In order to elucidate how uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) influences pancreatic β cells and glucose homeostasis, I have generated and characterized an inducible β cell-specific UCP2 deletion model,MIPCreER×loxUCP2 mice. Male littermates were injected with tamoxifen to induce UCP2 deletion(UCP2 iBKO) or with corn oil (CO). The phenotypes of both short-term (3-4 weeks after the last injection) and long-term (8-9 weeks after the last injection) were determined: Short-term iBKO mice displayed no differences in glucose or insulin tolerance, but enhanced in vivo and in vitro insulin secretion and suppressed islet reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels; while long-term iBKO mice displayed no difference in glucose tolerance, but impaired in vivo and in vitro insulin secretion and
enhanced islet ROS levels. In conclusion, short-term UCP2 deletion in β cells promotes insulin secretion, while long-term UCP2 deletion impairs insulin secretion, possibly due to the opposite background of islet ROS.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/33228 |
| Date | 20 November 2012 |
| Creators | Guo, Qian-yu |
| Contributors | Wheeler, Michael |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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