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Apolipoprotein CIII links islet insulin resistance to ?-cell failure in diabetes.

ABSTRACT: Insulin resistance and ?-cell failure are the major defects in type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the molecular mechanisms linking these two defects remain unknown. Elevated levels of apolipoprotein CIII (apoCIII) are associated not only with insulin resistance but also with cardiovascular disorders and inflammation. We now demonstrate that local apoCIII production is connected to pancreatic islet insulin resistance and ?-cell failure. An increase in islet apoCIII causes promotion of a local inflammatory milieu, increased mitochondrial metabolism, deranged regulation of ?-cell cytoplasmic free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) and apoptosis. Decreasing apoCIII in vivo results in improved glucose tolerance, and pancreatic apoCIII knockout islets transplanted into diabetic mice, with high systemic levels of the apolipoprotein, demonstrate a normal [Ca(2+)]i response pattern and no hallmarks of inflammation. Hence, under conditions of islet insulin resistance, locally produced apoCIII is an important diabetogenic factor involved in impairment of ?-cell function and may thus constitute a novel target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

SUBMITTER: Avall K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4443338 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Apolipoprotein CIII links islet insulin resistance to β-cell failure in diabetes.

Åvall Karin K Ali Yusuf Y Leibiger Ingo B IB Leibiger Barbara B Moede Tilo T Paschen Meike M Dicker Andrea A Daré Elisabetta E Köhler Martin M Ilegems Erwin E Abdulreda Midhat H MH Graham Mark M Crooke Rosanne M RM Tay Vanessa S Y VS Refai Essam E Nilsson Stefan K SK Jacob Stefan S Selander Lars L Berggren Per-Olof PO Juntti-Berggren Lisa L

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150504 20

Insulin resistance and β-cell failure are the major defects in type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the molecular mechanisms linking these two defects remain unknown. Elevated levels of apolipoprotein CIII (apoCIII) are associated not only with insulin resistance but also with cardiovascular disorders and inflammation. We now demonstrate that local apoCIII production is connected to pancreatic islet insulin resistance and β-cell failure. An increase in islet apoCIII causes promotion of a local inf ...[more]

PMID: 25941406

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Project description:ObjectiveThis study evaluates insulin sensitivity, pancreatic beta-cell function (BCF), and the balance between the two in youth with type 2 diabetes and assesses the relationship of diabetes duration and HbA(1c) to insulin sensitivity and BCF.Research design and methodsThe subjects were 14 adolescents with type 2 diabetes and 20 obese control subjects of comparable age, BMI, body composition, and puberty. Insulin sensitivity was evaluated with a 3-h hyperinsulinemic (80 mU . m(-2) . min(-1)) euglycemic clamp. First-phase insulin secretion (FPIS) and second-phase insulin secretion (SPIS) were evaluated with a 2-h hyperglycemic (12.5 mmol/l) clamp. Fasting glucose rate of appearance was determined with the use of [6,6-(2)H(2)]glucose.ResultsFasting glucose rate of appearance was higher in type 2 diabetic patients than in obese control subjects (16.5 +/- 1.1 vs. 12.3 +/- 0.5 micromol . kg(-1) . min(-1); P = 0.002). Insulin sensitivity was lower in type 2 diabetic patients than in obese control subjects (1.0 +/- 0.1 vs. 2.0 +/- 0.2 micromol . kg(-1) . min(-1) per pmol/l; P = 0.001). Fasting insulin was higher in type 2 diabetic patients than in obese control subjects (289.8 +/- 24.6 vs. 220.2 +/- 18.0 pmol/l; P = 0.007), and FPIS and SPIS were lower (FPIS: 357.6 +/- 42.0 vs. 1,365.0 +/- 111.0 pmol/l; SPIS: 652.2 +/- 88.8 vs. 1,376.4 +/- 88.8 pmol/l; P < 0.001 for both). The glucose disposition index (GDI = insulin sensitivity x FPIS) was approximately 86% lower in type 2 diabetic patients than in obese control subjects. HbA(1c) correlated with FPIS (r = -0.61, P = 0.025) with no relationship to insulin sensitivity.ConclusionsDespite the impairment in both insulin sensitivity and BCF in youth with type 2 diabetes, the magnitude of the derangement is greater in BCF than insulin sensitivity when compared with that in obese control subjects. The inverse relationship between BCF and HbA(1c) may either reflect the impact of deteriorating BCF on glycemic control or be a manifestation of a glucotoxic phenomenon on BCF. Future studies in youth type 2 diabetes should target the natural course of beta-cell failure and means of retarding and/or preventing it.

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Apolipoprotein CIII links islet insulin resistance to ?-cell failure in diabetes.

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