ReviewPeptides2022
Urocortin3: Local inducer of somatostatin release and bellwether of beta cell maturity.
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- Intra-Islet Paracrine Regulation of Glucagon Secretion During Hypoglycemia, Euglycemia, and Hyperglycemia.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Review
- Neuregulin 4-dependent MAPK amplification mediates urate-induced β-cell dysfunction.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2026Article
- Comparative Whole Genome Analysis and Targeted Validation of Variants in Three Greek Indigenous Sheep Breeds.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- Tomosyn-2 Regulates Postnatal β-Cell Expansion and Insulin Secretion to Maintain Glucose Homeostasis.Diabetes · 2026Article
- LDHA induces beta cell dedifferentiation in diabetes through metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming.Diabetologia · 2026Article
- The metabolic role of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 2 and its UCN peptides: emerging therapeutic potential.Skeletal muscle · 2025Review
- Exendin-4 enhances insulin-positive phenotype of human pluripotent stem cell-derived β cells during transplantation.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025Article
- Neonatal hypoglycaemia.BMJ medicine · 2024Review
- O304 ameliorates hyperglycemia in mice by dually promoting muscle glucose effectiveness and preserving β-cell function.Communications biology · 2023Article
- Asiatic acid improves insulin secretion ofZhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Urocortin 3 (UCN3) is a peptide hormone expressed in pancreatic islets of Langerhans of both human alpha and human beta cells and solely in murine beta cells. UCN3 signaling acts locally within the islet to activate its cognate receptor, corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 (CRHR2), which is expressed by delta cells, to potentiate somatostatin (SST) negative feedback to reduce islet cell hormone output. The functional importance of UCN3 signaling in the islet is to modulate the amount of SST tone allowing for finely tuned regulation of insulin and glucagon secretion. UCN3 signaling is a hallmark of functional beta cell maturation, increasing the beta cell glucose threshold for insulin secretion. In doing so, UCN3 plays a relevant functional role in accurately maintaining blood glucose homeostasis. Additionally, UCN3 acts as an indicator of beta cell maturation and health, as UCN3 is not expressed in immature beta cells and is downregulated in dedifferentiated and dysfunctional beta cell states. Here, we review the mechanistic underpinnings of UCN3 signaling, its net effect on islet cell hormone output, as well as its value as a marker for beta cell maturation and functional status.
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