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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha) is a tissue-specific transcription factor expressed in many cell types, including pancreatic beta-cells. Mutations in the HNF4alpha gene in humans give rise to maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1) characterized by defective insulin secretion by beta-cells. To elucidate the mechanism underlying this disease, we introduced the splice form HNF4alpha2 or HNF4alpha8 into the rat beta-cell line INS-1. Upon tetracycline-induced expression, both HNF4alpha isoforms caused distinct changes in cell morphology and a massive loss of cell numbers that was correlated with reduced proliferation and induced apoptosis. This differential activity was reflected in oligonucleotide microarray analysis that identified more genes affected by HNF4alpha2 compared to HNF4alpha8, and suggests that both isoforms regulate largely the same set of genes, with HNF4alpha2 being a stronger transactivator. We verified the induction of selected transcripts by real-time RT-PCR, including KAI1 and AIF, both known to have apoptotic potential. By establishing cell lines with inducible expression of these target genes, we deduce that both factors are insufficient to induce apoptosis. We propose that the anti-proliferative and apoptotic properties of HNF4alpha may be an essential feature impaired in MODY1 and possibly also in type 2 diabetes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1431-6730
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
388
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-106
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Caspase 7, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Insulin-Secreting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Tetracycline, pubmed-meshheading:17214554-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Tissue-specific transcription factor HNF4alpha inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in the pancreatic INS-1 beta-cell line.
pubmed:affiliation
Universitätsklinikum Essen, Institut für Zellbiologie, D-45122 Essen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't