TY - JOUR
T1 - A circular RNA generated from an intron of the insulin gene controls insulin secretion
AU - Stoll, Lisa
AU - Rodríguez-Trejo, Adriana
AU - Guay, Claudiane
AU - Brozzi, Flora
AU - Bayazit, Mustafa Bilal
AU - Gattesco, Sonia
AU - Menoud, Véronique
AU - Sobel, Jonathan
AU - Marques, Ana Claudia
AU - Venø, Morten Trillingsgaard
AU - Esguerra, Jonathan Lou S.
AU - Barghouth, Mohammad
AU - Suleiman, Mara
AU - Marselli, Lorella
AU - Kjems, Jørgen
AU - Eliasson, Lena
AU - Renström, Erik
AU - Bouzakri, Karim
AU - Pinget, Michel
AU - Marchetti, Piero
AU - Regazzi, Romano
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - Fine-tuning of insulin release from pancreatic β-cells is essential to maintain blood glucose homeostasis. Here, we report that insulin secretion is regulated by a circular RNA containing the lariat sequence of the second intron of the insulin gene. Silencing of this intronic circular RNA in pancreatic islets leads to a decrease in the expression of key components of the secretory machinery of β-cells, resulting in impaired glucose- or KCl-induced insulin release and calcium signaling. The effect of the circular RNA is exerted at the transcriptional level and involves an interaction with the RNA-binding protein TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43). The level of this circularized intron is reduced in the islets of rodent diabetes models and of type 2 diabetic patients, possibly explaining their impaired secretory capacity. The study of this and other circular RNAs helps understanding β-cell dysfunction under diabetes conditions, and the etiology of this common metabolic disorder.
AB - Fine-tuning of insulin release from pancreatic β-cells is essential to maintain blood glucose homeostasis. Here, we report that insulin secretion is regulated by a circular RNA containing the lariat sequence of the second intron of the insulin gene. Silencing of this intronic circular RNA in pancreatic islets leads to a decrease in the expression of key components of the secretory machinery of β-cells, resulting in impaired glucose- or KCl-induced insulin release and calcium signaling. The effect of the circular RNA is exerted at the transcriptional level and involves an interaction with the RNA-binding protein TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43). The level of this circularized intron is reduced in the islets of rodent diabetes models and of type 2 diabetic patients, possibly explaining their impaired secretory capacity. The study of this and other circular RNAs helps understanding β-cell dysfunction under diabetes conditions, and the etiology of this common metabolic disorder.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41467-020-19381-w
DO - 10.1038/s41467-020-19381-w
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33154349
AN - SCOPUS:85095425491
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 11
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
M1 - 5611
ER -