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Synaptotagmin-7 Functions to Replenish Insulin Granules for Exocytosis in Human Islet β-Cells

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Dolai, Subhankar, Xie, Li, Zhu, Dan, Liang, Tao, Qin, Tairan, Xie, Huanli, Kang, Youhou, Chapman, Edwin R. +1 more·2016·Diabetes

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Synaptotagmin (Syt)-7, a major component of the exocytotic machinery in neurons, is also the major Syt in rodent pancreatic β-cells shown to mediate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). However, Syt-7’s precise exocytotic actions in β-cells remain unknown. We show that Syt-7 is abundant in human β-cells. Adenovirus–short hairpin RNA knockdown (KD) of Syt-7 in human islets reduced first- and second-phase GSIS attributed to the reduction of exocytosis of predocked and newcomer insulin secretory granules (SGs). Glucose stimulation expectedly induced Syt-7 association in a Ca2+-dependent manner with syntaxin-3 and syntaxin-1A soluble N-ethylmaleimide–sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complexes known to mediate exocytosis of newcomer and predocked SGs, respectively. However, Syt-7-KD did not disrupt SNARE complex assembly. Instead, electron microscopy analysis showed that Syt-7-KD reduced the recruitment of SGs to the plasma membrane after glucose-stimulated depletion, which could not be rescued by glucagon-like peptide 1 pretreatment. To assess the possibility that this new action of Syt-7 on SG recruitment may involve calmodulin (CaM), pretreatment of islets with CaM blocker calmidazolium showed effects very similar to those of Syt-7-KD. Syt-7 therefore plays a novel more dominant function in the replenishment of releasable SG pools in human β-cells than its previously purported role in exocytotic fusion per se.

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  • Syt7 is important in human β-cells for the Ca2+-dependent mobilization of secretory granules, which largely corresponds to 2nd phase insulin secretion.

    “Syt7 is also important in human β-cells for the Ca2+-dependent mobilization of secretory granules (149), which largely corresponds to 2nd phase insulin secretion.”

    From Pancreatic β-Cell Electrical Activity and Insulin Secretion: Of Mice and Men (2018) · cites this paper as [149]

    The Introduction and Discussion report that Syt-7 recruits insulin granules to replenish releasable pools in human β-cells, sustaining second-phase secretion. The Results show Ca2+-dependent Syt-7 binding to proteins involved in granule exocytosis, but do not establish that the granule mobilization itself is Ca2+-dependent; the Discussion presents a possible calmodulin-mediated recruitment mechanism as requiring further study. Our copy provides no page numbers for these passages. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Dolai, S., Xie, L., Zhu, D., Liang, T., Qin, T., Xie, H., Kang, Y., Chapman, E. R., & Gaisano, H. Y.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Gaisano, Herbert Y.
Venue
Diabetes
Published
2016-04-26
Volume
65
Issue
7
Pages
1962-1976
ISSN
  • 0012-1797 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-327X
OpenAlex
W2345168168
Cited by
55
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 2
FWCI
5.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Diabetes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP86544, MOP89889)
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 › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
Keywords
synaptotagmin 7, insulin secretory granules, exocytosis, glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, pancreatic beta cells, human islets, syntaxin 3, syntaxin 1A, SNARE complex, calmodulin, calmidazolium
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Animals, Calcium, Exocytosis, Female, Glucose, Humans, Imidazoles, Insulin, Male, Middle Aged, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Secretory Vesicles, Insulin-Secreting Cells, SNARE Proteins, Qa-SNARE Proteins, Synaptotagmins, Rats, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1

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