PMID- 29627323 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210109 IS - 1879-2642 (Electronic) IS - 0005-2736 (Print) IS - 0005-2736 (Linking) VI - 1860 IP - 9 DP - 2018 Sep TI - Apoptosis signal regulating kinase-1 and NADPH oxidase mediate human amylin evoked redox stress and apoptosis in pancreatic beta-cells. PG - 1721-1733 LID - S0005-2736(18)30104-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.03.024 [doi] AB - Misfolded toxic human islet amyloid polypeptide or amylin (hA) and plasma membrane-associated redox complex, NADPH oxidase (NOX), have been implicated in the islet beta-cell demise associated with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Studies show that hA accumulation is stressful to beta-cells and that misfolding of human amylin evokes redox stress and activates mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinases, p38 MAPK and c-Jun N-terminal (JNK) kinase. However, the molecular link and causality between hA-evoked redox stress, NOX activity and MAP kinases signaling in pancreatic beta-cells is incompletely understood. Here, we show that in the process of activating JNK, aggregation prone hA also activates an upstream apoptosis signal regulating kinase-1 (ASK1) with concomitant decrease in intracellular levels of reduced glutathione. Inhibition of ASK1 kinase activity, either by specific ASK1 inhibitor, NQDI1 or by thiol antioxidants reduces human amylin-evoked ASK1 and JNK activation and consequently human amylin toxicity in rat insulinoma Rin-m5F cells and human islets. beta-cell specific overexpression of human amylin in mouse islets elicited ASK1 phosphorylation and activation in beta-cells but not in other rodent's islet or exocrine cells. This ASK1 activation strongly correlated with islet amyloidosis and diabetes progression. Cytotoxic human amylin additionally stimulated pro-oxidative activity and expressions of plasma membrane bound NADPH oxidase (NOX) and its regulatory subunits. siRNA mediated NOX1 knockdown and selective NOX inhibitors, ML171 and apocynin, significantly reduced hA-induced mitochondrial stress in insulinoma beta-cells. However, NOX inhibitors were largely ineffective against hA-evoked redox stress and activation of cytotoxic ASK1/JNK signaling complex. Thus, our studies suggest that NOX1 and ASK1 autonomously mediate human amylin-evoked redox and mitochondrial stress in pancreatic beta-cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Singh, Sanghamitra AU - Singh S AD - Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. FAU - Bhowmick, Diti Chatterjee AU - Bhowmick DC AD - Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. FAU - Pany, Satyabrata AU - Pany S AD - Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. FAU - Joe, Myungkuk AU - Joe M AD - Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. FAU - Zaghlula, Noor AU - Zaghlula N AD - Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. FAU - Jeremic, Aleksandar M AU - Jeremic AM AD - Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. Electronic address: jerema@gwu.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 DK091845/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180406 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr JT - Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes JID - 101731713 SB - IM PMC - PMC6177334 MID - NIHMS957848 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ASK-1 kinase OT - Human amylin OT - Human islets OT - NADPH oxidase OT - Oxidative stress OT - Plasma membrane OT - Type-2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2018/04/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/09 06:01 PMCR- 2019/10/06 CRDT- 2018/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/09 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0005-2736(18)30104-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.03.024 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2018 Sep;1860(9):1721-1733. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.03.024. Epub 2018 Apr 6.