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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2021

The phosphatidylserine flippase β-subunit Tmem30a is essential for normal insulin maturation and secretion.

Yeming Yang, Kuanxiang Sun, Wenjing Liu, Xiao Li, Wanli Tian, Ping Shuai, Xianjun Zhu

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yeming YangHealth Management Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China; The Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Center for Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China.
Kuanxiang SunThe Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Center for Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China.
Wenjing LiuThe Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Center for Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China.
Xiao LiThe Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Center for Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China.
Wanli TianThe Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Center for Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China.
Ping ShuaiHealth Management Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China; The Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Center for Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China; Research Unit for Blindness Prevention of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2019RU026), Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072 China. Electronic address: shuaiping@med.uestc.edu.cn.
Xianjun ZhuHealth Management Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China; The Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory for Human Disease Gene Study, Center for Medical Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China; Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Xining, Qinghai 810008, China; Research Unit for Blindness Prevention of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2019RU026), Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072 China; Natural Products Research Center, Institute of Chengdu Biology, Sichuan Translational Medicine Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China; Department of Ophthalmology, First People's Hospital of Shangqiu, Shangqiu, Hennan 476100, China. Electronic address: xjzhu@uestc.edu.cn.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The processing, maturation, and secretion of insulin are under precise regulation, and dysregulation causes profound defects in glucose handling, leading to diabetes. Tmem30a is the β subunit of the phosphatidylserine (PS) flippase, which maintains the membrane asymmetric distribution of PS. Tmem30a regulates cell survival and the localization of subcellular structures and is thus critical to the normal function of multiple physiological systems. Here, we show that conditional knockout of Tmem30a specifically in pancreatic islet β cells leads to obesity, hyperglycemia, glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance in mice, due to insufficient insulin release. Moreover, we reveal that Tmem30a plays an essential role in clathrin-mediated vesicle transport between the trans Golgi network (TGN) and the plasma membrane (PM), which comprises immature secretory granule (ISG) budding at the TGN. We also find that Tmem30a deficiency impairs clathrin-mediated vesicle budding and thus blocks both insulin maturation in ISGs and the transport of glucose-sensing Glut2 to the PM. Collectively, these disruptions compromise both insulin secretion and glucose sensitivity, thus contributing to impairments in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Taken together, our data demonstrate an important role of Tmem30a in insulin maturation and glucose metabolic homeostasis and suggest the importance of membrane phospholipid distribution in metabolic disorders.

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AnimalsCell MembraneDisease Models, AnimalGene Knockout TechniquesGlucoseGlucose IntoleranceGlucose Transporter Type 2HyperglycemiaHyperinsulinismInsulinInsulin ResistanceInsulin-Secreting CellsInsulin SecretionMembrane ProteinsMiceObesityGlucoseGlucose Transporter Type 2InsulinMembrane ProteinsPhosphatidylserinesSlc2a2 protein, mouseTMEM30a protein, mouseglucose intolerancehyperglycemiaInsulin secretionphosphatidylserine flippaseTmem30aType 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID33895325
PMCPMC8417432
OpenAlexW3157056301

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