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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
Pancreatic beta-cells store insulin in secretory granules that undergo exocytosis upon glucose stimulation. Sustained stimulation depletes beta-cells of their granule pool, which must be quickly restored. However, the factors promoting rapid granule biogenesis are unknown. Here we show that beta-cell stimulation induces the nucleocytoplasmic translocation of polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB). Activated cytosolic PTB binds and stabilizes mRNAs encoding proteins of secretory granules, thus increasing their translation, whereas knockdown of PTB expression by RNA interference (RNAi) results in the depletion of secretory granules. These findings may provide insight for the understanding and treatment of diabetes, in which insulin secretion is typically impaired.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1465-7392
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Autoantigens, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Diabetes Mellitus, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Secretory Vesicles, pubmed-meshheading:15039777-Transcriptional Activation
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein promotes insulin secretory granule biogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Experimental Diabetology, Carl Gustav Carus Medical School, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't