Cardiac ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is defined as brief periods of ischemia and reperfusion that protect the heart against longer ischemia and reperfusion. IPC triggers Cl- efflux and protein kinase C epsilon (PKCe) translocation to the particulate fraction. Chloride channel 2 (ClC-2) is volume regulated and is a potential end effector of IPC. The goal of my study was to investigate the involvement of PKCε and ClC-2 protein module in IPC of isolated adult rabbit ventricular myocytes. Co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) assays on HEK 293 cells, transfected with ClC-2-Flag, confirmed that ClC-2 interacts with PKCe. Subcellular fractionation showed that PKCe/ClC-2 protein module is localized to the sarcolemma of cardiomyocytes. Lastly, ischemia/reperfusion injury was simulated in cardiomyocytes with 45min simulated ischemia (SI)/60min simulated reperfusion (SR) and IPC was induced by pre-treatment with 10min SI/20min SR. Co-IP after each time interval showed that IPC transiently enhanced PKCe/ClC-2 interaction. PKC inhibitor, GF109203X, abrogated the enhanced interaction.

Cardiac ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is defined as brief periods of ischemia and reperfusion that protect the heart against longer ischemia and reperfusion. IPC triggers Cl- efflux and protein kinase C epsilon (PKCe) translocation to the particulate fraction. Chloride channel 2 (ClC-2) is volume regulated and is a potential end effector of IPC. The goal of my study was to investigate the involvement of PKCε and ClC-2 protein module in IPC of isolated adult rabbit ventricular myocytes. Co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) assays on HEK 293 cells, transfected with ClC-2-Flag, confirmed that ClC-2 interacts with PKCe. Subcellular fractionation showed that PKCe/ClC-2 protein module is localized to the sarcolemma of cardiomyocytes. Lastly, ischemia/reperfusion injury was simulated in cardiomyocytes with 45min simulated ischemia (SI)/60min simulated reperfusion (SR) and IPC was induced by pre-treatment with 10min SI/20min SR. Co-IP after each time interval showed that IPC transiently enhanced PKCe/ClC-2 interaction. PKC inhibitor, GF109203X, abrogated the enhanced interaction.

Type 2 diabetes accounts for 85-90% of all people with diabetes and is currently estimated to affect more than 180 million people worldwide, a figure estimated to double by the year 2030. Thus understanding the basic biology of glucose homeostasis and how it is altered during disease progression is crucial to the development of safe and effective treatment regimes. The link between high dietary fat and the development of type Il diabetes is well established. Chronic treatment of pancreatic islets with the lipid palmitate induces defects in glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) akin to those seen in the development of type Il diabetes. Previous studies from our group have identified the lipid-activated kinase protein kinase C epsilon (PKCε) as a potential mediator of some of these effects. Deletion of PKCε in mice results in complete protection from high-fat diet induced glucose intolerance. This protection is associated with enhanced circulating insulin suggesting that PKCε may be involved in the regulation of insulin release from the pancreatic β-Cell. The data presented here suggests that PKCs plays an important role in the regulation of insulin secretion under both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. We demonstrate that PKCε can be activated by chronic lipid treatment and acute cholinergic stimulation. Under these conditions insulin secretion is enhanced by PKCε deletion or inhibition suggesting that PKCε is a negative regulator of insulin secretion. Mechanistically the PKCs mediated inhibition of insulin release by acute or chronic PKCε activation appears to be distinct. The effect of PKCε induced by palmitate pre-treatment appears to be distal to calcium influx. The pool of pre-docked vesicles is enhanced in palmitate pre-treated β-cells lacking PKCε suggesting that PKCε may be involved in the regulation of vesicle dynamics. In contrast, calcium dynamics induced by cholinergic stimulation are altered by PKCε deletion, suggesting an effect on either the calcium channels themselves or on the upstream signalling. Given the ability of PKCε to inhibit insulin secretion, inhibition of PKCε in the β-cells of people suffering from insulin resistance and (or) type II diabetes represents a novel target for the treatment of type II diabetes.

Orientador: Carlos Amílcar Parada / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T13:34:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Prado_FilipeCesardo_M.pdf: 428700 bytes, checksum: 1f8f2df5d5cae548c5b0d1a6a66947f7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Enquanto a hiperalgesia inflamatória depende da liberação de prostaglandinas e/ou de aminas simpatomiméticas que sensibilizam os neurônios aferentes primários, nosso grupo demonstrou recentemente que o bloqueio do receptor P2X3 no tecido periférico previne a hiperalgesia induzida pela carragenina.. No entanto, o mecanismo pelo qual a ativação dos receptores P2X3 neuronais contribui para a hiperalgesia inflamatória não está completamente estabelecido. O presente estudo verifica se a ativação do receptor P2X3 dos neurônios aferentes primários contribui para a hiperalgesia mecânica induzida pela prostaglandina E2 ou pela dopamine no tecido periférico. A co-administração de A317491 (60 µg / paw), um antagonista seletivo do receptor P2X3, ou o prétratamento com dexametasona (1 mg / mL / kg), preveniu a hiperalgesia mecânica medida 3 horas depois da administraçao de carragenina (300 µg / paw) na pata posterior de ratos. A administração de ??meATP (50 µg /paw) induziu hiperalgesia mecânica 1 hora, mas não 3 horas, depois da sua administração, que foi prevenida pela dexametasona ou pelo A317491. Doses sublimiares de PGE2 (4 ng / paw) ou dopamina (0.4 µg / paw) que não induzem hiperalgesia por si só, induziram hiperalgesia, 3 horas depois, quando administradas logo depois de ??meATP ou carragenina em ratos tratados com dexametasona. Esses estados de hiperalgesia ("priming") revelados pelas doses sublimiares de PGE2 ou dopamine foram prevenidos pelo A317491 ou pelo tratamento com administração intraganglionar (DRG-L5) de ODN antisense, mas não pelo ODN mismatch, contra o receptor P2X3 (40 µg /5µL once a day for 4 days). ODN antisense, mas não o ODN mismatch, reduziu a expressão dos receptores P2X3 no nervo safeno e no DRG-L5. Para verificar se a PKC? media esse estado de hiperalgesia, inibidor de translocação de PKC? (1 µg/paw) foi administrado no tecido periférico 45 minutos antes do ??meATP ou PGE2 (100 ng/paw). O inibidor de PKC? preveniu o estado de hiperalgesia induzido pelo ??meATP ("priming"), mas não a hiperalgesia mecânica induzida pela PGE2 (100 ng/paw). Dessa maneira, os resultados desse estudo sugerem que a hiperalgesia inflamatória depended a ativação dos receptores P2X3 neuronais e da subsequente translocação da PKC? , que aumenta a susceptibilidade dos neurônios aferentes primários (priming) à ação de outros mediadores inflamatórios como a PGE2 e as aminas simpatomiméticas / Abstract: While inflammatory hyperalgesia depends on the release of prostaglandins and/or sympathetic amines that ultimately sensitize the primary afferent neurons, we have recently demonstrated that blockade of P2X3 receptor in the peripheral tissue completely prevents carrageenan-induced hyperalgesia. However, the mechanism by which the activation of neuronal P2X3 receptor contributes to the inflammatory hyperalgesia is not completely clear. The present study verifies whether the activation of P2X3 receptor on primary afferent neurons contributes to the mechanical hiperalgesia induced by prostaglandin E2 or dopamine in the peripheral tissue. Co-administration of A317491(60 µg / paw), a selective P2X3,2/3 receptor antagonist, or pre-treatment with dexamethasone (1 mg / mL / Kg), prevented the mechanical hyperalgesia measured 3 hours after the administration of carrageenan (300 µg / paw) in the rat's hind paw. The administration of ??meATP (50 µg /paw) induced mechanical hiperalgesia 1 hour, but not 3 hours, after its administration, which also was prevented by dexamethasone or A317491. Sub-threshold doses of PGE2 (4 ng / paw) or dopamine (0.4 µg / paw) that do not induce hyperalgesia by themselves, induced maximal hyperalgesia, 3 hours after, when administrated Just following ??meATP or carrageenan in rats treated with dexamethasone. These hyperalgesic states ("priming") revealed by sub-threshold doses of PGE2 or dopamine were prevented by A317491 or treatment with ganglionar administrations (DRG-L5) of ODN antisense, but not ODN mismatch, against P2X3 receptor (40 µg /5µL once a day for 4 days). ODN antisense, but not ODN mismatch reduced the expression of P2X3 receptors in the saphenous nerve and in DRG-L5. To verify whether PKC? mediates this hyperalgesic state, PKC? translocation inhibitor (1 µg/paw) was administrated in peripheral tissue 45 min. before ??meATP or PGE2 (100 ng/paw). PKC? inhibitor inhibited the hyperalgesic state induced by ??meATP ("priming"), but not the mechanical hyperalgesia induced by PGE2 (100 ng/paw). Briefly, the findings of this study suggest that the inflammatory hyperalgesia depends on neuronal activation of P2X3 receptor and the subsequent PKC? translocation, which increases the susceptibility of primary afferent neurons (priming) to others inflammatory mediators such as PGE2 and symphatetic amines / Mestrado / Fisiologia / Mestre em Biologia Funcional e Molecular

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Le diabète de type 2 (DT2) est une maladie métabolique complexe causée par des facteurs génétiques mais aussi environnementaux, tels la sédentarité et le surpoids. La dysfonction de la cellule β pancréatique est maintenant reconnue comme l’élément déterminant dans le développement du DT2. Notre laboratoire s’intéresse à la sécrétion d’insuline par la cellule β en réponse aux nutriments calorigéniques et aux mécanismes qui la contrôle. Alors que la connaissance des mécanismes responsables de l’induction de la sécrétion d’insuline en réponse aux glucose et acides gras est assez avancée, les procédés d’inhibition de la sécrétion dans des contextes normaux ou pathologiques sont moins bien compris. L’objectif de la présente thèse était d’identifier quelques-uns de ces mécanismes de régulation négative de la sécrétion d’insuline dans la cellule β pancréatique, et ce en situation normale ou pathologique en lien avec le DT2. La première hypothèse testée était que l’enzyme mitochondriale hydroxyacyl-CoA déshydrogénase spécifique pour les molécules à chaîne courte (short-chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, SCHAD) régule la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose (SIIG) par la modulation des concentrations d’acides gras ou leur dérivés tels les acyl-CoA ou acyl-carnitine dans la cellule β. Pour ce faire, nous avons utilisé la technologie des ARN interférants (ARNi) afin de diminuer l’expression de SCHAD dans la lignée cellulaire β pancréatique INS832/13. Nous avons par la suite vérifié chez la souris DIO (diet-induced obesity) si une exposition prolongée à une diète riche en gras activerait certaines voies métaboliques et signalétiques assurant une régulation négative de la sécrétion d’insuline et contribuerait au développement du DT2. Pour ce faire, nous avons mesuré la SIIG, le métabolisme intracellulaire des lipides, la fonction mitochondriale et l’activation de certaines voies signalétiques dans les îlots de Langerhans isolés des souris normales (ND, normal diet) ou nourries à la dière riche en gras (DIO) Nos résultats suggèrent que l’enzyme SCHAD est importante dans l’atténuation de la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose et les acides aminés. En effet, l’oxydation des acides gras par la protéine SCHAD préviendrait l’accumulation d’acyl-CoA ou de leurs dérivés carnitine à chaîne courtes potentialisatrices de la sécrétion d’insuline. De plus, SCHAD régule le métabolisme du glutamate par l’inhibition allostérique de l’enzyme glutamate déshydrogénase (GDH), prévenant ainsi une hyperinsulinémie causée par une sur-activité de GDH. L’étude de la dysfonction de la cellule β dans le modèle de souris DIO a démontré qu’il existe une grande hétérogénéité dans l’obésité et l’hyperglycémie développées suite à la diète riche en gras. L’orginialité de notre étude réside dans la stratification des souris DIO en deux groupes : les faibles et forts répondants à la diète (low diet responders (LDR) et high diet responder (HDR)) sur la base de leur gain de poids corporel. Nous avons mis en lumières divers mécanismes liés au métabolisme des acides gras impliqués dans la diminution de la SIIG. Une diminution du flux à travers le cycle TG/FFA accompagnée d’une augmentation de l’oxydation des acides gras et d’une accumulation intracellulaire de cholestérol contribuent à la diminution de la SIIG chez les souris DIO-HDR. De plus, l’altération de la signalisation par les voies AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) et PKC epsilon (protéine kinase C epsilon) pourrait expliquer certaines de ces modifications du métabolisme des îlots DIO et causer le défaut de sécrétion d’insuline. En résumé, nous avons mis en lumière des mécanismes importants pour la régulation négative de la sécrétion d’insuline dans la cellule β pancréatique saine ou en situation pathologique. Ces mécanismes pourraient permettre d’une part de limiter l’amplitude ou la durée de la sécrétion d’insuline suite à un repas chez la cellule saine, et d’autre part de préserver la fonction de la cellule β en retardant l’épuisement de celle-ci en situation pathologique. Certaines de ces voies peuvent expliquer l’altération de la sécrétion d’insuline dans le cadre du DT2 lié à l’obésité. À la lumière de nos recherches, le développement de thérapies ayant pour cible les mécanismes de régulation négative de la sécrétion d’insuline pourrait être bénéfique pour le traitement de patients diabétiques. / Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a complex metabolic disease caused by genetic as well as environmental factors, such as sedentarity and obesity. Pancreatic β cell dysfunction is now recognized as the key factor in T2D development. Our laboratory is studying the mechanisms of regulation of insulin secretion by the pancreatic β cell in response to nutrients. While the knowledge of the mechanisms responsible for initiation of insulin secretion in response to glucose and fatty acids is quite advanced, the inhibitory processes of insulin secretion in normal or pathological situations are still poorly understood. This doctoral thesis has focused on the identification of some of the mechanisms responsible for negative regulation of insulin secretion in pancreatic β cell. We have addressed this issue under normal situation or pathological conditions related to T2D. We first tested the hypothesis by which a mitochondrial enzyme, short-chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD), negatively regulates glucose-induced insulin secretion (GIIS) by limiting the concentrations of some fatty acids and their derivatives such as acyl-CoA or acyl-carnitine molecules in the β cell. For this purpose, the downregulation of SCHAD by RNA interference (RNAi) was used in the pancreatic β cell line INS832/13. Then, we tested wether a prolonged administration of high-fat diet to mice (diet-induced obesity mouse model, DIO) would modulate intracellular metabolic and molecular pathways responsible for inhibition of insulin secretion. C57BL/6 mice were therefore fed a high-fat diet for 8 weeks followed by insulin secretion, intracellular lipid metabolism, mitochondrial function and intracellular signaling measurements on isolated pancreatic islets of Langerhans of those mice. Our results suggest that SCHAD negatively regulates GIIS and amino acid-induced insulin secretion. We propose that fatty acid oxidation by SCHAD would prevent the accumulation of short-chain acyl-CoAs or acyl-carnitines capable of potentiating insulin secretion. In addition, SCHAD regulates glutamate metabolism by the allosteric inhibition of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) preventing the hyperinsulinemia caused by excessive GDH activity. The study of β cell dysfunction in the DIO mouse model stratified LDR and HDR highlighted various fatty acid metabolism pathways involved in the reduction of GIIS. A decrease in the triglycerides/free fatty acid (TG/FFA) cycling associated with an increase in fatty acid oxidation and intracellular accumulation of cholesterol was shown to contribute to the decreased GIIS in DIO-HDR mice. Furthermore, alteration of AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and protein kinase C epsilon (PKC epsilon) signaling pathways would be responsible for those alterations in metabolic pathways observed in DIO islets and cause decreased insulin secretion. In summary, we have shed light on important pathways negatively regulating insulin secretion in pancreatic β cell. These pathways could either limit the amplitude or duration of insulin secretion after a meal, or help to preserve β-cell function by delaying exhaustion. Some of those signaling pathways could explain the altered insulin secretion observed in T2D obese patients. In light of our research, the development of therapies targeting pathways that negatively regulate insulin secretion may be beneficial for treating diabetic patients.

Le diabète de type 2 (DT2) est une maladie métabolique complexe causée par des facteurs génétiques mais aussi environnementaux, tels la sédentarité et le surpoids. La dysfonction de la cellule β pancréatique est maintenant reconnue comme l’élément déterminant dans le développement du DT2. Notre laboratoire s’intéresse à la sécrétion d’insuline par la cellule β en réponse aux nutriments calorigéniques et aux mécanismes qui la contrôle. Alors que la connaissance des mécanismes responsables de l’induction de la sécrétion d’insuline en réponse aux glucose et acides gras est assez avancée, les procédés d’inhibition de la sécrétion dans des contextes normaux ou pathologiques sont moins bien compris. L’objectif de la présente thèse était d’identifier quelques-uns de ces mécanismes de régulation négative de la sécrétion d’insuline dans la cellule β pancréatique, et ce en situation normale ou pathologique en lien avec le DT2. La première hypothèse testée était que l’enzyme mitochondriale hydroxyacyl-CoA déshydrogénase spécifique pour les molécules à chaîne courte (short-chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, SCHAD) régule la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose (SIIG) par la modulation des concentrations d’acides gras ou leur dérivés tels les acyl-CoA ou acyl-carnitine dans la cellule β. Pour ce faire, nous avons utilisé la technologie des ARN interférants (ARNi) afin de diminuer l’expression de SCHAD dans la lignée cellulaire β pancréatique INS832/13. Nous avons par la suite vérifié chez la souris DIO (diet-induced obesity) si une exposition prolongée à une diète riche en gras activerait certaines voies métaboliques et signalétiques assurant une régulation négative de la sécrétion d’insuline et contribuerait au développement du DT2. Pour ce faire, nous avons mesuré la SIIG, le métabolisme intracellulaire des lipides, la fonction mitochondriale et l’activation de certaines voies signalétiques dans les îlots de Langerhans isolés des souris normales (ND, normal diet) ou nourries à la dière riche en gras (DIO) Nos résultats suggèrent que l’enzyme SCHAD est importante dans l’atténuation de la sécrétion d’insuline induite par le glucose et les acides aminés. En effet, l’oxydation des acides gras par la protéine SCHAD préviendrait l’accumulation d’acyl-CoA ou de leurs dérivés carnitine à chaîne courtes potentialisatrices de la sécrétion d’insuline. De plus, SCHAD régule le métabolisme du glutamate par l’inhibition allostérique de l’enzyme glutamate déshydrogénase (GDH), prévenant ainsi une hyperinsulinémie causée par une sur-activité de GDH. L’étude de la dysfonction de la cellule β dans le modèle de souris DIO a démontré qu’il existe une grande hétérogénéité dans l’obésité et l’hyperglycémie développées suite à la diète riche en gras. L’orginialité de notre étude réside dans la stratification des souris DIO en deux groupes : les faibles et forts répondants à la diète (low diet responders (LDR) et high diet responder (HDR)) sur la base de leur gain de poids corporel. Nous avons mis en lumières divers mécanismes liés au métabolisme des acides gras impliqués dans la diminution de la SIIG. Une diminution du flux à travers le cycle TG/FFA accompagnée d’une augmentation de l’oxydation des acides gras et d’une accumulation intracellulaire de cholestérol contribuent à la diminution de la SIIG chez les souris DIO-HDR. De plus, l’altération de la signalisation par les voies AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) et PKC epsilon (protéine kinase C epsilon) pourrait expliquer certaines de ces modifications du métabolisme des îlots DIO et causer le défaut de sécrétion d’insuline. En résumé, nous avons mis en lumière des mécanismes importants pour la régulation négative de la sécrétion d’insuline dans la cellule β pancréatique saine ou en situation pathologique. Ces mécanismes pourraient permettre d’une part de limiter l’amplitude ou la durée de la sécrétion d’insuline suite à un repas chez la cellule saine, et d’autre part de préserver la fonction de la cellule β en retardant l’épuisement de celle-ci en situation pathologique. Certaines de ces voies peuvent expliquer l’altération de la sécrétion d’insuline dans le cadre du DT2 lié à l’obésité. À la lumière de nos recherches, le développement de thérapies ayant pour cible les mécanismes de régulation négative de la sécrétion d’insuline pourrait être bénéfique pour le traitement de patients diabétiques. / Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a complex metabolic disease caused by genetic as well as environmental factors, such as sedentarity and obesity. Pancreatic β cell dysfunction is now recognized as the key factor in T2D development. Our laboratory is studying the mechanisms of regulation of insulin secretion by the pancreatic β cell in response to nutrients. While the knowledge of the mechanisms responsible for initiation of insulin secretion in response to glucose and fatty acids is quite advanced, the inhibitory processes of insulin secretion in normal or pathological situations are still poorly understood. This doctoral thesis has focused on the identification of some of the mechanisms responsible for negative regulation of insulin secretion in pancreatic β cell. We have addressed this issue under normal situation or pathological conditions related to T2D. We first tested the hypothesis by which a mitochondrial enzyme, short-chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD), negatively regulates glucose-induced insulin secretion (GIIS) by limiting the concentrations of some fatty acids and their derivatives such as acyl-CoA or acyl-carnitine molecules in the β cell. For this purpose, the downregulation of SCHAD by RNA interference (RNAi) was used in the pancreatic β cell line INS832/13. Then, we tested wether a prolonged administration of high-fat diet to mice (diet-induced obesity mouse model, DIO) would modulate intracellular metabolic and molecular pathways responsible for inhibition of insulin secretion. C57BL/6 mice were therefore fed a high-fat diet for 8 weeks followed by insulin secretion, intracellular lipid metabolism, mitochondrial function and intracellular signaling measurements on isolated pancreatic islets of Langerhans of those mice. Our results suggest that SCHAD negatively regulates GIIS and amino acid-induced insulin secretion. We propose that fatty acid oxidation by SCHAD would prevent the accumulation of short-chain acyl-CoAs or acyl-carnitines capable of potentiating insulin secretion. In addition, SCHAD regulates glutamate metabolism by the allosteric inhibition of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) preventing the hyperinsulinemia caused by excessive GDH activity. The study of β cell dysfunction in the DIO mouse model stratified LDR and HDR highlighted various fatty acid metabolism pathways involved in the reduction of GIIS. A decrease in the triglycerides/free fatty acid (TG/FFA) cycling associated with an increase in fatty acid oxidation and intracellular accumulation of cholesterol was shown to contribute to the decreased GIIS in DIO-HDR mice. Furthermore, alteration of AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and protein kinase C epsilon (PKC epsilon) signaling pathways would be responsible for those alterations in metabolic pathways observed in DIO islets and cause decreased insulin secretion. In summary, we have shed light on important pathways negatively regulating insulin secretion in pancreatic β cell. These pathways could either limit the amplitude or duration of insulin secretion after a meal, or help to preserve β-cell function by delaying exhaustion. Some of those signaling pathways could explain the altered insulin secretion observed in T2D obese patients. In light of our research, the development of therapies targeting pathways that negatively regulate insulin secretion may be beneficial for treating diabetic patients.