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JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 232, Issue 1, Pages 59-70Publisher
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-16-0276
Keywords
mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1; differentiation and development; diabetes; glucose metabolism; insulin
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81330010, 81390354]
- American Diabetes Association grant [1-13-BS-225]
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Neurogenin3-driven deletion of tuberous sclerosis complex 1 (Tscl) activated mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) measured by the upregulation of mTOR and 56 phosphorylation in islet cells. Neurogenin3-Tsc1-/- mice demonstrated a significant increase in average islet size and mean area of individual islet cell. Insulin mRNA and plasma insulin levels increased significantly after weaning. Glucagon mRNA and plasma levels increased in neonate followed by modest reduction in adult. Somatostatin mRNA and plasma levels markedly increased. Neurogenin3-Tsc1-/- mice fed standard chow demonstrated a significant improvement in glucose tolerance and no alteration in insulin sensitivity. In Neurogenin3-Tsc1-/- mice fed 45% high-fat diets, both glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity were significantly impaired. Rapamycin reversed the activation of mTORC1, attenuated 13 cells hypertrophy and abolished the improvement of glucose tolerance. TSC1-mTORC1 signaling plays an important role in the development of pancreatic endocrine cells and in the regulation of glucose metabolism.
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