essential for glucose homeostasis. The basic machinery responsible for this regulated exocytosis consists of specific proteins present both at the plasma membrane and on insulin SGs. The protein composition of insulin SGs thus dictates their release properties, yet the mechanisms controlling insulin SG formation, which determines this molecular composition, remain poorly understood. VPS41, a component of the endo-lysosomal tethering HOPS complex, was recently identified as a cytosolic factor involved in the formation of neuroendocrine and neuronal granules. We now find that VPS41 is required for insulin SG biogenesis and regulated insulin secretion. Loss of VPS41 in pancreatic β-cells leads to a reduction in insulin SG number, changes in their transmembrane protein composition, and defects in granule regulated exocytosis. Exploring a human point mutation, identified in patients with neurological but no endocrine defects, we show that the effect on SG formation is independent of HOPS complex formation. Finally, we report that mice with a deletion of VPS41 specifically in β-cells develop diabetes due to severe depletion of insulin SG content and a defect in insulin secretion. In sum, our data demonstrate that VPS41 contributes to glucose homeostasis and metabolism.

scholarly journals Pancreatic β-cell specific deletion of VPS41 causes diabetes due to defects in insulin secretion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada Admin ◽  
Christian H. Burns ◽  
Belinda Yau ◽  
Anjelica Rodriguez ◽  
Jenna Triplett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Transmembrane Protein ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Regulated Exocytosis ◽  
Specific Proteins ◽  
Pancreatic B Cells ◽  
Cytosolic Factor ◽  
Hops Complex

Insulin secretory granules (SGs) mediate the regulated secretion of insulin, which is essential for glucose homeostasis. The basic machinery responsible for this regulated exocytosis consists of specific proteins present both at the plasma membrane and on insulin SGs. The protein composition of insulin SGs thus dictates their release properties, yet the mechanisms controlling insulin SG formation, which determines this molecular composition, remain poorly understood. VPS41, a component of the endo-lysosomal tethering HOPS complex, was recently identified as a cytosolic factor involved in the formation of neuroendocrine and neuronal granules. We now find that VPS41 is required for insulin SG biogenesis and regulated insulin secretion. Loss of VPS41 in pancreatic b-cells leads to a reduction in insulin SG number, changes in their transmembrane protein composition, and defects in granule regulated exocytosis. Exploring a human point mutation, identified in patients with neurological but no endocrine defects, we show that the effect on SG formation is independent of HOPS complex formation. Finally, we report that mice with a deletion of VPS41 specifically in β-cells develop diabetes due to severe depletion of insulin SG content and a defect in insulin secretion. In sum, our data demonstrate that VPS41 contributes to glucose homeostasis and metabolism.

Pancreatic β-cell specific deletion of VPS41 causes diabetes due to defects in insulin secretion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada Admin ◽  
Christian H. Burns ◽  
Belinda Yau ◽  
Anjelica Rodriguez ◽  
Jenna Triplett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Transmembrane Protein ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Regulated Exocytosis ◽  
Specific Proteins ◽  
Pancreatic B Cells ◽  
Cytosolic Factor ◽  
Hops Complex

Insulin secretory granules (SGs) mediate the regulated secretion of insulin, which is essential for glucose homeostasis. The basic machinery responsible for this regulated exocytosis consists of specific proteins present both at the plasma membrane and on insulin SGs. The protein composition of insulin SGs thus dictates their release properties, yet the mechanisms controlling insulin SG formation, which determines this molecular composition, remain poorly understood. VPS41, a component of the endo-lysosomal tethering HOPS complex, was recently identified as a cytosolic factor involved in the formation of neuroendocrine and neuronal granules. We now find that VPS41 is required for insulin SG biogenesis and regulated insulin secretion. Loss of VPS41 in pancreatic b-cells leads to a reduction in insulin SG number, changes in their transmembrane protein composition, and defects in granule regulated exocytosis. Exploring a human point mutation, identified in patients with neurological but no endocrine defects, we show that the effect on SG formation is independent of HOPS complex formation. Finally, we report that mice with a deletion of VPS41 specifically in β-cells develop diabetes due to severe depletion of insulin SG content and a defect in insulin secretion. In sum, our data demonstrate that VPS41 contributes to glucose homeostasis and metabolism.

scholarly journals Pancreatic β-cell specific deletion of VPS41 causes diabetes due to defects in insulin secretion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada Admin ◽  
Christian H. Burns ◽  
Belinda Yau ◽  
Anjelica Rodriguez ◽  
Jenna Triplett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Transmembrane Protein ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Regulated Exocytosis ◽  
Specific Proteins ◽  
Pancreatic B Cells ◽  
Cytosolic Factor ◽  
Hops Complex

Insulin secretory granules (SGs) mediate the regulated secretion of insulin, which is essential for glucose homeostasis. The basic machinery responsible for this regulated exocytosis consists of specific proteins present both at the plasma membrane and on insulin SGs. The protein composition of insulin SGs thus dictates their release properties, yet the mechanisms controlling insulin SG formation, which determines this molecular composition, remain poorly understood. VPS41, a component of the endo-lysosomal tethering HOPS complex, was recently identified as a cytosolic factor involved in the formation of neuroendocrine and neuronal granules. We now find that VPS41 is required for insulin SG biogenesis and regulated insulin secretion. Loss of VPS41 in pancreatic b-cells leads to a reduction in insulin SG number, changes in their transmembrane protein composition, and defects in granule regulated exocytosis. Exploring a human point mutation, identified in patients with neurological but no endocrine defects, we show that the effect on SG formation is independent of HOPS complex formation. Finally, we report that mice with a deletion of VPS41 specifically in β-cells develop diabetes due to severe depletion of insulin SG content and a defect in insulin secretion. In sum, our data demonstrate that VPS41 contributes to glucose homeostasis and metabolism.

scholarly journals Pancreatic β-cell specific deletion of VPS41 causes diabetes due to defects in insulin secretion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada Admin ◽  
Christian H. Burns ◽  
Belinda Yau ◽  
Anjelica Rodriguez ◽  
Jenna Triplett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Transmembrane Protein ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Regulated Exocytosis ◽  
Specific Proteins ◽  
Pancreatic B Cells ◽  
Cytosolic Factor ◽  
Hops Complex

Insulin secretory granules (SGs) mediate the regulated secretion of insulin, which is essential for glucose homeostasis. The basic machinery responsible for this regulated exocytosis consists of specific proteins present both at the plasma membrane and on insulin SGs. The protein composition of insulin SGs thus dictates their release properties, yet the mechanisms controlling insulin SG formation, which determines this molecular composition, remain poorly understood. VPS41, a component of the endo-lysosomal tethering HOPS complex, was recently identified as a cytosolic factor involved in the formation of neuroendocrine and neuronal granules. We now find that VPS41 is required for insulin SG biogenesis and regulated insulin secretion. Loss of VPS41 in pancreatic b-cells leads to a reduction in insulin SG number, changes in their transmembrane protein composition, and defects in granule regulated exocytosis. Exploring a human point mutation, identified in patients with neurological but no endocrine defects, we show that the effect on SG formation is independent of HOPS complex formation. Finally, we report that mice with a deletion of VPS41 specifically in β-cells develop diabetes due to severe depletion of insulin SG content and a defect in insulin secretion. In sum, our data demonstrate that VPS41 contributes to glucose homeostasis and metabolism.

Specific Deletion of CASK in Pancreatic β Cells Affects Glucose Homeostasis and Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Mice by Reducing Hyperinsulinemia Running Title: β Cell CASK Deletion Reduces Hyperinsulinemia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingjing Liu ◽  
Peng Sun ◽  
Qingzhao Yuan ◽  
Jinyang Xie ◽  
Ting Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Insulin Sensitivity ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Chow Diet ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Β Cells ◽  
Calcium Calmodulin Dependent ◽  
Normal Chow

Calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK) is involved in the secretion of insulin vesicles in pancreatic β-cells. The present study revealed a new <i>in vivo </i>role of CASK in glucose homeostasis during the progression of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A Cre-loxP system was used to specifically delete the <i>Cask </i>gene in mouse β-cells (βCASKKO), and the glucose metabolism was evaluated in <a>βCASKKO</a> mice fed a normal chow diet (ND) or a high-fat diet (HFD). ND-fed mice exhibited impaired insulin secretion in response to glucose stimulation. Transmission electron microscopy showed significantly reduced numbers of insulin granules at or near the cell membrane in the islets of βCASKKO mice. By contrast, HFD-fed βCASKKO mice showed reduced blood glucose and a partial relief of hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance when compared to HFD-fed wildtype mice. The IRS1/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway was upregulated in the adipose tissue of HFD-βCASKKO mice. These results indicated that knockout of the <i>Cask</i> gene in β cells had a diverse effect on glucose homeostasis: reduced insulin secretion in ND-fed mice, but improves insulin sensitivity in HFD-fed mice. Therefore, CASK appears to function in the insulin secretion and contributes to hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance during the development of obesity-related T2DM.

scholarly journals Glucose homeostasis is regulated by pancreatic β-cell cilia via endosomal EphA-processing

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Volta ◽  
M. Julia Scerbo ◽  
Anett Seelig ◽  
Robert Wagner ◽  
Nils O’Brien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Basal Body ◽  
Primary Cilia ◽  
Epithelial To Mesenchymal Transition ◽  
Human Islets ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Β Cell ◽  
Mesenchymal Transition ◽  
Glucose Levels

Abstract Diabetes mellitus affects one in eleven adults worldwide. Most suffer from Type 2 Diabetes which features elevated blood glucose levels and an inability to adequately secrete or respond to insulin. Insulin producing β-cells have primary cilia which are implicated in the regulation of glucose metabolism, insulin signaling and secretion. To better understand how β-cell cilia affect glucose handling, we ablate cilia from mature β-cells by deleting key cilia component Ift88. Here we report that glucose homeostasis and insulin secretion deteriorate over 12 weeks post-induction. Cilia/basal body components are required to suppress spontaneous auto-activation of EphA3 and hyper-phosphorylation of EphA receptors inhibits insulin secretion. In β-cells, loss of cilia/basal body function leads to polarity defects and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Defective insulin secretion from IFT88-depleted human islets and elevated pEPHA3 in islets from diabetic donors both point to a role for cilia/basal body proteins in human glucose homeostasis.

Preptin derived from proinsulin-like growth factor II (proIGF-II) is secreted from pancreatic islet β-cells and enhances insulin secretion

2001 ◽  
Vol 360 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. BUCHANAN ◽  
Anthony R. J. PHILLIPS ◽  
Garth J. S. COOPER
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Pancreatic Islet ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Perfused Rat Pancreas ◽  
Amino Acid Peptide ◽  
Factor Ii ◽  
Second Phases

Pancreatic islet β-cells secrete the hormones insulin, amylin and pancreastatin. To search for further β-cell hormones, we purified peptides from secretory granules isolated from cultured murine βTC6-F7 β-cells. We identified a 34-amino-acid peptide (3948Da), corresponding to Asp69–Leu102 of the proinsulin-like growth factor II E-peptide, which we have termed ‘preptin’. Preptin, is present in islet β-cells and undergoes glucose-mediated co-secretion with insulin. Synthetic preptin increases insulin secretion from glucose-stimulated βTC6-F7 cells in a concentration-dependent and saturable manner. Preptin infusion into the isolated, perfused rat pancreas increases the second phase of glucose-mediated insulin secretion by 30%, while anti-preptin immunoglobulin infusion decreases the first and second phases of insulin secretion by 29 and 26% respectively. These findings suggest that preptin is a physiological amplifier of glucose-mediated insulin secretion.

scholarly journals ROCK1 regulates insulin secretion from β-cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung-Jun Sung ◽  
Sung-Bin Lim ◽  
Jae Hyeon Kim ◽  
Won-Mo Yang ◽  
Rohit N Kulkarni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Pyruvate Kinase ◽  
Glucose Homeostasis ◽  
Isolated Islets ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Proximity Ligation Assay ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Β Cell ◽  
Pancreatic Β Cells ◽  
Glucose Stimulated Insulin Secretion

Objective: The endocrine pancreatic β-cells play a pivotal role in the maintenance of whole-body glucose homeostasis and its dysregulation is a consistent feature in all forms of diabetes. However, knowledge of intracellular regulators that modulate b-cell function remains incomplete. We investigated the physiological role of ROCK1 in the regulation of insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis. Methods: Mice lacking ROCK1 in pancreatic β-cells (RIP-Cre; ROCK1loxP/loxP, β-ROCK1-/-) were studied. Glucose and insulin tolerance tests as well as glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) were measured. Insulin secretion response to a direct glucose or pyruvate or pyruvate kinase (PK) activator stimulation in isolated islets from β-ROCK1-/- mice or β-cell lines with knockdown of ROCK1 were also evaluated. Proximity ligation assay was performed to determine the physical interactions between PK and ROCK1. Results: Mice with a deficiency of ROCK1 in pancreatic β-cells exhibited significantly increased blood glucose levels and reduced serum insulin without changes in body weight. Interestingly, β-ROCK1-/- mice displayed progressive impairment of glucose tolerance while maintaining insulin sensitivity mostly due to impaired GSIS. Consistently, GSIS was markedly decreased in ROCK1-deficient islets and ROCK1 knockdown INS-1 cells. Concurrently, ROCK1 blockade led to a significant decrease in intracellular calcium levels, ATP levels, and oxygen consumption rates in isolated islets and INS-1 cells. Treatment of ROCK1-deficient islets or ROCK1 knockdown β-cells either with pyruvate or a PK activator rescued the impaired GSIS. Mechanistically, we observed that ROCK1 binding to PK is greatly enhanced by glucose stimulation in β-cells. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that β-cell ROCK1 is essential for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and maintenance of glucose homeostasis and that ROCK1 acts as an upstream regulator of glycolytic pyruvate kinase signaling.

scholarly journals Human stem cell model of HNF1A deficiency shows uncoupled insulin to C-peptide secretion with accumulation of abnormal insulin granules

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan J. González ◽  
Haoquan Zhao ◽  
Jacqueline Niu ◽  
Damian J. Williams ◽  
Jaeyop Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Intracellular Calcium ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Endocrine Cells ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
C Peptide ◽  
Pancreatic Endocrine Cells

AbstractMutations in HNF1A cause Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young type 3 (MODY3), the most prevalent form of monogenic diabetes. We generated stem cell-derived pancreatic endocrine cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) with induced hypomorphic mutations in HNF1A. Using these cells, we show that HNF1A orchestrates a transcriptional program required for distinct aspects of β-cell fate and function. During islet cell differentiation, HNF1A deficiency biases islet endocrine cells towards an α-cell fate associated with PAX4 down-regulation. HNF1A- deficient β-cells display impaired basal and glucose stimulated-insulin secretion in association with a reduction in CACNA1A and intracellular calcium levels, and impaired insulin granule exocytosis in association with SYT13 down-regulation. Knockout of PAX4, CACNA1A and SYT13 reproduce the relevant phenotypes. Reduction of insulin secretion is associated with accumulation of enlarged secretory granules, and altered stoichiometry of secreted insulin to C-peptide. In HNF1A deficient β-cells, glibenclamide, a sulfonylurea drug used in the treatment of MODY3 patients, increases intracellular calcium to levels beyond those achieved by glucose, and restores C-peptide and insulin secretion to a normal stoichiometric ratio. To study HNF1A deficiency in the context of a human disease model, we also generated stem cell-derived pancreatic endocrine cells from two MODY3 patient’s induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). While insulin secretion defects are constitutive in cells with complete HNF1A loss of function, β-cells heterozygous for hypomorphic HNF1A mutations are initially normal, but lose the ability to secrete insulin and acquire abnormal stoichiometric secretion ratios. Importantly, the defects observed in these stem cell models are also seen in circulating proportions of insulin:C-peptide in nine MODY3 patients.One sentence of summaryDeficiency of the transcription factor HNF1A biases islet endocrine cell fate towards α-cells, impairs intracellular calcium homeostasis and insulin exocytosis, alters the stoichiometry of insulin to C-peptide release, and leads to an accumulation of abnormal insulin secretory granules in β-cells.

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