Cx36 is a Target of Beta2/NeuroD1, Which Associates with Prenatal Differentiation of Insulin-producing β Cells

Overview

Journal J Membr Biol

Date 2012 Jun 26

PMID 22729650

Citations 6

Authors

Rachel Nlend Nlend

Aouatef Ait-Lounis

Florent Allagnat

Valentina Cigliola

Anne Charollais

Walter Reith

Jacques-Antoine Haefliger

Paolo Meda

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Abstract

The insulin-producing β cells of pancreatic islets are coupled by connexin36 (Cx36) channels. To investigate what controls the expression of this connexin, we have investigated its pattern during mouse pancreas development, and the influence of three transcription factors that are critical for β-cell development and differentiation. We show that (1) the Cx36 gene (Gjd2) is activated early in pancreas development and is markedly induced at the time of the surge of the transcription factors that determine β-cell differentiation; (2) the cognate protein is detected about a week later and is selectively expressed by β cells throughout the prenatal development of mouse pancreas; (3) a 2-kbp fragment of the Gjd2 promoter, which contains three E boxes for the binding of the bHLH factor Beta2/NeuroD1, ensures the expression of Cx36 by β cells; and (4) Beta2/NeuroD1 binds to these E boxes and, in the presence of the E47 ubiquitous cofactor, transactivates the Gjd2 promoter. The data identify Cx36 as a novel early marker of β cells and as a target of Beta2/NeuroD1, which is essential for β-cell development and differentiation.

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