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Beta cell-specific PAK1 enrichment ameliorates diet-induced glucose intolerance by promoting insulin biogenesis and minimizing beta cell apoptosis

ABSTRACT: Beta cell-specific PAK1 enrichment ameliorates diet-induced glucose intolerance by promoting insulin biogenesis and minimizing beta cell apoptosis

PROVIDER: PRJNA998939 | ENA |

REPOSITORIES: ENA

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Project description:Aims/hypothesisp21 (CDC42/RAC1) activated kinase 1 (PAK1) is depleted in type 2 diabetic human islets compared with non-diabetic human islets, and acute PAK1 restoration in the islets can restore insulin secretory function ex vivo. We hypothesised that beta cell-specific PAK1 enrichment in vivo can mitigate high-fat-diet (HFD)-induced glucose intolerance by increasing the functional beta cell mass.MethodsHuman islets expressing exogenous PAK1 specifically in beta cells were used for bulk RNA-seq. Human EndoC-βH1 cells overexpressing myc-tagged PAK1 were used for chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and ChIP-sequencing (ChIP-seq). Novel doxycycline-inducible beta cell-specific PAK1-expressing (iβPAK1-Tg) mice were fed a 45% HFD pre-induction for 3 weeks and for a further 3 weeks with or without doxycycline induction. These HFD-fed mice were evaluated for GTT, ITT, 6 h fasting plasma insulin and blood glucose, body composition, islet insulin content and apoptosis.ResultsBeta cell-specific PAK1 enrichment in type 2 diabetes human islets resulted in decreased beta cell apoptosis and increased insulin content. RNA-seq showed an upregulation of INS gene transcription by PAK1. Using clonal human beta cells, we found that PAK1 protein was localised in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. ChIP studies revealed that nuclear PAK1 enhanced pancreatic and duodenal homeobox1 (PDX1) and neuronal differentiation 1 (NEUROD1) binding to the INS promoter in a glucose-responsive manner. Importantly, the iβPAK1-Tg mice, when challenged with HFD and doxycycline induction displayed enhanced glucose tolerance, increased islet insulin content and reduced beta cell apoptosis when compared with iβPAK1-Tg mice without doxycycline induction.Conclusions/interpretationPAK1 plays an unforeseen and beneficial role in beta cells by promoting insulin biogenesis via enhancing the expression of PDX1, NEUROD1 and INS, along with anti-apoptotic effects, that culminate in increased insulin content and beta cell mass in vivo and ameliorate diet-induced glucose intolerance.Data availabilityThe raw and processed RNA-seq data and ChIP-seq data, which has been made publicly available at Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/ , can be accessed in GSE239382.

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