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Functional characteristics of neonatal rat beta cells With distinct markers

ABSTRACT: Neonatal beta cells are considered developmentally immature and hence less glucose-responsive. To study the acquisition of mature glucose-responsiveness, we compared glucose-regulated redox state, insulin synthesis and secretion of beta cells purified from neonatal or 10-weeks old rats to their transcriptomes and proteomes measured by oligonucleotide and LC-MS/MS profiling. Lower glucose-responsiveness of neonatal beta cells was explained by two distinct properties: higher activity at low glucose and lower activity at high glucose. Basal hyperactivity was associated with higher NAD(P)H, a higher fraction of neonatal beta cells actively incorporating 3H-Tyrosine, and persistently increased insulin secretion below 5 mM glucose. Neonatal beta cells lacked the steep glucose-responsive NAD(P)H rise between 5-10 mM glucose characteristic for adult beta cells, and accumulated less NAD(P)H at high glucose. They had 2-fold lower expression of malate/aspartate-NADH shuttle and most glycolytic enzymes. Genome-wide profiling situated neonatal beta cells at a developmental crossroad: they showed advanced endocrine differentiation when specifically analyzed for their mRNA/protein level of classical neuroendocrine markers. On the other hand, discrete neonatal beta cell subpopulations still expressed mRNAs/proteins typical for developing/proliferating tissues. One example, Delta-like 1 homolog (DLK1) was used to investigate if neonatal beta cells with basal hyperactivity corresponded to a more immature subset with high DLK1, but no association was found. In conclusion, the current study supports the importance of glycolytic NADH-shuttling in stimulus-function coupling, presents basal hyperactivity as novel property of neonatal beta cells, and provides potential markers to recognize intercellular developmental differences in the endocrine pancreas.

OTHER RELATED OMICS DATASETS IN: PRJNA204978

INSTRUMENT(S): Synapt G2 MS

ORGANISM(S): Rattus Norvegicus (rat)

TISSUE(S): Pancreas

SUBMITTER: Gertjan Kramer

LAB HEAD: J.M.F.G Aerts

PROVIDER: PXD001577 | Pride | 2014-12-12

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Functional characteristics of neonatal rat β cells with distinct markers.

Martens G A GA Motté E E Kramer G G Stangé G G Gaarn L W LW Hellemans K K Nielsen J H JH Aerts J M JM Ling Z Z Pipeleers D D

Journal of molecular endocrinology 20131219 1

Neonatal β cells are considered developmentally immature and hence less glucose responsive. To study the acquisition of mature glucose responsiveness, we compared glucose-regulated redox state, insulin synthesis, and secretion of β cells purified from neonatal or 10-week-old rats with their transcriptomes and proteomes measured by oligonucleotide and LC-MS/MS profiling. Lower glucose responsiveness of neonatal β cells was explained by two distinct properties: higher activity at low glucose and l ...[more]

PMID: 24049066

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Project description:The lower glucose-responsiveness of neonatal beta cells is generally considered a sign of endocrine immaturity. We compared mRNA profiles of neonatal and 10-weeks old rat beta cells to see how their gene expression changes with functional maturation. Neonatal beta cells showed a lower glucose-inducible increment in insulin production than adult cells. This was in part explained by basal protein synthetic hyperactivity of neonatal cells: while at 2.5mM glucose 80% of neonatal beta cells were recruited into active protein synthesis, 10 mM glucose was required to achieve a similar fraction of active adult beta cells. Besides this progressive recruitment, glucose exerted in both age groups an additional amplifying effect in the recruited cells, but clearly more so in adult beta cells that showed a higher maximal synthetic capacity/cell. Neonatal beta cells balanced an advanced endocrine differentiation as judged by their mRNA expression of conserved beta cell marker genes, with higher expression of genes involved in cell cycle and development. One example, Delta-like 1 homolog (DLK1) was used to investigate if neonatal beta cells with basal hyperactivity corresponded to a more immature subset, as marked by high DLK1. Neonatal pancreas contained distinct subsets of DLK1high and DLK1low insulin-expressing cells, but both showed equal hyperactivity. We conclude that neonatal beta cells combine advanced endocrine maturation with traits of residual developmental immaturity. If DLK1 is used as marker for the latter, the basal hyperactivity which proved to be a cardinal feature of neonatal beta cells is not a direct reflection of their residual immaturity. A genome-wide view on postnatal maturation/differentiation of the rat beta cells The study compares Affymetrix RG230.20 expression profiles of 3 cell subsets: (1) HSSC: a population of cells isolated from post natal day 2-3 rat pancreas that is enriched (65-70%) in insulin cells (n=3), (2) LSSC: a population of cells isolated from postnatal day 2-3 rat pancreas that is mostly devoid of endocrine cells, and selected by its low side scatter (n=3); and (3) adult beta: a reference population of FACS-purified adult rat beta cells (>90% insulin+) freshly isolated from pancreas of 10 weeks-old rats (n=5). RNA was extracted from the cells immediately after isolation, without further treatment or culture. Details of the isolation procedure and extensive microscopic characterization of the preps are described in the accompanying scientific paper by Martens GA et al.

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Functional characteristics of neonatal rat beta cells With distinct markers

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Functional characteristics of neonatal rat β cells with distinct markers.

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