Pancreatic β-cell specific deletion of VPS41 causes diabetes due to defects in insulin secretion
Year: 2020
Type: other
Abstract: Insulin secretory granules (SGs) mediate the regulated secretion of insulin, which is essential for glucose homeostasis. The basic machinery responsible for this regulated exocytosis consists of specific proteins present both at the plasma membrane and on insulin SGs. The protein composition of insulin SGs thus dictates their release properties, yet the mechanisms controlling insulin SG formation, which determines this molecular composition, remain poorly understood. VPS41, a component of the endo-lysosomal tethering HOPS complex, was recently identified as a cytosolic factor involved in the formation of neuroendocrine and neuronal granules. We now find that VPS41 is required for insulin SG biogenesis and regulated insulin secretion. Loss of VPS41 in pancreatic b-cells leads to a reduction in insulin SG number, changes in their transmembrane protein composition, and defects in granule regulated exocytosis. Exploring a human point mutation, identified in patients with neurological but no endocrine defects, we show that the effect on SG formation is independent of HOPS complex formation. Finally, we report that mice with a deletion of VPS41 specifically in β-cells develop diabetes due to severe depletion of insulin SG content and a defect in insulin secretion. In sum, our data demonstrate that VPS41 contributes to glucose homeostasis and metabolism.
Authors: Ada Admin, Christian H. Burns, Belinda Yau, Anjelica Rodriguez, Jenna Triplett, Drew Maslar, You Sun An, Reini E.N. van der Welle, Ross G. Kossina, Max R. Fisher, Gregory W. Strout, Peter O. Bayguinov, Tineke Veenendaal, David Chitayat, James A.J. Fitzpatrick, Judith Klumperman, Melkam A. Kebede, Cedric S. Asensio
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4254728015