N-acyl Taurines and Acylcarnitines Cause an Imbalance in Insulin Synthesis and Secretion Provoking β Cell Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The processes contributing to β cell dysfunction in type 2 diabetes (T2D) are uncertain, largely because it is difficult to access β cells in their intact immediate environment. We examined the pathophysiology of β cells under T2D progression directly in pancreatic tissues. We used MALDI imaging of Langerhans islets (LHIs) within mouse tissues or from human tissues to generate in situ-omics data, which we supported with in vitro experiments. Molecular interaction networks provided information on functional pathways and molecules. We found that stearoylcarnitine accumulated in β cells, leading to arrest of insulin synthesis and energy deficiency via excessive β-oxidation and depletion of TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation metabolites. Acetylcarnitine and an accumulation of N-acyl taurines, a group not previously detected in β cells, provoked insulin secretion. Thus, β cell dysfunction results from enhanced insulin secretion combined with an arrest of insulin synthesis.

authors

  • Aichler, Michaela
  • Borgmann, Daniela
  • Krumsiek, Jan
  • Buck, Achim
  • MacDonald, Patrick E
  • Fox, Jocelyn E Manning
  • Lyon, James
  • Light, Peter E
  • Keipert, Susanne
  • Jastroch, Martin
  • Feuchtinger, Annette
  • Mueller, Nikola S
  • Sun, Na
  • Palmer, Andrew
  • Alexandrov, Theodore
  • Hrabe de Angelis, Martin
  • Neschen, Susanne
  • Tschöp, Matthias H
  • Walch, Axel

publication date

  • June 6, 2017

Research

keywords

  • Carnitine
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Insulin
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells
  • Taurine

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85020477611

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.04.012

PubMed ID

  • 28591636

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 25

issue

  • 6