Abstract
The olfactory marker protein (OMP), which is also expressed in nonolfactory tissues, plays a role in regulating the kinetics and termination of olfactory transduction. Thus, we hypothesized that OMP may play a similar role in modulating the secretion of hormones involved in Ca2+ and cAMP signaling, such as glucagon. In the present study, we confirmed nonolfactory α-cell-specific OMP expression in human and mouse pancreatic islets as well as in the murine α-cell line αTC1.9. Glucagon and OMP expression increased under hyperglycemic conditions. Omp knockdown in hyperglycemic αTC1.9 cells using small-interfering RNA (siRNA) reduced the responses to glucagon release and the related signaling pathways compared with the si-negative control. The OMPlox/lox;GCGcre/w mice expressed basal glucagon levels similar to those in the wild-type OMPlox/lox mice but showed resistance against streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia. The ectopic olfactory signaling events in pancreatic α-cells suggest that olfactory receptor pathways could be therapeutic targets for reducing excessive glucagon levels.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1502-1510 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Experimental and Molecular Medicine |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 Sept |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We acknowledge Dr. Pedro Luis Herrera, Geneva University, Switzerland for providing glucagon Cre-mice for our studies. This research was supported by a grant from the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, South Korea (grant number: HR18C0012) and by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (grant number: 2020R1I1A1A01074357).
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Clinical Biochemistry