| First Author | Tong X | Year | 2016 |
| Journal | Diabetes | Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 10 | Pages | 3039-52 |
| PubMed ID | 27489309 | Mgi Jnum | J:249517 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5922178 | Doi | 10.2337/db16-0084 |
| Citation | Tong X, et al. (2016) SERCA2 Deficiency Impairs Pancreatic beta-Cell Function in Response to Diet-Induced Obesity. Diabetes 65(10):3039-52 |
| abstractText | The sarcoendoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca(2+) ATPase 2 (SERCA2) pump is a P-type ATPase tasked with the maintenance of ER Ca(2+) stores. Whereas beta-cell SERCA2 expression is reduced in diabetes, the role of SERCA2 in the regulation of whole-body glucose homeostasis has remained uncharacterized. To this end, SERCA2 heterozygous mice (S2HET) were challenged with a high-fat diet (HFD) containing 45% of kilocalories from fat. After 16 weeks of the HFD, S2HET mice were hyperglycemic and glucose intolerant, but adiposity and insulin sensitivity were not different between HFD-fed S2HET mice and HFD-fed wild-type controls. Consistent with a defect in beta-cell function, insulin secretion, glucose-induced cytosolic Ca(2+) mobilization, and the onset of steady-state glucose-induced Ca(2+) oscillations were impaired in HFD-fed S2HET islets. Moreover, HFD-fed S2HET mice exhibited reduced beta-cell mass and proliferation, altered insulin production and proinsulin processing, and increased islet ER stress and death. In contrast, SERCA2 activation with a small molecule allosteric activator increased ER Ca(2+) storage and rescued tunicamycin-induced beta-cell death. In aggregate, these data suggest a critical role for SERCA2 and the regulation of ER Ca(2+) homeostasis in the beta-cell compensatory response to diet-induced obesity. |
