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The MDM2-p53-pyruvate carboxylase signalling axis couples mitochondrial metabolism to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic ?-cells.


ABSTRACT: Mitochondrial metabolism is pivotal for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in pancreatic ?-cells. However, little is known about the molecular machinery that controls the homeostasis of intermediary metabolites in mitochondria. Here we show that the activation of p53 in ?-cells, by genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of its negative regulator MDM2, impairs GSIS, leading to glucose intolerance in mice. Mechanistically, p53 activation represses the expression of the mitochondrial enzyme pyruvate carboxylase (PC), resulting in diminished production of the TCA cycle intermediates oxaloacetate and NADPH, and impaired oxygen consumption. The defective GSIS and mitochondrial metabolism in MDM2-null islets can be rescued by restoring PC expression. Under diabetogenic conditions, MDM2 and p53 are upregulated, whereas PC is reduced in mouse ?-cells. Pharmacological inhibition of p53 alleviates defective GSIS in diabetic islets by restoring PC expression. Thus, the MDM2-p53-PC signalling axis links mitochondrial metabolism to insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis, and could represent a therapeutic target in diabetes.

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4897763 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The MDM2-p53-pyruvate carboxylase signalling axis couples mitochondrial metabolism to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells.

Li Xiaomu X   Cheng Kenneth K Y KKY   Liu Zhuohao Z   Yang Jin-Kui JK   Wang Baile B   Jiang Xue X   Zhou Yawen Y   Hallenborg Philip P   Hoo Ruby L C RLC   Lam Karen S L KSL   Ikeda Yasuhiro Y   Gao Xin X   Xu Aimin A  

Nature communications 20160606


Mitochondrial metabolism is pivotal for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in pancreatic β-cells. However, little is known about the molecular machinery that controls the homeostasis of intermediary metabolites in mitochondria. Here we show that the activation of p53 in β-cells, by genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of its negative regulator MDM2, impairs GSIS, leading to glucose intolerance in mice. Mechanistically, p53 activation represses the expression of the mitochondri  ...[more]

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