Influence of chronic hyperglycemia on the loss of the unfolded protein response in transplanted islets
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2013
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Walters, S.N.
Luzuriaga, J.
Chan, J.Y.
Grey, S.T.
Laybutt, D.R.
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Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 2013; 51(2):225-232
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Stacey N Walters, Jude Luzuriaga, Jeng Yie Chan, Shane T Grey and D Ross Laybutt
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Chronic hyperglycemia contributes to β-cell dysfunction in diabetes and with islet transplantation, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Recent studies demonstrate that the unfolded protein response (UPR) is critical for β-cell function. Here, we assessed the influence of hyperglycemia on UPR gene expression in transplanted islets. Streptozotocin-induced diabetic or control nondiabetic mice were transplanted under the kidney capsule with syngeneic islets either sufficient or not to normalize hyperglycemia. Twenty-one days after transplantation, islet grafts were excised and RT-PCR was used to assess gene expression. In islet grafts from diabetic mice, expression levels of many UPR genes of the IRE1/ATF6 pathways, which are important for adaptation to endoplasmic reticulum stress, were markedly reduced compared with that in islet grafts from control mice. UPR genes of the PERK pathway were also downregulated. The normalization of glycemia restored the changes in mRNA expression, suggesting that chronic hyperglycemia contributes to the downregulation of multiple arms of UPR gene expression. Similar correlations were observed between blood glucose and mRNA levels of transcription factors involved in the maintenance of β-cell phenotype and genes implicated in β-cell function, suggesting convergent regulation of UPR gene expression and β-cell differentiation by hyperglycemia. However, the normalization of glycemia was not accompanied by restoration of antioxidant or pro-inflammatory cytokine mRNA levels, which were increased in islet grafts from diabetic mice. These studies demonstrate that chronic hyperglycemia contributes to the downregulation of multiple arms of UPR gene expression in transplanted mouse islets. Failure of the adaptive UPR may contribute to β-cell dedifferentiation and dysfunction in diabetes.
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© 2013 Society for Endocrinology