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E2F1 transcription factor mediates a link between fat and islets to promote β cell proliferation in response to acute insulin resistance.

ABSTRACT: Prevention or amelioration of declining β cell mass is a potential strategy to cure diabetes. Here, we report the pathways utilized by β cells to robustly replicate in response to acute insulin resistance induced by S961, a pharmacological insulin receptor antagonist. Interestingly, pathways that include CENP-A and the transcription factor E2F1 that are independent of insulin signaling and its substrates appeared to mediate S961-induced β cell multiplication. Consistently, pharmacological inhibition of E2F1 blocks β-cell proliferation in S961-injected mice. Serum from S961-treated mice recapitulates replication of β cells in mouse and human islets in an E2F1-dependent manner. Co-culture of islets with adipocytes isolated from S961-treated mice enables β cells to duplicate, while E2F1 inhibition limits their growth even in the presence of adipocytes. These data suggest insulin resistance-induced proliferative signals from adipocytes activate E2F1, a potential therapeutic target, to promote β cell compensation.

SUBMITTER: Shirakawa J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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E2F1 transcription factor mediates a link between fat and islets to promote β cell proliferation in response to acute insulin resistance.

Shirakawa Jun J Togashi Yu Y Basile Giorgio G Okuyama Tomoko T Inoue Ryota R Fernandez Megan M Kyohara Mayu M De Jesus Dario F DF Goto Nozomi N Zhang Wei W Tsuno Takahiro T Kin Tatsuya T Pan Hui H Dreyfuss Jonathan M JM Shapiro A M James AMJ Yi Peng P Terauchi Yasuo Y Kulkarni Rohit N RN

Cell reports 20221001 1

Prevention or amelioration of declining β cell mass is a potential strategy to cure diabetes. Here, we report the pathways utilized by β cells to robustly replicate in response to acute insulin resistance induced by S961, a pharmacological insulin receptor antagonist. Interestingly, pathways that include CENP-A and the transcription factor E2F1 that are independent of insulin signaling and its substrates appeared to mediate S961-induced β cell multiplication. Consistently, pharmacological inhibi ...[more]

PMID: 36198264

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E2F1 transcription factor mediates a link between fat and islets to promote β cell proliferation in response to acute insulin resistance.

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E2F1 transcription factor mediates a link between fat and islets to promote β cell proliferation in response to acute insulin resistance.

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