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1. A mouse model for intellectual disability caused by mutations in the X-linked 2′‑O‑methyltransferase Ftsj1 gene

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Jensen, Lars R., Garrett, Lillian, Hölter, Sabine M., Rathkolb, Birgit, Rácz, Ildikó, Adler, Thure, Prehn, Cornelia, Hans, Wolfgang, Rozman, Jan, Becker, Lore, Aguilar-Pimentel, Juan Antonio, Puk, Oliver, Moreth, Kristin, Dopatka, Monika, Walther, Diego J., von Bohlen und Halbach, Viola, Rath, Matthias, Delatycki, Martin, Bert, Bettina, Fink, Heidrun, Blümlein, Katharina, Ralser, Markus, Van Dijck, Anke, Kooy, Frank, Stark, Zornitza, Müller, Sabine, Scherthan, Harry, Gecz, Jozef, Wurst, Wolfgang, Wolf, Eckhard, Zimmer, Andreas, Klingenspor, Martin, Graw, Jochen, Klopstock, Thomas, Busch, Dirk, Adamski, Jerzy, Fuchs, Helmut, Gailus-Durner, Valérie, de Angelis, Martin Hrabě, von Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver, Ropers, Hans-Hilger, and Kuss, Andreas W.

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2019
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45. Intracellular serotonin modulates insulin secretion from pancreatic ß-cells by protein serotonylation

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Paulmann, Nils, Grohmann, Maik, Voigt, Jörg-Peter, Bert, Bettina, Vowinckel, Jakob, Bader, Michael, Skelin, Maša, Jevšek, Marko, Fink, Heidrun, Rupnik, Marjan, and Walther, Diego

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insulin secretion, insulin, pankreas, trebušna slinavka, guanosine triphosphatase, inzulin, eksocitoza, gvanozin-trifosfataza, serotonin, glukoza, udc:612, izločanje inzulina, diabetes mellitus, sladkorna bolezen, pancreas, glucose, exocytosis
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While serotonin (5-HT) co-localization with insulin in granules of pancreatic ß-cells was demonstrated more than three decades ago, its physiological role in the etiology of diabetes is stili unclear. We combined biochemical and electrophysiological analyses of mice selectively deficient in peripheral tryptophan hydroxylase (Tph1-/-) and 5-HT to show that intracellular 5-HT regulates insulin secretion. We found that these mice are diabetic and have an impaired insulin secretion due to the lack of 5-HT in the pancreas. The pharmacological restoration of peripheral 5-HT levels rescued the impaired insulin secretion in vivo. These findings were further evidenced by patch clamp experiments with isolated Tph1-/- ß-cells, which clearly showed that the secretory defect is downstream of Ca2+ -signaling and can be rescued by direct intracellular application of 5-HT via the clamp pipette. In elucidating the underlying mechanism further, we demonstrate the covalent coupling of 5-HT by transglutaminases during insulin exocytosis to two key players in insulin secretion, the small GTPases Rab3a and Rab27a. This renders them constitutively active in a receptor-independent signaling mechanism we have recently termed serotonylation. Concordantly, an inhibition of such activating serotonylation in ß-cells abates insulin secretion. We also observed inactivation of serotonylated Rab3a by enhanced proteasomal degradation, which is in line with the inactivation of other serotonylated GTPases. Our results demonstrate that 5-HT regulates insulin secretion by serotonylation of GTPases within pancreatic ß-cells and suggest that intracellular 5-HT functions in various microenvironments via this mechanism in concert with the known receptor-mediated signaling.

Published
2017

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