Hannah M Gordon1,2, Neil Majithia3, Patrick E MacDonald4, Jocelyn E Manning Fox4, Poonam R Sharma5, Frances L Byrne6, Kyle L Hoehn6, Carmella Evans-Molina7,8, Linda Langman9, Kenneth L Brayman9, Craig S Nunemaker10,11. 1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. 2. Diabetes Institute, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. 3. Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 4. Alberta Diabetes Institute and Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada. 5. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 6. School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. 7. Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 8. Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 9. Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 10. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. nunemake@ohio.edu. 11. Diabetes Institute, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. nunemake@ohio.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: STEAP4 (six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 4) is a metalloreductase that has been shown previously to protect cells from inflammatory damage. Genetic variants in STEAP4 have been associated with numerous metabolic disorders related to obesity, including putative defects in the acute insulin response to glucose in type 2 diabetes. PURPOSE: We examined whether obesity and/or type 2 diabetes altered STEAP4 expression in human pancreatic islets. METHODS: Human islets were isolated from deceased donors at two medical centers and processed for quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Organ donors were selected by status as non-diabetic or having type 2 diabetes. Site 1 (Edmonton): N = 13 type 2 diabetes donors (7M, 6F), N = 20 non-diabetic donors (7M, 13F). Site 2 (Virginia): N = 6 type 2 diabetes donors (6F), N = 6 non-diabetic donors (3M, 3F). RESULTS: STEAP4 showed reduced islet expression with increasing body mass index among all donors (P < 0.10) and non-diabetic donors (P < 0.05) from Site 1; STEAP4 showed reduced islet expression among type 2 diabetes donors with increasing hemoglobin A1c. Islet STEAP4 expression was also marginally higher in female donors (P < 0.10). Among type 2 diabetes donors from Site 2, islet insulin expression was reduced, STEAP4 expression was increased, and white blood cell counts were increased compared to non-diabetic donors. Islets from non-diabetic donors that were exposed overnight to 5 ng/ml IL-1β displayed increased STEAP4 expression, consistent with STEAP4 upregulation by inflammatory signaling. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that increased STEAP4 mRNA expression is associated with inflammatory stimuli, whereas lower STEAP4 expression is associated with obesity in human islets. Given its putative protective role, downregulation of STEAP4 by chronic obesity suggests a mechanism for reduced islet protection against cellular damage.
OBJECTIVE:STEAP4 (six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 4) is a metalloreductase that has been shown previously to protect cells from inflammatory damage. Genetic variants in STEAP4 have been associated with numerous metabolic disorders related to obesity, including putative defects in the acute insulin response to glucose in type 2 diabetes. PURPOSE: We examined whether obesity and/or type 2 diabetes altered STEAP4 expression in human pancreatic islets. METHODS:Human islets were isolated from deceased donors at two medical centers and processed for quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Organ donors were selected by status as non-diabetic or having type 2 diabetes. Site 1 (Edmonton): N = 13 type 2 diabetes donors (7M, 6F), N = 20 non-diabetic donors (7M, 13F). Site 2 (Virginia): N = 6 type 2 diabetes donors (6F), N = 6 non-diabetic donors (3M, 3F). RESULTS:STEAP4 showed reduced islet expression with increasing body mass index among all donors (P < 0.10) and non-diabetic donors (P < 0.05) from Site 1; STEAP4 showed reduced islet expression among type 2 diabetes donors with increasing hemoglobin A1c. Islet STEAP4 expression was also marginally higher in female donors (P < 0.10). Among type 2 diabetes donors from Site 2, islet insulin expression was reduced, STEAP4 expression was increased, and white blood cell counts were increased compared to non-diabetic donors. Islets from non-diabetic donors that were exposed overnight to 5 ng/ml IL-1β displayed increased STEAP4 expression, consistent with STEAP4 upregulation by inflammatory signaling. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that increased STEAP4 mRNA expression is associated with inflammatory stimuli, whereas lower STEAP4 expression is associated with obesity in human islets. Given its putative protective role, downregulation of STEAP4 by chronic obesity suggests a mechanism for reduced islet protection against cellular damage.
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Cytokines; Inflammation; Iron; Islets; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes
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