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Essential role of Skp2-mediated p27 degradation in growth and adaptive expansion of pancreatic β cells

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Zhong, Lingwen, Georgia, Senta, Tschen, Shuen-ing, Nakayama, Keiko, Nakayama, Keiichi, Bhushan, Anil·2007·Journal of Clinical Investigation

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Diabetes results from an inadequate mass of functional beta cells, due to either beta cell loss caused by immune assault or the lack of compensation to overcome insulin resistance. Elucidating the mechanisms that regulate beta cell mass has important ramifications for fostering beta cell regeneration and the treatment of diabetes. We report here that Skp2, a substrate recognition component of Skp1-Cul1-F-box (SCF) ubiquitin ligase, played an essential and specific role in regulating the cellular abundance of p27 and was a critical determinant of beta cell proliferation. In Skp2(-/-) mice, accumulation of p27 resulted in enlarged polyploid beta cells as a result of endoreduplication replacing proliferation. Despite beta cell hypertrophy, Skp2(-/-) mice exhibited diminished beta cell mass, hypoinsulinemia, and glucose intolerance. Increased insulin resistance resulting from diet-induced obesity caused Skp2(-/-) mice to become overtly diabetic, because beta cell growth in the absence of cell division was insufficient to compensate for increased metabolic demand. These results indicate that the Skp2-mediated degradation pathway regulating the cellular degradation of p27 is essential for establishing beta cell mass and to respond to increased metabolic demand associated with insulin resistance.

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  • Other known Foxm1 targets such as Skp2 have been implicated in β-cell compensation in response to diet-induced obesity.

    “Other known Foxm1 targets such as Skp2 have already been implicated in β-cell compensation in response to diet-induced obesity [65], and the proliferative response of the β-cell to pregnancy in mice is dependent on Foxm1 itself [66].”

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  • Proliferation of β-cells appears to play an important role in endogenous renewal.

    “The cell source and mechanism leading to the endogenous renewal is not clear, although proliferation of β-cells appears to play an important role (11).”

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Authors
Zhong, L., Georgia, S., Tschen, S.-I., Nakayama, K., Nakayama, K., & Bhushan, A.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Bhushan, Anil
Venue
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Published
2007-10-01
Volume
117
Issue
10
Pages
2869-2876
ISSN
0021-9738 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2163493623
Cited by
92
References
37
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FWCI
8.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Center for AIDS Research, University of Washington
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007185)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK068763)
  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
Keywords
Skp2, p27 degradation, pancreatic beta cells, beta-cell mass, beta-cell proliferation, endoreduplication, polyploidy, SCF ubiquitin ligase, insulin resistance, diet-induced obesity, diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance, hypoinsulinemia, beta cell regeneration
MeSH terms
Animals, Glucose, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Mice, Mutant Strains, Polyploidy, Gene Deletion, S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins, Cell Proliferation, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27, Mice

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