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Citation

Arden, C, Hampson, LJ, Huang, GC, Shaw, JA, Aldibbiat, A, Holliman, G, Manas, D, Khan, S, Lange, AJ and Agius, L (2008) A role for PFK-2/FBPase-2, as distinct from fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, in regulation of insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells. Biochem. J. 411:41-51

Abstract

PFK-2/FBPase-2 (6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase) catalyses the formation and degradation of fructose 2,6-P(2) (fructose 2,6-bisphosphate) and is also a glucokinase-binding protein. The role of fructose 2,6-P(2) in regulating glucose metabolism and insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells is unresolved. We down-regulated the endogenous isoforms of PFK-2/FBPase-2 with siRNA (small interfering RNA) and expressed KA (kinase active) and KD (kinase deficient) variants to distinguish between the role of PFK-2/FBPase-2 protein and the role of its product, fructose 2,6-P(2), in regulating beta-cell function. Human islets expressed the PFKFB2 (the gene encoding isoform 2 of the PFK2/FBPase2 protein) and PFKFB3 (the gene encoding isoform 3 of the PFK2/FBPase2 protein) isoforms and mouse islets expressed PFKFB2 at the mRNA level [RT-PCR (reverse transcription-PCR)]. Rat islets expressed PFKFB2 lacking the C-terminal phosphorylation sites. The glucose-responsive MIN6 and INS1E cell lines expressed PFKFB2 and PFKFB3. PFK-2 activity and the cell content of fructose 2,6-P(2) were increased by elevated glucose concentration and during pharmacological activation of AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase), which also increased insulin secretion. Partial down-regulation of endogenous PFKFB2 and PFKFB3 in INS1E by siRNA decreased PFK-2/FBPase-2 protein, fructose 2,6-P(2) content, glucokinase activity and glucoseinduced insulin secretion. Selective down-regulation of glucose-induced fructose 2,6-P(2) in the absence of down-regulation of PFK-2/FBPase-2 protein, using a KD PFK-2/FBPase-2 variant, resulted in sustained glycolysis and elevated glucose-induced insulin secretion, indicating an over-riding role of PFK-2/FBPase-2 protein, as distinct from its product fructose 2,6-P(2), in potentiating glucose-induced insulin secretion. Whereas down-regulation of PFK-2/FBPase-2 decreased glucokinase activity, overexpression of PFK-2/FBPase-2 only affected glucokinase distribution. It is concluded that PFK-2/FBPase-2 protein rather than its product fructose 2,6-P(2) is the over-riding determinant of glucose-induced insulin secretion through regulation of glucokinase activity or subcellular targeting.

Links

PubMed Online version:10.1042/BJ20070962

Keywords

Animals; Down-Regulation; Fructosediphosphates; Glucokinase/metabolism; Glycolysis; Humans; Insulin/secretion; Insulin-Secreting Cells/secretion; Islets of Langerhans/cytology; Isoenzymes; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Phosphofructokinase-2/physiology; RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Wistar

Significance

Annotations

Gene product Qualifier GO Term Evidence Code with/from Aspect Extension Notes Status

RAT:F262

GO:0004331: fructose-2,6-bisphosphate 2-phosphatase activity

ECO:0000314:

F

Figure 3.

complete
CACAO 6308

RAT:F262

enables

GO:0004331: fructose-2,6-bisphosphate 2-phosphatase activity

ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion

F

Seeded From UniProt

complete

MOUSE:F262

GO:0004331: fructose-2,6-bisphosphate 2-phosphatase activity

ECO:0000314:

F

Figure 3.

complete
CACAO 6314

MOUSE:F262

enables

GO:0004331: fructose-2,6-bisphosphate 2-phosphatase activity

ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion

F

Seeded From UniProt

complete


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