title: Diminished phosphodiesterase-8B potentiates biphasic insulin response to glucose.
abstract: cAMP activates multiple signal pathways, crucial for the pancreatic beta-cells function and survival and is a major potentiator of insulin release. A family of phosphodiesterases (PDEs) terminate the cAMP signals. We examined the expression of PDEs in rat beta-cells and their role in the regulation of insulin response. Using RT-PCR and Western blot analyses, we identified PDE3A, PDE3B, PDE4B, PDE4D, and PDE8B in rat islets and in INS-1E cells and several possible splice variants of these PDEs. Specific depletion of PDE3A with small interfering (si) RNA (siPDE3A) led to a small (67%) increase in the insulin response to glucose in INS-1E cells but not rat islets. siPDE3A had no effect on the glucagon-like peptide-1 (10 nmol/liter) potentiated insulin response in rat islets. Depletion in PDE8B levels in rat islets using similar technology (siPDE8B) increased insulin response to glucose by 70%, the potentiation being of similar magnitude during the first and second phase insulin release. The siPDE8B-potentiated insulin response was further increased by 23% when glucagon-like peptide-1 was included during the glucose stimulus. In conclusion, PDE8B is expressed in a small number of tissues unrelated to glucose or fat metabolism. We propose that PDE8B, an 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine-insensitive cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase, could prove a novel target for enhanced insulin response, affecting a specific pool of cAMP involved in the control of insulin granule trafficking and exocytosis. Finally, we discuss evidence for functional compartmentation of cAMP in pancreatic beta-cells.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Metabolism Service, Department of Medicine, Hadassah, The Hebrew University Medical Center, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Avital
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dov
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abramovitch
authors.forename: Nasim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Warwar
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nesher
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D054684:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 3 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007340:Insulinoma; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D054684:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 3; C527472:PDE8A protein, rat; C517290:Pde3a protein, rat; D005947:Glucose