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SENP2 Regulates Mitochondrial Function and Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic β Cells

Using a cell culture system of NIT-1, an islet β cell line, scientists found that increased small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) 2/3 conjugation to DRP1 due to SUMO-specific protease 2 (SENP2) deficiency suppressed the phosphorylation of DRP1, which possibly induced mitochondrial dysfunction.
[Experimental and Molecular Medicine]
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Urocortin3: Local Inducer of Somatostatin Release and Bellwether of Beta Cell Maturity

Scientists review the mechanistic underpinnings of urocortin 3 signaling, its net effect on islet cell hormone output, as well as its value as a marker for beta cell maturation and functional status.
[Peptides]
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PTPN2 Regulates the Interferon Signaling and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response in Pancreatic β-Cells in Autoimmune Diabetes

Scientists assessed the global protein and individual protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTP) profiles in the pancreas from early onset non-obese diabetic mice treated with an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist.
[Diabetes]
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SENP2 Regulates Mitochondrial Function and Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic β Cells

Researchers investigated the function of SENP2 in pancreatic β cells by generating a β cell-specific knockout mouse model.
[Experimental and Molecular Medicine]
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Sodium Butyrate Potentiates Insulin Secretion from Rat Islets at the Expense of Compromised Expression of β Cell Identity Genes

Overlapping analysis of H3K27Ac ChIP-seq and RNA-seq showed that the inhibitory effect of SB on the expression of multiple β cell identity genes was independent of H3K27Ac.
[Cell Death & Disease]
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Spatial Environment Affects HNF4A Mutation-Specific Proteome Signatures and Cellular Morphology in hiPSC-Derived β-Like Cells

Researchers studied maturity-onset diabetes of the young 1 using human iPSC-derived pancreatic β-like patient and isogenic control cell lines in two different 3D contexts.
[Diabetes]
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Subcutaneous Nanotherapy Repurposes the Immunosuppressive Mechanism of Rapamycin to Enhance Allogeneic Islet Graft Viability

Researchers demonstrated that subcutaneous delivery via poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(propylene sulfide) polymersome nanocarriers significantly altered rapamycin’s cellular biodistribution to repurpose its mechanism of action for tolerance, instead of immunosuppression, and minimize side effects.
[Nature Nanotechnology]
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Inter-Organ Crosstalk in Pancreatic Islet Function and Pathology

Scientists discuss recent advances in inter-organ communication from the metabolic, immune, and neural system to pancreatic islets, their biological implication in normal pancreas endocrine function, as well as their role in the adaptive responses of islet to nutrition-induced stress.
[Febs Letters]
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Organization and Dynamics of the Cortical Complexes Controlling Insulin Secretion in β-Cells

Researchers showed that insulin secretion sites also contain non-neuronal proteins LL5β and KANK1, which in migrating cells organize exocytotic machinery in the vicinity of integrin-based adhesions.
[Journal of Cell Science]
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ATP Is an Essential Autocrine Factor for Pancreatic β-Cell Signaling and Insulin Secretion

Scientists monitored changes of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration as an immediate read-out for insulin secretion in live cell experiments.
[Physiological Reports]
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LDB1-Mediated Transcriptional Complexes Are Sensitive to Islet Stress

The authors hypothesized that LDB1 and/or ISL1 levels, like other transcriptional regulators, are sensitive to β-cell nutrient and cytokine stresses, likely contributing to β-cell (dys)function under various stimuli.
[Islets]
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