Q Wang1,2,3, L Li1, E Xu1,3, V Wong1, C Rhodes4, P L Brubaker5,6,7. 1. Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2. Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 3. St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 4. Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA. 5. Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p.brubaker@utoronto.ca. 6. Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. p.brubaker@utoronto.ca. 7. Room 3366, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada. p.brubaker@utoronto.ca.
Abstract
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 augments islet cell mass in vivo by increasing proliferation and decreasing apoptosis of the beta cells. However, the signalling pathways that mediate these effects are mostly unknown. Using a clonal rat pancreatic beta cell line (INS-1), we examined the role of protein kinase B in mediating beta-cell growth and survival stimulated by glucagon-like peptide-1. METHODS: Immunoblot analysis was used to detect active (phospho-) and total protein kinase B. Proliferation was assessed using (3)H-thymidine incorporation, while apoptosis was quantitated using 4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining and APO percentage apoptosis assay. Kinase-dead and wild-type protein kinase B was introduced into cells using adenoviral vectors. RESULTS: Glucagon-like peptide-1 rapidly activated protein kinase B in INS-1 cells (by 2.7+/-0.7-fold, p<0.05). This effect was completely abrogated by inhibition, with wortmannin, of the upstream activator of protein kinase B, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase. Glucagon-like peptide-1 also stimulated INS-1 cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner (by 1.8+/-0.5-fold at 10(-7) mol/l, p<0.01), and inhibited staurosporine-induced apoptosis (by 69+/-12%, p<0.05). Both of these effects were also prevented by wortmannin treatment. Ablation of protein kinase B by adenovirus-mediated overexpression of the kinase-dead form of protein kinase Balpha prevented protein kinase B phosphorylation and completely abrogated both cellular proliferation ( p<0.05) and protection from drug-induced cellular death ( p<0.01) induced by glucagon-like peptide-1. CONCLUSIONS/ INTERPRETATION: These results identify protein kinase B as an essential mediator linking the glucagon-like peptide-1 signal to the intracellular machinery that modulates beta-cell growth and survival.
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 augments islet cell mass in vivo by increasing proliferation and decreasing apoptosis of the beta cells. However, the signalling pathways that mediate these effects are mostly unknown. Using a clonal rat pancreatic beta cell line (INS-1), we examined the role of protein kinase B in mediating beta-cell growth and survival stimulated by glucagon-like peptide-1. METHODS: Immunoblot analysis was used to detect active (phospho-) and total protein kinase B. Proliferation was assessed using (3)H-thymidine incorporation, while apoptosis was quantitated using 4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining and APO percentage apoptosis assay. Kinase-dead and wild-type protein kinase B was introduced into cells using adenoviral vectors. RESULTS:Glucagon-like peptide-1 rapidly activated protein kinase B in INS-1 cells (by 2.7+/-0.7-fold, p<0.05). This effect was completely abrogated by inhibition, with wortmannin, of the upstream activator of protein kinase B, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase. Glucagon-like peptide-1 also stimulated INS-1 cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner (by 1.8+/-0.5-fold at 10(-7) mol/l, p<0.01), and inhibited staurosporine-induced apoptosis (by 69+/-12%, p<0.05). Both of these effects were also prevented by wortmannin treatment. Ablation of protein kinase B by adenovirus-mediated overexpression of the kinase-dead form of protein kinase Balpha prevented protein kinase B phosphorylation and completely abrogated both cellular proliferation ( p<0.05) and protection from drug-induced cellular death ( p<0.01) induced by glucagon-like peptide-1. CONCLUSIONS/ INTERPRETATION: These results identify protein kinase B as an essential mediator linking the glucagon-like peptide-1 signal to the intracellular machinery that modulates beta-cell growth and survival.
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