PMID- 30537728 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190125 LR - 20191210 IS - 1421-9778 (Electronic) IS - 1015-8987 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 5 DP - 2018 TI - Deficiency of VCP-Interacting Membrane Selenoprotein (VIMP) Leads to G1 Cell Cycle Arrest and Cell Death in MIN6 Insulinoma Cells. PG - 2185-2197 LID - 10.1159/000495865 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND/AIMS: VCP-interacting membrane selenoprotein (VIMP), an ER resident selenoprotein, is highly expressed in beta-cells, however, the role of VIMP in beta-cells has not been characterized. In this study, we studied the relationship between VIMP deficiency and beta-cell survival in MIN6 insulinoma cells. METHODS: To determine the role of VIMP in beta-cells, lentiviral VIMP shRNAs were used to knock down (KD) expression of VIMP in MIN6 cells. Cell death was quantified by propidium iodide (PI) staining followed by flow cytometric analyses using a FACS Caliber and FlowJo software. Cell apoptosis and proliferation were determined by TUNEL assay and Ki67 staining, respectively. Cell cycle was analyzed after PI staining. RESULTS: The results show that 1) VIMP suppression induces beta-cell apoptosis, which is associated with a decrease in Bcl-xL, and the beta-cell apoptosis induced by VIMP suppression can be inhibited by overexpression of Bcl-xL; 2) VIMP knockdown (KD) decreases cell proliferation and G1 cell cycle arrest by accumulating p27 and decreasing E2F1; 3) VIMP KD suppresses unfolded protein response (UPR) activation by regulating the IRE1alpha and PERK pathways; 4) VIMP KD increases insulin secretion. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that VIMP may function as a novel regulator to modulate beta-cell survival, proliferation, cell cycle, UPR and insulin secretion in MIN6 cells. CI - (c) 2018 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel. FAU - Men, Lili AU - Men L AD - Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China. FAU - Sun, Juan AU - Sun J AD - Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Ren, Decheng AU - Ren D AD - Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USArendckent@yahoo.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181207 PL - Germany TA - Cell Physiol Biochem JT - Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology JID - 9113221 RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Selenoproteins) RN - 0 (Selenos protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Cell Death MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - *Down-Regulation MH - *G1 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism/*pathology MH - Insulinoma/*genetics/pathology MH - Membrane Proteins/*genetics MH - Mice MH - Pancreatic Neoplasms/*genetics/pathology MH - Selenoproteins/*genetics MH - Unfolded Protein Response OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cell cycle OT - Insulin secretion OT - MIN6 cells OT - UPR OT - beta-cell death EDAT- 2018/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/27 06:00 CRDT- 2018/12/12 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/27 06:00 [medline] AID - 000495865 [pii] AID - 10.1159/000495865 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Physiol Biochem. 2018;51(5):2185-2197. doi: 10.1159/000495865. Epub 2018 Dec 7.