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- PDZD8 Augments Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondria Contact and Regulates Ca2+ Dynamics and Cypd Expression to Induce Pancreatic β-Cell Death during Diabetes
- Yongxin Liu, Yongqing Wei, Xiaolong Jin, Hongyu Cai, Qianqian Chen, Xiujuan Zhang
- Diabetes Metab J. 2024;48(6):1058-1072. Published online July 29, 2024
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2023.0275
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ePub - Background
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease that poses serious threats to human physical and mental health worldwide. The PDZ domain-containing 8 (PDZD8) protein mediates mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane (MAM) formation in mammals. We explored the role of PDZD8 in DM and investigated its potential mechanism of action.
Methods
High-fat diet (HFD)- and streptozotocin-induced mouse DM and palmitic acid (PA)-induced insulin 1 (INS-1) cell models were constructed. PDZD8 expression was detected using immunohistochemistry, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and Western blotting. MAM formation, interactions between voltage-dependent anion-selective channel 1 (VDAC1) and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor type 1 (IP3R1), pancreatic β-cell apoptosis and proliferation were detected using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), proximity ligation assay (PLA), terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay, immunofluorescence staining, and Western blotting. The mitochondrial membrane potential, cell apoptosis, cytotoxicity, and subcellular Ca2+ localization in INS-1 cells were detected using a JC-1 probe, flow cytometry, and an lactate dehydrogenase kit.
Results
PDZD8 expression was up-regulated in the islets of HFD mice and PA-treated pancreatic β-cells. PDZD8 knockdown markedly shortened MAM perimeter, suppressed the expression of MAM-related proteins IP3R1, glucose-regulated protein 75 (GRP75), and VDAC1, inhibited the interaction between VDAC1 and IP3R1, alleviated mitochondrial dysfunction and ER stress, reduced the expression of ER stress-related proteins, and decreased apoptosis while increased proliferation of pancreatic β-cells. Additionally, PDZD8 knockdown alleviated Ca2+ flow into the mitochondria and decreased cyclophilin D (Cypd) expression. Cypd overexpression alleviated the promoting effect of PDZD8 knockdown on the apoptosis of β-cells.
Conclusion
PDZD8 knockdown inhibited pancreatic β-cell death in DM by alleviated ER-mitochondria contact and the flow of Ca2+ into the mitochondria. -
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