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Syntaxin-3 regulates newcomer insulin granule exocytosis and compound fusion in pancreatic beta cells

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Zhu, D., Koo, E., Kwan, E., Kang, Y., Park, S., Xie, H., Sugita, S., Gaisano, H. Y.·2013·Diabetologia

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Aims/hypothesis The molecular basis of the exocytosis of secretory insulin-containing granules (SGs) during biphasic glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) from pancreatic beta cells remains unclear. Syntaxin (SYN)-1A and SYN-4 have been shown to mediate insulin exocytosis. The insulin-secretory function of SYN-3, which is particularly abundant in SGs, is unclear.Methods Mouse pancreatic islets and INS-1 cells were treated with adenovirus carrying Syn-3 (also known as Stx3) or small interfering RNA targeting Syn-3 in order to examine insulin secretion by radioimmunoassay. The localisation and distribution of insulin granules were examined by confocal and electron microscopy. Dynamic single-granule fusion events were assessed using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM).Results Depletion of endogenous SYN-3 inhibited insulin release. TIRFM showed no change in the number or fusion competence of previously docked SGs but, instead, a marked reduction in the recruitment of newcomer SGs and their subsequent exocytotic fusion during biphasic GSIS. Conversely, overexpression of Syn-3 enhanced both phases of GSIS, owing to the increase in newcomer SGs and, remarkably, to increased SG-SG fusion, which was confirmed by electron microscopy.Conclusions/interpretation In insulin secretion, SYN-3 plays a role in the mediation of newcomer SG exocytosis and SG-SG fusion that contributes to biphasic GSIS.

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  • Numerous SNARE isoforms, including syntaxin-1, -3 and -4, SNAP-25 and -23, and VAMP2 and -3, are involved in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, whereas VAMP8 is non-essential for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion but has a role in GLP-1-potentiated insulin secretion.

    “To date, numerous SNARE isoforms, including syntaxin-1, -3 and -4, SNAP-25 and -23, as well as syntaptobrevins 2 and 3 (VAMP2 and 3), have been shown to be involved in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion,42, 43, 44, 45, 46 whereas VAMP8, a non-essential SNARE protein for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, has a role in the regulation of the glucagon-like peptide-1-potentiated insulin secretion”

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  • Unlike syntaxin-1, syntaxin-3 localizes to secretory granules and is involved in the release of newcomer granules.

    “Unlike syntaxin-1, syntaxin-3 localizes to the secretory granules. It is involved in the release of newcomer granules (769).”

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Authors
Zhu, D., Koo, E., Kwan, E., Kang, Y., Park, S., Xie, H., Sugita, S., & Gaisano, H. Y.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • University Health Network (CA)
Corresponding author
Gaisano, H. Y.
Venue
Diabetologia
Published
2012-11-07
Volume
56
Issue
2
Pages
359-369
ISSN
  • 0012-186X (ISSN-L)
  • 1432-0428
OpenAlex
W2005270516
Cited by
81
References
46
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FWCI
7.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Diabetologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Toronto
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP86544, MOP89889)
  • Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
Keywords
syntaxin 3, insulin granules, exocytosis, pancreatic beta cells, insulin secretion, granule docking, INS-1 cells, islets
MeSH terms
Insulin Secretion, Animals, Cell Line, Exocytosis, Humans, Insulin, Islets of Langerhans, Microscopy, Electron, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Radioimmunoassay, Blotting, Western, Microscopy, Confocal, RNA, Small Interfering, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Qa-SNARE Proteins, Mice

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