Abstract
Type 2 diabetes mellitus results from a complex interaction between nutritional excess and multiple genes. Whereas pancreatic β-cells normally respond to glucose challenge by rapid insulin release (first phase insulin secretion), there is a loss of this acute response in virtually all of the type 2 diabetes patients with significant fasting hyperglycemia. Our previous studies demonstrated that irreversible intracellular accumulation of a glucose metabolite, protein O-linked N-acetylglucosamine modification (O-GlcNAc), is associated with pancreatic β-cell apoptosis. In the present study, we show that streptozotocin (STZ), a non-competitive chemical blocker of O-GlcNAcase, induces an insulin secretory defect in isolated rat islet cells. In contrast, transgenic mice with down-regulated glucose to glucosamine metabolism in β-cells exhibited an enhanced insulin secretion capacity. Interestingly, the STZ blockade of O-GlcNAcase activity is also associated with a growth hormone secretory defect and impairment of intracellular secretory vesicle trafficking. These results provide evidence for the roles of O-GlcNAc in the insulin secretion and possible involvement of O-GlcNAc in general glucose-regulated hormone secretion pathways.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 135-146 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology |
| Volume | 194 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 30 2002 |
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Keywords
- Diabetes mellitus
- Glucose
- Insulin
- Pituitary
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Endocrinology
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Streptozotocin, an O-GlcNAcase inhibitor, blunts insulin and growth hormone secretion. / Liu, Kan; Paterson, Andrew J.; Konrad, Robert J.; Parlow, A. F.; Jimi, Shiro; Roh, Meejeon; Chin, Edward; Kudlow, Jeffrey E.
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AU - Paterson, Andrew J.
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AU - Jimi, Shiro
AU - Roh, Meejeon
AU - Chin, Edward
AU - Kudlow, Jeffrey E.
PY - 2002/8/30
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N2 - Type 2 diabetes mellitus results from a complex interaction between nutritional excess and multiple genes. Whereas pancreatic β-cells normally respond to glucose challenge by rapid insulin release (first phase insulin secretion), there is a loss of this acute response in virtually all of the type 2 diabetes patients with significant fasting hyperglycemia. Our previous studies demonstrated that irreversible intracellular accumulation of a glucose metabolite, protein O-linked N-acetylglucosamine modification (O-GlcNAc), is associated with pancreatic β-cell apoptosis. In the present study, we show that streptozotocin (STZ), a non-competitive chemical blocker of O-GlcNAcase, induces an insulin secretory defect in isolated rat islet cells. In contrast, transgenic mice with down-regulated glucose to glucosamine metabolism in β-cells exhibited an enhanced insulin secretion capacity. Interestingly, the STZ blockade of O-GlcNAcase activity is also associated with a growth hormone secretory defect and impairment of intracellular secretory vesicle trafficking. These results provide evidence for the roles of O-GlcNAc in the insulin secretion and possible involvement of O-GlcNAc in general glucose-regulated hormone secretion pathways.
AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus results from a complex interaction between nutritional excess and multiple genes. Whereas pancreatic β-cells normally respond to glucose challenge by rapid insulin release (first phase insulin secretion), there is a loss of this acute response in virtually all of the type 2 diabetes patients with significant fasting hyperglycemia. Our previous studies demonstrated that irreversible intracellular accumulation of a glucose metabolite, protein O-linked N-acetylglucosamine modification (O-GlcNAc), is associated with pancreatic β-cell apoptosis. In the present study, we show that streptozotocin (STZ), a non-competitive chemical blocker of O-GlcNAcase, induces an insulin secretory defect in isolated rat islet cells. In contrast, transgenic mice with down-regulated glucose to glucosamine metabolism in β-cells exhibited an enhanced insulin secretion capacity. Interestingly, the STZ blockade of O-GlcNAcase activity is also associated with a growth hormone secretory defect and impairment of intracellular secretory vesicle trafficking. These results provide evidence for the roles of O-GlcNAc in the insulin secretion and possible involvement of O-GlcNAc in general glucose-regulated hormone secretion pathways.
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