| First Author | Hang Y | Year | 2014 |
| Journal | Diabetes | Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 6 | Pages | 1994-2005 |
| PubMed ID | 24520122 | Mgi Jnum | J:229341 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5751646 | Doi | 10.2337/db13-1001 |
| Citation | Hang Y, et al. (2014) The MafA transcription factor becomes essential to islet beta-cells soon after birth. Diabetes 63(6):1994-2005 |
| abstractText | The large Maf transcription factors, MafA and MafB, are expressed with distinct spatial-temporal patterns in rodent islet cells. Analysis of Mafa(-/-) and pancreas-specific Mafa(panc) deletion mutant mice demonstrated a primary role for MafA in adult beta-cell activity, different from the embryonic importance of MafB. Our interests here were to precisely define when MafA became functionally significant to beta-cells, to determine how this was affected by the brief period of postnatal MafB production, and to identify genes regulated by MafA during this period. We found that islet cell organization, beta-cell mass, and beta-cell function were influenced by 3 weeks of age in Mafa(Deltapanc) mice and compromised earlier in Mafa(Deltapanc);Mafb(+/-) mice. A combination of genome-wide microarray profiling, electron microscopy, and metabolic assays were used to reveal mechanisms of MafA control. For example, beta-cell replication was produced by actions on cyclin D2 regulation, while effects on granule docking affected first-phase insulin secretion. Moreover, notable differences in the genes regulated by embryonic MafB and postnatal MafA gene expression were found. These results not only clearly define why MafA is an essential transcriptional regulator of islet beta-cells, but also why cell maturation involves coordinated actions with MafB. |
