Insulin Crystallization Depends on Zinc Transporter Znt8 Expression, but Is Not Required for Normal Glucose Homeostasis in Mice
Insulin crystallization depends on zinc transporter ZnT8 expression, but is not required for normal glucose homeostasis in mice K. Lemairea,1, M. A. Ravierb,c,1, A. Schraenena, J. W. M. Creemersd, R. Van de Plase, M. Granvika, L. Van Lommela, E. Waelkensf, F. Chimientig, G. A. Rutterh, P. Gilonb, P. A. in’t Veldi, and F. C. Schuita,2 aGene Expression Unit, Department Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; bUnit of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Louvain, Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique de Louvain 55.30, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; cInstitut National de la Sante´et de la Recherche Me´dicale, U661, Equipe avenir, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unite´Mixte de Recherche 5203, Universite´Montpellier (IFR3), Institut de Ge´nomique Fonctionnelle, 34090 Montpellier, France; dDepartment of Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; eDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; fPrometa, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; gMellitech, SAS, Commissariat a` l’E´ nergie Atomique, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France; hDepartment of Cell Biology Division of Medicine Sir Alexander Fleming Building Imperial College, London Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; and iDepartment of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium Edited by Donald F. Steiner, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL and approved July 16, 2009 (received for review June 15, 2009) Zinc co-crystallizes with insulin in dense core secretory granules, extracellular space as well as transport of zinc from the cytosol but its role in insulin biosynthesis, storage and secretion is un- into intracellular organelles is mediated by 10 known isoforms of known.
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