Enhanced expression of β cell CaV3.1 channels impairs insulin release and glucose homeostasis

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Voltage-gated calcium 3.1 (CaV3.1) channels are absent in healthy mouse β cells and mediate minor T-type Ca2+ currents in healthy rat and human β cells but become evident under diabetic conditions. Whether more active CaV3.1 channels affect insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis remains enigmatic. We addressed this question by enhancing de novo expression of β cell CaV3.1 channels and exploring the consequent impacts on dynamic insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis as well as underlying molecular mechanisms with a series of in vitro and in vivo approaches. We now demonstrate that a recombinant adenovirus encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein–CaV3.1 subunit (Ad-EGFP-CaV3.1) efficiently transduced rat and human islets as well as dispersed islet cells. The resulting CaV3.1 channels conducted typical T-type Ca2+ currents, leading to an enhanced basal cytosolic-free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Ad-EGFP-CaV3.1-transduced islets released significantly less insulin under both the basal and first phases following glucose stimulation and could no longer normalize hyperglycemia in recipient rats rendered diabetic by streptozotocin treatment. Furthermore, Ad-EGFP-CaV3.1 transduction reduced phosphorylated FoxO1 in the cytoplasm of INS-1E cells, elevated FoxO1 nuclear retention, and decreased syntaxin 1A, SNAP-25, and synaptotagmin III. These effects were prevented by inhibiting CaV3.1 channels or the Ca2+-dependent phosphatase calcineurin. Enhanced expression of β cell CaV3.1 channels therefore impairs insulin release and glucose homeostasis by means of initial excessive Ca2+ influx, subsequent activation of calcineurin, consequent dephosphorylation and nuclear retention of FoxO1, and eventual FoxO1-mediated down-regulation of β cell exocytotic proteins. The present work thus suggests an elevated expression of CaV3.1 channels plays a significant role in diabetes pathogenesis.

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Yu, J., Shi, Y., Zhao, K., Yang, G., Yu, L., Li, Y., … Berggren, P. O. (2020). Enhanced expression of β cell CaV3.1 channels impairs insulin release and glucose homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(1), 448–453. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908691117

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