Gelsolin Associates with the N Terminus of Syntaxin 4 to Regulate Insulin Granule Exocytosis
Gelsolin Associates with the N Terminus of Syntaxin 4 to Regulate Insulin Granule Exocytosis
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10.1210/me.2011-1112
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
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Thurmond, Debbie C.
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Kalwat, Michael A.;Wiseman, Dean A.;Thurmond, Debbie C.
The plasma membrane soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment receptor (SNARE) protein syntaxin (Syn) 4 is required for biphasic insulin secretion, although how it regulates each phase remains unclear. In a screen to identify new Syn4-interacting factors, the calcium-activated F-actin-severing protein gelsolin was revealed. Gelsolin has been previously implicated as a positive effector of insulin secretion, although a molecular mechanism to underlie this function is lacking. Toward this, our in vitro binding studies showed the Syn4-gelsolin interaction to be direct and mediated by the N-terminal Ha domain (amino acid residues 39-70) of Syn4. Syn4-gelsolin complexes formed under basal conditions and dissociated upon acute glucose or KCl stimulation; nifedipine blocked dissociation. The dissociating action of secretagogues could be mimicked by expression of the N-terminal Ha domain of Syn4 fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP) (GFP39- 70). Furthermore, GFP-39-70 expression in isolated mouse islet and clonal MIN6 beta-cells initiated insulin release in the absence of appropriate stimuli. Consistent with this, the inhibitory GFP-39-70 peptide also initiated Syn4 activation in the absence of stimuli. Moreover, although MIN6 beta-cells expressing the GFP-39-70 peptide maintained normal calcium influx in response to KCl, KCl-stimulated insulin secretion and the triggering pathway of insulin secretion were significantly impaired. Taken together, these data support a mechanistic model for gelsolin's role in insulin exocytosis: gelsolin clamps unsolicited soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment receptor (SNARE)-regulated exocytosis through direct association with Syn4 in the absence of appropriate stimuli, which is relieved upon stimulus-induced calcium influx to activate gelsolin and induce its dissociation from Syn4 to facilitate insulin exocytosis. (Molecular Endocrinology 26: 128-141, 2012)