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PDGF signalling controls age-dependent proliferation in pancreatic β-cells

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Determining the signalling pathways that direct tissue expansion is a principal goal of regenerative biology. Vigorous pancreatic β-cell replication in juvenile mice and humans declines with age, and elucidating the basis for this decay may reveal strategies for inducing β-cell expansion, a long-sought goal for diabetes therapy. Here we show that platelet-derived growth factor receptor (Pdgfr) signalling controls age-dependent β-cell proliferation in mouse and human pancreatic islets. With age, declining β-cell Pdgfr levels were accompanied by reductions in β-cell enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (Ezh2) levels and β-cell replication. Conditional inactivation of the Pdgfra gene in β-cells accelerated these changes, preventing mouse neonatal β-cell expansion and adult β-cell regeneration. Targeted human PDGFR-α activation in mouse β-cells stimulated Erk1/2 phosphorylation, leading to Ezh2-dependent expansion of adult β-cells. Adult human islets lack PDGF signalling competence, but exposure of juvenile human islets to PDGF-AA stimulated β-cell proliferation. The discovery of a conserved pathway controlling age-dependent β-cell proliferation indicates new strategies for β-cell expansion.

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Authors
Chen, H., Gu, X., Liu, Y., Wang, J., Wirt, S. E., Bottino, R., Schorle, H., Sage, J., & Kim, S. K.
Affiliations
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • University of Bonn (DE)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Kim, Seung K.
Venue
Nature
Published
2011-10
Volume
478
Issue
7369
Pages
349-355
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2061620419
Cited by
278
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44
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FWCI
26.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Stem Cell Network
  • Deutsche Krebshilfe
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA114102, T32CA009302)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U01DK089532, U01DK089572, U01 DK89572, R01DK056709, R01DK075919, U01 DK89532, R01DK072184)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
Keywords
PDGF signaling, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, pancreatic beta cells, beta-cell proliferation, aging, EZH2, beta-cell expansion, islets, diabetes treatment, ERK1/2 phosphorylation, conditional gene inactivation, human islets
MeSH terms
Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein, Age Factors, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, Female, Humans, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Retinoblastoma Protein, Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, Cell Proliferation, Insulin-Secreting Cells, E2F Transcription Factors, Mice, Gene Knockout Techniques, Polycomb Repressive Complex 2

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