Abstract
A decrease in the number of functioning pancreatic β-cells and insufficient insulin biosynthesis and/or secretion are the hallmarks of diabetes. Therefore, the identification of alternative sources to induce insulin-producing surrogate β-cells is of great importance. For the induction of insulin-producing cells from various cells and/or tissues, it is useful to mimic and reproduce expression alterations of various pancreatic transcription factors observed during normal pancreas development and to induce key pancreatic transcription factors which have the potency to induce insulin and other β-cell-related genes. MafA, PDX-1 and NeuroD directly bind to the insulin gene promoter and function as very important transcription factors in pancreatic β-cell differentiation and mature β-cell function. The combination of MafA, PDX-1 and NeuroD markedly induces insulin biosynthesis in various non-β-cells and thereby is a useful tool to efficiently induce insulin- producing surrogate β-cells.
Keywords: MafA, PDX-1, NeuroD, β-cell differentiation, surrogate β-cells
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Combination of MafA, PDX-1 and NeuroD is a Useful Tool to Efficiently Induce Insulin-Producing Surrogate β -Cells
Volume: 16 Issue: 24
Author(s): Hideaki Kaneto, Taka-aki Matsuoka, Naoto Katakami and Munehide Matsuhisa
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Keywords: MafA, PDX-1, NeuroD, β-cell differentiation, surrogate β-cells
Abstract: A decrease in the number of functioning pancreatic β-cells and insufficient insulin biosynthesis and/or secretion are the hallmarks of diabetes. Therefore, the identification of alternative sources to induce insulin-producing surrogate β-cells is of great importance. For the induction of insulin-producing cells from various cells and/or tissues, it is useful to mimic and reproduce expression alterations of various pancreatic transcription factors observed during normal pancreas development and to induce key pancreatic transcription factors which have the potency to induce insulin and other β-cell-related genes. MafA, PDX-1 and NeuroD directly bind to the insulin gene promoter and function as very important transcription factors in pancreatic β-cell differentiation and mature β-cell function. The combination of MafA, PDX-1 and NeuroD markedly induces insulin biosynthesis in various non-β-cells and thereby is a useful tool to efficiently induce insulin- producing surrogate β-cells.
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Kaneto Hideaki, Matsuoka Taka-aki, Katakami Naoto and Matsuhisa Munehide, Combination of MafA, PDX-1 and NeuroD is a Useful Tool to Efficiently Induce Insulin-Producing Surrogate β -Cells, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2009; 16 (24) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986709788802980
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