PMID- 29079704 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180111 LR - 20220409 IS - 1939-327X (Electronic) IS - 0012-1797 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan TI - Mitochondrial Protein UCP2 Controls Pancreas Development. PG - 78-84 LID - 10.2337/db17-0118 [doi] AB - The mitochondrial carrier uncoupling protein (UCP) 2 belongs to the family of the UCPs. Despite its name, it is now accepted that UCP2 is rather a metabolite transporter than a UCP. UCP2 can regulate oxidative stress and/or energetic metabolism. In rodents, UCP2 is involved in the control of alpha- and beta-cell mass as well as insulin and glucagon secretion. Our aim was to determine whether the effects of UCP2 observed on beta-cell mass have an embryonic origin. Thus, we used Ucp2 knockout mice. We found an increased size of the pancreas in Ucp2(-/-) fetuses at embryonic day 16.5, associated with a higher number of alpha- and beta-cells. This phenotype was caused by an increase of PDX1(+) progenitor cells. Perinatally, an increase in the proliferation of endocrine cells also participates in their expansion. Next, we analyzed the oxidative stress in the pancreata. We quantified an increased nuclear translocation of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) in the mutant, suggesting an increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Phosphorylation of AKT, an ROS target, was also activated in the Ucp2(-/-) pancreata. Finally, administration of the antioxidant N-acetyl-l-cysteine to Ucp2(-/-) pregnant mice alleviated the effect of knocking out UCP2 on pancreas development. Together, these data demonstrate that UCP2 controls pancreas development through the ROS-AKT signaling pathway. CI - (c) 2017 by the American Diabetes Association. FAU - Broche, Benjamin AU - Broche B AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Ben Fradj, Selma AU - Ben Fradj S AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Aguilar, Esther AU - Aguilar E AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Sancerni, Tiphaine AU - Sancerni T AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Benard, Matthieu AU - Benard M AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Makaci, Fatna AU - Makaci F AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Berthault, Claire AU - Berthault C AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Scharfmann, Raphael AU - Scharfmann R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7619-337X AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Alves-Guerra, Marie-Clotilde AU - Alves-Guerra MC AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France bertrand.duvillie@curie.fr clotilde.alves-guerra@inserm.fr. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. FAU - Duvillie, Bertrand AU - Duvillie B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0551-8100 AD - INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France bertrand.duvillie@curie.fr clotilde.alves-guerra@inserm.fr. AD - CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Paris, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20171027 PL - United States TA - Diabetes JT - Diabetes JID - 0372763 RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (Nfe2l2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Uncoupling Protein 2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Glucagon-Secreting Cells/metabolism MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/genetics/physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/genetics/metabolism MH - Pancreas/*enzymology/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/genetics/physiology MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Uncoupling Protein 2/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2017/10/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/13 06:00 CRDT- 2017/10/29 06:00 PHST- 2017/01/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/10/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/29 06:00 [entrez] AID - db17-0118 [pii] AID - 10.2337/db17-0118 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes. 2018 Jan;67(1):78-84. doi: 10.2337/db17-0118. Epub 2017 Oct 27.