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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 105, Issue 34, Pages 12319-12324Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800340105
Keywords
endoprotease; insulin; islets of Langerhans; proton pump; proprotein convertase
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- Instituut voor de Aanmoeding van Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie in Vlaanderen (IWT)
- Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen (FWO Vlaanderen)
- Geconcerteerde Onderzoeksactie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap [GOA 2008/16, GOA 2004111]
- Medical Research Council (London, United Kingdom)
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Furin is a proprotein convertase which activates a variety of regulatory proteins in the constitutive exocytic and endocytic pathway. The effect of genetic ablation of fur was studied in the endocrine pancreas to define its physiological function in the regulated secretory pathway. Pdx1-Cre/loxP furin KO mice show decreased secretion of insulin and impaired processing of known PC2 substrates like proPC2 and proinsulin Ill. Both secretion and PC2 activity depend on granule acidification, which was demonstrated to be significantly decreased in furin-deficient beta cells by using the acidotrophic agent 3-(2,4-dinitroanilino)-3'amino-N-methyidipropylamine (DAMP). Ac45, an accessory subunit of the proton pump V-ATPase, was investigated as a candidate substrate. Ac45 is highly expressed in islets of Langerhans and furin was able to cleave Ac45 ex vivo. Furthermore, the exact cleavage site was determined. In addition, reduced regulated secretion and proinsulin II processing could be obtained in the insulinoma cell line beta TC3 by downregulation of either furin or Ac45. Together, these data establish an important role for furin in regulated secretion, particularly in intragranular acidification most likely due to impaired processing of Ac45.
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