PMID- 20530872 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100727 LR - 20211020 IS - 1558-8238 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 120 IP - 7 DP - 2010 Jul TI - An intracellular role for ABCG1-mediated cholesterol transport in the regulated secretory pathway of mouse pancreatic beta cells. PG - 2575-89 LID - 41280 [pii] LID - 10.1172/JCI41280 [doi] AB - Cholesterol is a critical component of cell membranes, and cellular cholesterol levels and distribution are tightly regulated in mammals. Recent evidence has revealed a critical role for pancreatic beta cell-specific cholesterol homeostasis in insulin secretion as well as in beta cell dysfunction in diabetes and the metabolic response to thiazolidinediones (TZDs), which are antidiabetic drugs. The ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1) has been shown to play a role in cholesterol efflux, but its role in beta cells is currently unknown. In other cell types, ABCG1 expression is downregulated in diabetes and upregulated by TZDs. Here we have demonstrated an intracellular role for ABCG1 in beta cells. Loss of ABCG1 expression impaired insulin secretion both in vivo and in vitro, but it had no effect on cellular cholesterol content or efflux. Subcellular localization studies showed the bulk of ABCG1 protein to be present in insulin granules. Loss of ABCG1 led to altered granule morphology and reduced granule cholesterol levels. Administration of exogenous cholesterol restored granule morphology and cholesterol content and rescued insulin secretion in ABCG1-deficient islets. These findings suggest that ABCG1 acts primarily to regulate subcellular cholesterol distribution in mouse beta cells. Furthermore, islet ABCG1 expression was reduced in diabetic mice and restored by TZDs, implicating a role for regulation of islet ABCG1 expression in diabetes pathogenesis and treatment. FAU - Sturek, Jeffrey M AU - Sturek JM AD - Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. FAU - Castle, J David AU - Castle JD FAU - Trace, Anthony P AU - Trace AP FAU - Page, Laura C AU - Page LC FAU - Castle, Anna M AU - Castle AM FAU - Evans-Molina, Carmella AU - Evans-Molina C FAU - Parks, John S AU - Parks JS FAU - Mirmira, Raghavendra G AU - Mirmira RG FAU - Hedrick, Catherine C AU - Hedrick CC LA - eng GR - K08 DK080225/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL094525/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 DK 80225/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK060581/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL097368/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK073380/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL055798/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL049373/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL55798/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK60581/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL085790/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100607 PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) SB - IM MH - ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/biosynthesis/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport/genetics MH - Cell Membrane/genetics/metabolism MH - Cholesterol/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cytoplasm/genetics/metabolism MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics/metabolism MH - Down-Regulation MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism MH - Lipid Metabolism/genetics MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Mutant Strains MH - Secretory Pathway PMC - PMC2898593 EDAT- 2010/06/10 06:00 MHDA- 2010/07/28 06:00 PMCR- 2010/06/07 CRDT- 2010/06/10 06:00 PHST- 2009/09/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/04/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/06/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/06/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/07/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/06/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 41280 [pii] AID - 10.1172/JCI41280 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 2010 Jul;120(7):2575-89. doi: 10.1172/JCI41280. Epub 2010 Jun 7.