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Synaptotagmin-7 Functions to Replenish Insulin Granules for Exocytosis in Human Islet β-Cells

2016; American Diabetes Association; Volume: 65; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2337/db15-1436

1939-327X

Subhankar Dolai, Li Xie, Dan Zhu, Tao Liang, Tairan Qin, Huanli Xie, Youhou Kang, Edwin R. Chapman, Herbert Y. Gaisano,

Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism

Synaptotagmin (Syt)-7, a major component of the exocytotic machinery in neurons, is also the major Syt in rodent pancreatic β-cells shown to mediate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). However, Syt-7’s precise exocytotic actions in β-cells remain unknown. We show that Syt-7 is abundant in human β-cells. Adenovirus–short hairpin RNA knockdown (KD) of Syt-7 in human islets reduced first- and second-phase GSIS attributed to the reduction of exocytosis of predocked and newcomer insulin secretory granules (SGs). Glucose stimulation expectedly induced Syt-7 association in a Ca2+-dependent manner with syntaxin-3 and syntaxin-1A soluble N-ethylmaleimide–sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complexes known to mediate exocytosis of newcomer and predocked SGs, respectively. However, Syt-7-KD did not disrupt SNARE complex assembly. Instead, electron microscopy analysis showed that Syt-7-KD reduced the recruitment of SGs to the plasma membrane after glucose-stimulated depletion, which could not be rescued by glucagon-like peptide 1 pretreatment. To assess the possibility that this new action of Syt-7 on SG recruitment may involve calmodulin (CaM), pretreatment of islets with CaM blocker calmidazolium showed effects very similar to those of Syt-7-KD. Syt-7 therefore plays a novel more dominant function in the replenishment of releasable SG pools in human β-cells than its previously purported role in exocytotic fusion per se.