GLP-1R associates with VAPB and SPHKAP at ERMCSs to regulate β-cell mitochondrial remodelling and function

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • Gregory Austin - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Affiong I Oqua - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Liliane El Eid - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Mingli Zhu - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Yusman Manchanda - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Priyanka Peres - , University of Cambridge (Autor:in)
  • Helena Coyle - , University of Cambridge (Autor:in)
  • Yelyzaveta Poliakova - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Zhanna Balkhiyarova - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Karim Bouzakri - , Centre européen d'étude du Diabète (CeeD) (Autor:in)
  • Alex Montoya - , University College London (Autor:in)
  • Dominic J Withers - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Michele Solimena - , Molekulare Diabetologie, Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V. (Autor:in)
  • Ben Jones - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Steven J Millership - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Steffen Burgold - , Carl Zeiss AG (Autor:in)
  • David C A Gaboriau - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)
  • Endre Majorovits - , Carl Zeiss AG (Autor:in)
  • Evelyn Garlick - , Abberior Instruments GmbH (Autor:in)
  • Maria Augusta do R B F Lima - , Abberior Instruments GmbH (Autor:in)
  • Inga Prokopenko - , University of Surrey (Autor:in)
  • Jonathon Nixon-Abell - , University of Cambridge (Autor:in)
  • Andreas Müller - , Molekulare Diabetologie, Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID) des Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) e.V. (Autor:in)
  • Alejandra Tomas - , Imperial College London (Autor:in)

Abstract

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists (GLP-1RAs) ameliorate mitochondrial health by increasing mitochondrial turnover in metabolically relevant tissues. Mitochondrial adaptation to metabolic stress is crucial to maintain pancreatic β-cell function and prevent type 2 diabetes (T2D) progression. While the GLP-1R is well-known to stimulate cAMP production leading to Protein Kinase A (PKA) and Exchange Protein Activated by cyclic AMP 2 (Epac2) activation, there is a lack of understanding of the molecular mechanisms linking GLP-1R signalling with mitochondrial and β-cell functional adaptation. Here, we present a comprehensive study in β-cell lines and primary islets that demonstrates that, following GLP-1RA stimulation, GLP-1R-positive endosomes associate with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane contact site (MCS) tether VAPB at ER-mitochondria MCSs (ERMCSs), where active GLP-1R engages with SPHKAP, an A-kinase anchoring protein (AKAP) previously linked to T2D and adiposity risk in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The inter-organelle complex formed by endosomal GLP-1R, ER VAPB and SPHKAP triggers a pool of ERMCS-localised cAMP/PKA signalling via the formation of a PKA-RIα biomolecular condensate which leads to changes in mitochondrial contact site and cristae organising system (MICOS) complex phosphorylation, mitochondrial remodelling, and β-cell functional adaptation, with important consequences for the regulation of β-cell insulin secretion and survival to stress.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer11010
FachzeitschriftNature communications
Jahrgang16
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 10 Dez. 2025
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMedCentral PMC12696101
Scopus 105024467345

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism, Mitochondria/metabolism, Animals, Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism, Humans, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor/metabolism, Vesicular Transport Proteins/metabolism, Mice, A Kinase Anchor Proteins/metabolism, Endosomes/metabolism, Signal Transduction, Male, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Rats, Cell Line, Mitochondria Associated Membranes