PMID- 34363947 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210909 LR - 20210909 IS - 1873-4596 (Electronic) IS - 0891-5849 (Linking) VI - 174 DP - 2021 Oct TI - The importance of aquaporin-8 for cytokine-mediated toxicity in rat insulin-producing cells. PG - 135-143 LID - S0891-5849(21)00443-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.08.003 [doi] AB - Aquaporin-8 (AQP8) is a peroxiporin, a transmembrane water and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) transport protein expressed in the mitochondrial and plasma membranes of pancreatic beta-cells. AQP8 protein expression is low under physiological conditions, but it increases after cytokine exposure both, in vitro and in vivo, possibly related to a NF-kappaB consensus sequence in the promoter. AQP8 knockdown (KD) insulin-producing RINm5F cells are particularly susceptible to cytokine-mediated oxidative stress. Cytokine (a mixture of IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma) treated AQP8 KD cells exhibited pronounced sensitivity to reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS), resulting in a significant loss of beta-cell viability due to enhanced toxicity of the increased concentrations of H(2)O(2) and hydroxyl radicals ((●)OH) in mitochondria of AQP8 KD cells. This viability loss went along with increased caspase activities, reduced nitrite concentration (representative of nitric oxide (NO(●)) accumulation) and increased lipid peroxidation. The explanation for the increased toxicity of the proinflammatory cytokines in AQP8 KD cells resides in the fact that efflux of the H(2)O(2) generated during oxidative stress in the beta-cell mitochondria is hampered through the loss of the peroxiporin channels in the mitochondrial membranes of the AQP8 KD cells. The increased proinflammatory cytokine toxicity due to loss of AQP8 expression in the KD beta-cell mitochondria is thus the result of increased rates of apoptosis. This decreased cell viability is caused by increased levels of oxidative stress along with a ferroptosis-mediated cell death component due to decreased NO(●) generation. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Kruger, Christina AU - Kruger C AD - Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30623, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Jorns, Anne AU - Jorns A AD - Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30623, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Kaynert, Jonas AU - Kaynert J AD - Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30623, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Waldeck-Weiermair, Markus AU - Waldeck-Weiermair M AD - Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, And Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. FAU - Michel, Thomas AU - Michel T AD - Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, And Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. FAU - Elsner, Matthias AU - Elsner M AD - Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30623, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Lenzen, Sigurd AU - Lenzen S AD - Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30623, Hannover, Germany; Institute of Experimental Diabetes Research, Hannover Medical School, 30623, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: lenzen.sigurd@mh-hannover.de. LA - eng GR - R01 HL152173/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210804 PL - United States TA - Free Radic Biol Med JT - Free radical biology & medicine JID - 8709159 RN - 0 (Aquaporins) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Aquaporins MH - Cytokines/genetics MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism/toxicity MH - Insulin/metabolism MH - *Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism MH - Rats OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - Aquaporin-8 OT - Cytokines OT - Diabetes OT - Ferroptosis OT - Hydrogen peroxide OT - Nitric oxide OT - Pancreatic beta-cell EDAT- 2021/08/08 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/10 06:00 CRDT- 2021/08/07 20:13 PHST- 2021/06/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/07 20:13 [entrez] AID - S0891-5849(21)00443-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.08.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Free Radic Biol Med. 2021 Oct;174:135-143. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.08.003. Epub 2021 Aug 4.