Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10757098 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated that adult cells such as pancreatic exocrine cells can be converted to pancreatic β-cells in a process called cell reprogramming. Enteroendocrine cells and β-cells share similar pathways of differentiation during embryonic development. Notably, enteroendocrine K cells express many of the key proteins found in β-cells. Thus, K cells could be reprogrammed to β-cells under certain conditions. However, there is no clear evidence on whether these cells convert to β-cells. K cells were selected from STC-1 cells, an enteroendocrine cell line expressing multiple hormones. K cells were found to express many genes of transcription factors crucial for islet development and differentiation except for Nkx6.1 and Neurogenin3. A K cell clone stably expressing Nkx6.1 (Nkx6.1+-K cells) was established. Induction of Neurogenin3 expression in Nkx6.1+-K cells, by either treatment with a γ-secretase inhibitor or infection with a recombinant adenovirus expressing Neurogenin3, led to a significant increase in Insulin1 mRNA expression. After infection with the adenovirus expressing Neurogenin3 and reaggregation in suspension culture, about 50% of Nkx6.1+-K cells expressed insulin as determined by immunostaining. The intracellular insulin content was increased markedly. Electron microscopy revealed the presence of insulin granules. However, glucose-stimulated insulin secretion was defective, and there was no glucose lowering effect after transplantation of these cells in diabetic mice. In conclusion, we demonstrated that K cells could be reprogrammed partially to β-cells through the combined expression of Nkx6.1 and Neurogenin3, and reaggregation in suspension culture.
Keywords
DAPTKrebs Ringer bufferNgn3Pdx1GLUT2GIPGLP-1KRbDAPIGFPAdVDMEMITS4′,6′-diamidino-2-phenylindoleMOIDulbecco's modified Eagle's mediumN-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-L-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl esterβ-CellsAdenovirusReprogrammingDifferentiationIsletenteroendocrine cellsNeurogenin 3green fluorescent proteinprohormone convertaseglucagon-like peptide-1Islet transplantationmultiplicity of infectionglucose transporter 2glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide
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Authors
Esder Lee, Gyeong Ryul Ryu, Sung-Dae Moon, Seung-Hyun Ko, Yu-Bae Ahn, Ki-Ho Song,