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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 377, Issue 1-2, Pages 112-122Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.07.003
Keywords
beta-cell; Glucolipotoxicity; TLR3; Proliferation; Arrest
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81170714]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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Activation of the innate and acquired immune systems plays an important role in chronic inflammatory diseases and conditions such as obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus and atherosclerosis, with additional roles in regulation of cell proliferation and survival. Here, we provide evidence that TLR3 can respond to nutrient signals and induce loss of beta-cell mass through induction of G1 cycle arrest. Activation of TLR3 by polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid [poly (I:C)] was shown to trigger the decline of cyclin D1/2 protein levels in pancreatic beta-cell lines, which could be reversed by the proteasome inhibitor MG132. P38 was also found to interfere with this degradation which may be associated with G1 cycle arrest. Moreover, inhibitory effects of TLR3 on beta-cell growth were supported by gene silencing of TRIF, which could inhibit p38 activity in response to poly (I:C) stimuli. These results support a role for TLR3 in beta-cell mass loss in metabolic surplus and raise the possibility that TRIF/p38 signaling may be involved in G1 phase cycle arrest through ubiquitin/proteasome-dependent degradation of cyclin D. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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