Ablation of Elovl6 protects pancreatic islets from high-fat diet-induced impairment of insulin secretion

Nie Tang, Takashi Matsuzaka*, Marii Suzuki, Yuta Nakano, Hui Zao, Tomotaka Yokoo, Noriko Suzuki-Kemuriyama, Motoko Kuba, Yuka Okajima, Yoshinori Takeuchi, Kazuto Kobayashi, Hitoshi Iwasaki, Shigeru Yatoh, Akimitsu Takahashi, Hiroaki Suzuki, Hirohito Sone, Masako Shimada, Yoshimi Nakagawa, Naoya Yahagi, Nobuhiro YamadaHitoshi Shimano

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

ELOVL family member 6, elongation of very long-chain fatty acids (Elovl6) is a microsomal enzyme that regulates the elongation of C12-16 saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids and is related to the development of obesity-induced insulin resistance via the modification of the fatty acid composition. In this study, we investigated the role of systemic Elovl6 in the pancreatic islet and β-cell function. Elovl6 is expressed in both islets and β-cell lines. In mice fed with chow, islets of the Elovl6-/- mice displayed normal architecture and β-cell mass compared with those of the wild-type mice. However, when fed a high-fat, high-sucrose (HFHS) diet, the islet hypertrophy in response to insulin resistance observed in normal mice was attenuated and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) increased in the islets of Elovl6-/- mice compared with those of the wild-type mice. Enhanced GSIS in the HFHS Elovl6-/- islets was associated with an increased ATP/ADP ratio and the suppression of ATF-3 expression. Our findings suggest that Elovl6 could be involved in insulin secretory capacity per β-cell and diabetes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)318-323
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume450
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014/07/18

Keywords

  • Fatty acid
  • Insulin
  • Islet
  • Obesity
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • β-cell

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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