Latif Rachdi, Alicia Maugein, Severine Pechberty, Mathieu Armanet, Juliette Hamroune, Philippe Ravassard, Stefano Marullo, Olivier Albagli, Raphael Scharfmann
Scientific reports 2020 Aug 10G protein-coupled receptors are seven transmembrane signaling molecules that are involved in a wide variety of physiological processes. They constitute a large protein family of receptors with almost 300 members detected in human pancreatic islet preparations. However, the functional role of these receptors in pancreatic islets is unknown in most cases. We generated a new stable human beta cell line from neonatal pancreas. This cell line, named ECN90 expresses both subunits (GABBR1 and GABBR2) of the metabotropic GABAB receptor compared to human islet. In ECN90 cells, baclofen, a specific GABAB receptor agonist, inhibits cAMP signaling causing decreased expression of beta cell-specific genes such as MAFA and PCSK1, and reduced insulin secretion. We next demonstrated that in primary human islets, GABBR2 mRNA expression is strongly induced under cAMP signaling, while GABBR1 mRNA is constitutively expressed. We also found that induction and activation of the GABAB receptor in human islets modulates insulin secretion.
Latif Rachdi, Alicia Maugein, Severine Pechberty, Mathieu Armanet, Juliette Hamroune, Philippe Ravassard, Stefano Marullo, Olivier Albagli, Raphael Scharfmann. Regulated expression and function of the GABAB receptor in human pancreatic beta cell line and islets. Scientific reports. 2020 Aug 10;10(1):13469
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