title: Mint1, a Munc-18-interacting protein, is expressed in insulin-secreting beta-cells.
abstract: Munc-18-interacting (Mint) proteins are adaptors involved in regulation of synaptic vesicle exocytosis. We have investigated expression and cellular localization of Mint1 in pancreatic islets with special reference to insulin-secreting beta-cells. Western blotting showed that Mint1 was expressed in hamster (HIT-T15) and rat (RINm5F) beta-cell lines. Mint1 immunoreactivity was preferentially localized to the periphery of individual islet cells. RT-PCR analysis revealed that apart from Mint1, RINm5F cells and rat islets also transcribed the mRNAs for Mint2 and Mint3. Expression of Mint proteins in pancreatic beta-cells suggests a functional role for these proteins in insulin granule exocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lilja
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bark
authors.forename: Per-Olof
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Berggren
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meister
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C513071:Apba1 protein, rat; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins