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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 316, Issue 2, Pages 140-146Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.09.031
Keywords
Glucose oxidation; Fat oxidation; Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Oxidative stress; Insulin biosynthesis; C57BL/6 mouse; DBA/2 mouse; Metabolic deceleration
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- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia
- Diabetes Australia Research Trust
- Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation
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Islet beta-cell dysfunction is a characteristic and the main cause of hyperglycaemia of Type 2 diabetes. Understanding the mechanisms that cause beta-cell dysfunction will lead to better therapeutic outcomes for patients with Type 2 diabetes. Chronic fatty acid exposure of susceptible islet beta-cells causes dysfunction and death and this is associated with increased reactive oxygen species production leading to oxidative stress and increased endoplasmic reticulum stress. We present the hypothesis that metabolic deceleration can reduce both oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress and lead to improved beta-cell function and viability when exposed to a deleterious fat milieu. This is illustrated by the C57BL/6J mouse which is characterised by reduced insulin secretion and glucose intolerance associated with a mutation in nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (Nnt) but is resistant to obesity induced diabetes. On the other hand the DBA/2 mouse has comparatively higher insulin secretion and better glucose tolerance associated with increased Nnt activity but is susceptible to obesity-induced diabetes, possibly as a result of increased oxidative stress. We therefore suggest that in states of excess nutrient load, a reduced ability to metabolise this load may protect both the function and viability of beta-cells. Strategies that reduce metabolic flux when beta-cells are exposed to nutrient excess need to be considered when treating Type 2 diabetes. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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