Abstract:
:The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, also known as the canonical Wnt pathway, plays a role in cell proliferation and differentiation in several tissues/organs. It has been recently described in humans a relationship between type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and mutation in the gene encoding the transcription factor TCF7L2 associated to the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. In the present study, we demonstrated that hyperplastic pancreatic islets from prediabetic mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 60 d displayed nuclear translocation of active β-catenin associated with significant increases in protein content and gene expression of β-catenin as well as of cyclins D1, D2 and c-Myc (target genes of the Wnt pathway) but not of Tcf7l2 (the transcription factor). Meanwhile, these alterations were not observed in pancreatic islets from 30 d HFD-fed mice, that do not display significant beta cell hyperplasia. These data suggest that the Wnt/β-catenin pathway is activated in pancreatic islets during prediabetes and may play a role in the induction of the compensatory beta cell hyperplasia observed at early phase of T2DM.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Maschio DA,Oliveira RB,Santos MR,Carvalho CP,Barbosa-Sampaio HC,Collares-Buzato CBdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.08.146subject
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2016-09-30 00:00:00pages
1534-40issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(16)31410-3journal_volume
478pub_type
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