Identification of the matricellular protein Fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/NFAT signaling in pancreatic islets

Abstract Glucokinase-mediated glucose signaling induces insulin secretion, proliferation, and apoptosis in pancreatic β-cells. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying these processes are not clearly understood. Here, we demonstrated that glucokinase activation using a glucokinase activa...

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Autores principales: Tomoko Okuyama, Jun Shirakawa, Hiromi Yanagisawa, Mayu Kyohara, Shunsuke Yamazaki, Kazuki Tajima, Yu Togashi, Yasuo Terauchi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2101103c43844a20b6c04abcf16cd35b2021-12-02T16:06:00ZIdentification of the matricellular protein Fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/NFAT signaling in pancreatic islets10.1038/s41598-017-02535-02045-2322https://doaj.org/article/2101103c43844a20b6c04abcf16cd35b2017-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02535-0https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Glucokinase-mediated glucose signaling induces insulin secretion, proliferation, and apoptosis in pancreatic β-cells. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying these processes are not clearly understood. Here, we demonstrated that glucokinase activation using a glucokinase activator (GKA) significantly upregulated the expression of Fibulin-5 (Fbln5), a matricellular protein involved in matrix-cell signaling, in isolated mouse islets. The islet Fbln5 expression was induced by ambient glucose in a time- and dose-dependent manner and further enhanced by high-fat diet or the deletion of insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS-2), whereas the GKA-induced increase in Fbln5 expression was diminished in Irs-2-deficient islets. GKA-induced Fbln5 upregulation in the islets was blunted by a glucokinase inhibitor, KATP channel opener, Ca2+ channel blocker and calcineurin inhibitor, while it was augmented by harmine, a dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase (DYRK) 1 A inhibitor. Although deletion of Fbln5 in mice had no significant effects on the glucose tolerance or β-cell functions, adenovirus-mediated Fbln5 overexpression increased glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1 rat insulinoma cells. Since the islet Fbln5 expression is regulated through a glucokinase/KATP channel/calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) pathway crucial for the maintenance of β-cell functions, further investigation of Fbln5 functions in the islets is warranted.Tomoko OkuyamaJun ShirakawaHiromi YanagisawaMayu KyoharaShunsuke YamazakiKazuki TajimaYu TogashiYasuo TerauchiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
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Tomoko Okuyama
Jun Shirakawa
Hiromi Yanagisawa
Mayu Kyohara
Shunsuke Yamazaki
Kazuki Tajima
Yu Togashi
Yasuo Terauchi
Identification of the matricellular protein Fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/NFAT signaling in pancreatic islets
description Abstract Glucokinase-mediated glucose signaling induces insulin secretion, proliferation, and apoptosis in pancreatic β-cells. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying these processes are not clearly understood. Here, we demonstrated that glucokinase activation using a glucokinase activator (GKA) significantly upregulated the expression of Fibulin-5 (Fbln5), a matricellular protein involved in matrix-cell signaling, in isolated mouse islets. The islet Fbln5 expression was induced by ambient glucose in a time- and dose-dependent manner and further enhanced by high-fat diet or the deletion of insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS-2), whereas the GKA-induced increase in Fbln5 expression was diminished in Irs-2-deficient islets. GKA-induced Fbln5 upregulation in the islets was blunted by a glucokinase inhibitor, KATP channel opener, Ca2+ channel blocker and calcineurin inhibitor, while it was augmented by harmine, a dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase (DYRK) 1 A inhibitor. Although deletion of Fbln5 in mice had no significant effects on the glucose tolerance or β-cell functions, adenovirus-mediated Fbln5 overexpression increased glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1 rat insulinoma cells. Since the islet Fbln5 expression is regulated through a glucokinase/KATP channel/calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) pathway crucial for the maintenance of β-cell functions, further investigation of Fbln5 functions in the islets is warranted.
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author Tomoko Okuyama
Jun Shirakawa
Hiromi Yanagisawa
Mayu Kyohara
Shunsuke Yamazaki
Kazuki Tajima
Yu Togashi
Yasuo Terauchi
author_facet Tomoko Okuyama
Jun Shirakawa
Hiromi Yanagisawa
Mayu Kyohara
Shunsuke Yamazaki
Kazuki Tajima
Yu Togashi
Yasuo Terauchi
author_sort Tomoko Okuyama
title Identification of the matricellular protein Fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/NFAT signaling in pancreatic islets
title_short Identification of the matricellular protein Fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/NFAT signaling in pancreatic islets
title_full Identification of the matricellular protein Fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/NFAT signaling in pancreatic islets
title_fullStr Identification of the matricellular protein Fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/NFAT signaling in pancreatic islets
title_full_unstemmed Identification of the matricellular protein Fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/NFAT signaling in pancreatic islets
title_sort identification of the matricellular protein fibulin-5 as a target molecule of glucokinase-mediated calcineurin/nfat signaling in pancreatic islets
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/2101103c43844a20b6c04abcf16cd35b
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