PMID- 29191656 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171228 LR - 20180105 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 495 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan 1 TI - Overexpression of microRNA-26a protects against deficient beta-cell function via targeting phosphatase with tensin homology in mouse models of type 2 diabetes. PG - 1312-1316 LID - S0006-291X(17)32348-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.170 [doi] AB - The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increased rapidly in the world. The development of beta-cell dysfunction is the quintessential defects in T2DM patients However, the pathogenesis of beta-cell dysfunction is still unclear. MicroRNAs are short non-coding RNAs and has been reported to be involved in pathogenesis of beta-cell dysfunction and T2DM. Here, we investigated the mechanisms by which miR-26a regulate beta-cell function and insulin signaling pathway in high fat diet (HFD) fed and db/db T2DM mice model. The expression of miR-26a was down-regulated dramatically in the serum and islets of both HFD and db/db mice model. miR-26a overexpression protected against HFD-induced diabetes and maintained prolonged normoglycemic time in HFD fed mice. Overexpression of miR-26a improved beta-cell dysfunction in T2DM mice. Further, we identified that PTEN is a direct target gene of miR-26a. Overexpression of miR-26a significantly inhibited the luciferase activity of hPTEN 3'-UTR, while the effect of miR-26a disappeared when the miR-26a potential binding site within the PTEN 3'-UTR was mutated. Overexpression of miR-26a reduced both the mRNA and protein levels of PTEN in vitro and in vivo. We also found that miR-26a overexpression increased the expression of p-Akt and p-FoxO-1, while the effect of miR-26a was blocked by PTEN overexpression. In conclusion, our data indicated that miR-26a potentially contributes to the beta-cell dysfunction in T2DM, and miR-26a may be a new therapeutic strategy against T2DM. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Song, Yingli AU - Song Y AD - Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Science, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. FAU - Jin, Di AU - Jin D AD - Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. FAU - Jiang, Xiaoshu AU - Jiang X AD - Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Science, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. FAU - Lv, Chunmei AU - Lv C AD - Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Science, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. FAU - Zhu, Hui AU - Zhu H AD - Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Science, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. Electronic address: huizhu123@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171202 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Mirn26 microRNA, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.67 (PTEN Phosphohydrolase) RN - EC 3.1.3.67 (Pten protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*metabolism/pathology MH - Insulin/*metabolism MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - MicroRNAs/*metabolism MH - PTEN Phosphohydrolase/*metabolism MH - Up-Regulation OTO - NOTNLM OT - MiR-26a OT - PTEN OT - T2DM OT - beta-cell function EDAT- 2017/12/02 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/29 06:00 CRDT- 2017/12/02 06:00 PHST- 2017/11/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/11/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/12/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/02 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(17)32348-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.170 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Jan 1;495(1):1312-1316. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.170. Epub 2017 Dec 2.