(taken from the application) It is now well established that the most distal stages of the beta cell insuli secretory machinery involves plasma membrane (PM) ion channels (L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel, sulfonoylurea receptor- SUR/K/ATP, and K/Ca channels) and exocytotic proteins, collectively called SNAREs on the PM and insulin secretory granules (SG). Much of the recent attention has been directe towards the structure and function of the recently cloned SUR/K/ATP, and Ca2+ channels on the PM, and the role of SNARE proteins in insulin SG exocytosis. I contrast, little is known about beta cell K/Ca channel regulation, or the role of SURs on the SGs, which comprise 90% of beta cellular SUR. This proposal hypothesizes that SNARE proteins directly modulate beta cell K/Ca activity and insulin SG-SUR. Towards the first aim of elucidating the mechanisms by which SNARE proteins regulate the beta cell K/Ca channel function, preliminary patch clamp data hav been generated to demonstrate that overexpression of a mutant SNARE protein in insulinoma HIT cells sensitized the K/Ca channel to closure. This resulted in potentiation of glucose-evoked insulin secretion, as closure of K/Ca maintains the PM in a depolarized state after glucose stimulation. Using patch clamp methods, the studies proposed are threefold, including: 1) to identify the functional domains within this SNARE protein which interact with the K/Ca channel in a manner that amplifies insulin secretion, and 2) to explore for other SNARE proteins which might interact with this mutant SNARE to form complexes that further modulate the K/Ca channel, 3) to apply the insights gained from these studies in beta cell lines to a) normal islet beta cells, to amplify the insulin secretory response, and thereby identify potential novel therapeutic targets for drug development; and b) diabetic islet beta cells, to explore for possible distortions of SNARE-K/Ca interactions which might be a basis for the insulin secretory defects of diabetes. Towards the second aim of elucidating the functional interactions of SNAREs an insulin SG-SUR, the hypotheses are that these interactions may serve: 1) to effect SG-SG (homotypic) fusion as a mechanism which enhances insulin exocytosis, or 2) to recruit SURs from this reserve pool in the SGs to the PM where SURs can exert its action. For the proposed studies, the required antibody and cDNA probes (many already subcloned into expression vectors) have been obtained or generated. The combination of molecular biological (to manipulate the expression of these proteins), biochemical (to identify protein binding interactions), morphologic (to detect cellular translocation) and functional-patch clamp methods (to elucidate functional interactions) are in place.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Type
Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21)
Project #
5R21DK055160-02
Application #
2906359
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZDK1-GRB-B (O1))
Program Officer
Harmon, Joan T
Project Start
1998-09-30
Project End
2001-09-29
Budget Start
1999-09-30
Budget End
2001-09-29
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Toronto
Department
Type
DUNS #
259999779
City
Toronto
State
ON
Country
Canada
Zip Code
M5 1-S8
Pasyk, Ewa A; Kang, Youhou; Huang, Xiaohang et al. (2004) Syntaxin-1A binds the nucleotide-binding folds of sulphonylurea receptor 1 to regulate the KATP channel. J Biol Chem 279:4234-40
Leung, Yuk M; Kang, Youhou; Gao, Xiaodong et al. (2003) Syntaxin 1A binds to the cytoplasmic C terminus of Kv2.1 to regulate channel gating and trafficking. J Biol Chem 278:17532-8
MacDonald, Patrick E; Wang, Guotang; Tsuk, Sharon et al. (2002) Synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kilodaltons modulates Kv2.1 voltage-dependent K(+) channels in neuroendocrine islet beta-cells through an interaction with the channel N terminus. Mol Endocrinol 16:2452-61
Ji, Junzhi; Yang, Shao-Nian; Huang, Xiaohang et al. (2002) Modulation of L-type Ca(2+) channels by distinct domains within SNAP-25. Diabetes 51:1425-36
Kang, Y; Huang, X; Pasyk, E A et al. (2002) Syntaxin-3 and syntaxin-1A inhibit L-type calcium channel activity, insulin biosynthesis and exocytosis in beta-cell lines. Diabetologia 45:231-41
Ji, Junzhi; Tsuk, Sharon; Salapatek, Anne Marie F et al. (2002) The 25-kDa synaptosome-associated protein (SNAP-25) binds and inhibits delayed rectifier potassium channels in secretory cells. J Biol Chem 277:20195-204
Gaisano, Herbert Y; Ostenson, Claes-Goran; Sheu, Laura et al. (2002) Abnormal expression of pancreatic islet exocytotic soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors in Goto-Kakizaki rats is partially restored by phlorizin treatment and accentuated by high glucose treatment. Endocrinology 143:4218-26
Huang, X; Kang, Y H; Pasyk, E A et al. (2001) Ca(2+) influx and cAMP elevation overcame botulinum toxin A but not tetanus toxin inhibition of insulin exocytosis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 281:C740-50