INS-1 cells undergoing caspase-dependent apoptosis enhance the regenerative capacity of neighboring cells

Caroline Bonner, Siobhán Bacon, Caoimhín G. Concannon, Syed R. Rizvi, Mathurin Baquié, Angela M. Farrelly, Seán M. Kilbride, Heiko Dussmann, Manus W. Ward, Chantal M. Boulanger, Claes B. Wollheim, Rolf Graf, Maria M. Byrne, Jochen H.M. Prehn

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE - In diabetes, β-cell mass is not static but in a constant process of cell death and renewal. Inactivating mutations in transcription factor 1 (tcf-1)/hepatocyte nuclear factor1a (hnf1a) result in decreased β-cell mass and HNF1A-maturity onset diabetes of the young (HNF1A-MODY). Here, we investigated the effect of a dominant-negative HNF1A mutant (DN-HNF1A) induced apoptosis on the regenerative capacity of INS-1 cells. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - DN-HNF1A was expressed in INS-1 cells using a reverse tetracycline-dependent transactivator system. Gene(s)/protein(s) involved in β-cell regeneration were investigated by real-time quantitative RT-PCR, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. Pancreatic stone protein/regenerating protein (PSP/reg) serum levels in human subjects were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS - We detected a prominent induction of PSP/reg at the gene and protein level during DN-HNF1A-induced apoptosis. Elevated PSP/reg levels were also detected in islets of transgenic HNF1A-MODY mice and in the serum of HNF1A-MODY patients. The induction of PSP/reg was glucose dependent and mediated by caspase activation during apoptosis. Interestingly, the supernatant from DN-HNF1A-expressing cells, but not DN-HNF1A-expressing cells treated with zVAD.fmk, was sufficient to induce PSP/reg gene expression and increase cell proliferation in naïve, untreated INS-1 cells. Further experiments demonstrated that annexin-V-positive microparticles originating from apoptosing INS-1 cells mediated the induction of PSP/reg. Treatment with recombinant PSP/reg reversed the phenotype of DN-HNF1A-induced cells by stimulating cell proliferation and increasing insulin gene expression. CONCLUSIONS - Our results suggest that apoptosing INS-1 cells shed microparticles that may stimulate PSP/reg induction in neighboring cells, a mechanism that may facilitate the recovery of β-cell mass in HNF1A-MODY.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2799-2808
Number of pages10
JournalDiabetes
Volume59
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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