The hypoxia response pathway and β‐cell function
Open Access
- 1 October 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
- Vol. 12 (s2), 159-167
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2010.01276.x
Abstract
β‐cells sense glucose and secrete appropriate amounts of insulin by coupling glucose uptake and glycolysis with quantitative ATP production via mitochondrial oxidative pathways. Therefore, oxidative phosphorylation is essential for normal β‐cell function. Multiple cell types adapt to hypoxia by inducing a transcriptional programme coordinated by the transcription factor hypoxia‐inducible factor (HIF). HIF activity is regulated by the von Hippel–Lindau (Vhl) protein, which targets the HIFα subunit for proteasomal degradation in the presence of oxygen. Several recent studies have shown that Vhl deletion in β‐cells results in Hif1α activation, impaired glucose‐stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and glucose intolerance. This was found to be because of alterations in β‐cell gene expression inducing a switch from aerobic glucose metabolism to anaerobic glycolysis, thus disrupting the GSIS triggering pathway. Situations in which islets may become hypoxic are discussed, in particular islet transplantation which has been reported to cause islet hypoxia because of an inadequate blood supply post‐transplant. Aside from this principal role for HIF in negatively regulating β‐cell glucose sensing, other aspects of hypoxia signalling are discussed including β‐cell differentiation, development and vascularization. In conclusion, recent studies clearly show that hypoxia response mechanisms can negatively impact on glucose sensing mechanisms in the β‐cell and this has the potential to impair β‐cell function in a number of physiological and clinical situations.Keywords
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