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- Title
miR-375 Targets 3′-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase-1 and Regulates Glucose-Induced Biological Responses in Pancreatic β-Cells.
- Authors
El Ouaamari, Abdelfattah; Baroukh, Nadine; Martens, Geert A.; Lebrun, Patricia; Pipeleers, Daniel; van Obberghen, Emmanuel
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE--MicroRNAS are short, noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression. We hypothesized that the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) cascade known to be important in β-cell physiology could be regulated by microRNAs. Here, we focused on the pancreas-specific miR-375 as a potential regulator of its predicted target 3′-phosphoinositide--dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1), and we analyzed its implication in the response of insulin-producing ceils to elevation of glucose levels. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--We used insulinoma-1E cells to analyze the effects of miR-375 on PDK1 protein level and downstream signaling using Western blotting, glucose-induced insulin gene expression using quantitative RT-PCR, and DNA synthesis by measuring thymidine incorporation. Moreover, we analyzed the effect of glucose on miR-375 expression in both INS-1E cells and primary rat islets. Finally, miR-375 expression in isolated islets was analyzed in diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats. RESULTS--We found that miR-375 directly targets PDK1 and reduces its protein level, resulting in decreased glucose-stimulatory action on insulin gene expression and DNA synthesis. Furthermore, glucose leads to a decrease in miR-375 precursor level and a concomitant increase in PDK1 protein. Importantly, regulation of miR-375 expression by glucose occurs in primary rat islets as well. Finally, miR-375 expression was found to be decreased in fed diabetic GK rat islets. CONCLUSIONS--Our findings provide evidence for a role of a pancreatic-specific microRNA, miR-375, in the regulation of PDK1, a key molecule in PI 3-kinase signaling in pancreatic β-cells. The effects of glucose on miR-375 are compatible with the idea that miR-375 is involved in glucose regulation of insulin gene expression and β-cell growth. Diabetes 57:2708-2717, 2008
- Subjects
PHOSPHOINOSITIDES; PROTEIN kinases; PANCREATIC beta cells; GLUCOSE; GENETIC regulation; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Diabetes, 2008, Vol 57, Issue 10, p2708
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2337/db07-1614