Affiliation:
1. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY
Abstract
Proinsulin is a misfolding-prone protein, making its biosynthesis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) a stressful event. Pancreatic β-cells overcome ER stress by activating the unfolded protein response (UPR) and reducing insulin production. This suggests that β-cells transition between periods of high insulin biosynthesis and UPR-mediated recovery from cellular stress. We now report the pseudotime ordering of single β-cells from humans without diabetes detected by large-scale RNA sequencing. We identified major states with 1) low UPR and low insulin gene expression, 2) low UPR and high insulin gene expression, or 3) high UPR and low insulin gene expression. The latter state was enriched for proliferating cells. Stressed human β-cells do not dedifferentiate and show little propensity for apoptosis. These data suggest that human β-cells transition between states with high rates of biosynthesis to fulfill the body’s insulin requirements to maintain normal blood glucose levels and UPR-mediated recovery from ER stress due to high insulin production.
Funder
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Subject
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Internal Medicine
Cited by
128 articles.
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