PMID- 24879150 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150511 LR - 20211021 IS - 1554-8635 (Electronic) IS - 1554-8627 (Print) IS - 1554-8627 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 6 DP - 2014 Jun TI - UCHL1 deficiency exacerbates human islet amyloid polypeptide toxicity in beta-cells: evidence of interplay between the ubiquitin/proteasome system and autophagy. PG - 1004-14 LID - 10.4161/auto.28478 [doi] AB - The islet in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by a deficit in beta-cells and increased beta-cell apoptosis attributable at least in part to intracellular toxic oligomers of IAPP (islet amyloid polypeptide). beta-cells of individuals with T2DM are also characterized by accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins and deficiency in the deubiquitinating enzyme UCHL1 (ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal esterase L1 [ubiquitin thiolesterase]), accounting for a dysfunctional ubiquitin/proteasome system. In the present study, we used mouse genetics to elucidate in vivo whether a partial deficit in UCHL1 enhances the vulnerability of beta-cells to human-IAPP (hIAPP) toxicity, and thus accelerates diabetes onset. We further investigated whether a genetically induced deficit in UCHL1 function in beta-cells exacerbates hIAPP-induced alteration of the autophagy pathway in vivo. We report that a deficit in UCHL1 accelerated the onset of diabetes in hIAPP transgenic mice, due to a decrease in beta-cell mass caused by increased beta-cell apoptosis. We report that UCHL1 dysfunction aggravated the hIAPP-induced defect in the autophagy/lysosomal pathway, illustrated by the marked accumulation of autophagosomes and cytoplasmic inclusions positive for SQSTM1/p62 and polyubiquitinated proteins with lysine 63-specific ubiquitin chains. Collectively, this study shows that defective UCHL1 function may be an early contributor to vulnerability of pancreatic beta-cells for protein misfolding and proteotoxicity, hallmark defects in islets of T2DM. Also, given that deficiency in UCHL1 exacerbated the defective autophagy/lysosomal degradation characteristic of hIAPP proteotoxicity, we demonstrate a previously unrecognized role of UCHL1 in the function of the autophagy/lysosomal pathway in beta-cells. FAU - Costes, Safia AU - Costes S AD - Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center; David Geffen School of Medicine; University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA USA. FAU - Gurlo, Tatyana AU - Gurlo T AD - Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center; David Geffen School of Medicine; University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA USA. FAU - Rivera, Jacqueline F AU - Rivera JF AD - Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center; David Geffen School of Medicine; University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA USA. FAU - Butler, Peter C AU - Butler PC AD - Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center; David Geffen School of Medicine; University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA USA. LA - eng GR - R01 DK059579/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK059579/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Autophagy JT - Autophagy JID - 101265188 RN - 0 (Islet Amyloid Polypeptide) RN - 0 (Mutant Proteins) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Ubiquitin) RN - 0 (Ubiquitin carboxyl-Terminal Hydrolase L-1, mouse) RN - EC 3.4.19.12 (Ubiquitin Thiolesterase) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Autophagy/genetics/*physiology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Humans MH - Insulin Resistance MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Islet Amyloid Polypeptide/genetics/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Mutant Strains MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Mutant Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin Thiolesterase/*deficiency/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC4091165 OTO - NOTNLM OT - SQSTM1/p62 OT - apoptosis OT - autophagy OT - diabetes OT - islet amyloid polypeptide OT - ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal esterase L1 OT - beta-cell EDAT- 2014/06/01 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/12 06:00 PMCR- 2015/06/01 CRDT- 2014/06/01 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 28478 [pii] AID - 2013AUTO0123R2 [pii] AID - 10.4161/auto.28478 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Autophagy. 2014 Jun;10(6):1004-14. doi: 10.4161/auto.28478.