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- Title
Cell Cycle Regulation of the Pdx1 Transcription Factor in Developing Pancreas and Insulin-Producing β-Cells.
- Authors
Zhu, Xiaodong; Oguh, Alexis; Gingerich, Morgan A.; Soleimanpour, Scott A.; Stoffers, Doris A.; Gannon, Maureen
- Abstract
Current evidence indicates that proliferating β-cells express lower levels of some functional cell identity genes, suggesting that proliferating cells are not optimally functional. Pdx1 is important for β-cell specification, function, and proliferation and is mutated in monogenic forms of diabetes. However, its regulation during the cell cycle is unknown. Here we examined Pdx1 protein expression in immortalized β-cells, maternal mouse islets during pregnancy, and mouse embryonic pancreas. We demonstrate that Pdx1 localization and protein levels are highly dynamic. In nonmitotic cells, Pdx1 is not observed in constitutive heterochromatin, nucleoli, or most areas containing repressive epigenetic marks. At prophase, Pdx1 is enriched around the chromosomes before Ki67 coating of the chromosome surface. Pdx1 uniformly localizes in the cytoplasm at prometaphase and becomes enriched around the chromosomes again at the end of cell division, before nuclear envelope formation. Cells in S phase have lower Pdx1 levels than cells at earlier cell cycle stages, and overexpression of Pdx1 in INS-1 cells prevents progression toward G2, suggesting that cell cycle-dependent regulation of Pdx1 is required for completion of mitosis. Together, we find that Pdx1 localization and protein levels are tightly regulated throughout the cell cycle. This dynamic regulation has implications for the dichotomous role of Pdx1 in β-cell function and proliferation.
- Subjects
CELL cycle regulation; TRANSCRIPTION factors; CELLULAR control mechanisms; CELL cycle; NUCLEAR membranes; PROTEIN metabolism; PROTEINS; FLOW cytometry; RESEARCH; ANIMAL experimentation; WESTERN immunoblotting; RESEARCH methodology; CELL physiology; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; ISLANDS of Langerhans; COMPARATIVE studies; GENES; RESEARCH funding; TUMOR markers; CELL lines; MICE
- Publication
Diabetes, 2021, Vol 70, Issue 4, p903
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/db20-0599