title: Role of mitochondria in beta-cell function and dysfunction.
abstract: Pancreatic beta-cells are poised to sense glucose and other nutrient secretagogues to regulate insulin exocytosis, thereby maintaining glucose homeostasis. This process requires translation of metabolic substrates into intracellular messengers recognized by the exocytotic machinery. Central to this metabolism-secretion coupling, mitochondria integrate and generate metabolic signals, thereby connecting glucose recognition to insulin exocytosis. In response to a glucose rise, nucleotides and metabolites are generated by mitochondria and participate, together with cytosolic calcium, to the stimulation of insulin release. This review describes the mitochondrion-dependent pathways of regulated insulin secretion. Mitochondrial defects, such as mutations and reactive oxygen species production, are discussed in the context of beta-cell failure that may participate to the etiology of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical Centre, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. pierre.maechler@unige.ch
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maechler
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casimir
authors.forename: Laurène
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vetterli
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frigerio
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brun
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007328:Insulin; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D009243:NAD; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase; D005947:Glucose