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CD81 marks immature and dedifferentiated pancreatic β-cells.

Mol. Metab. 49:101188 (2021)
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OBJECTIVE: Islets of Langerhans contain heterogeneous populations of insulin-producing β-cells. Surface markers and respective antibodies for isolation, tracking, and analysis are urgently needed to study β-cell heterogeneity and explore the mechanisms to harness the regenerative potential of immature β-cells. METHODS: We performed single-cell mRNA profiling of early postnatal mouse islets and re-analyzed several single-cell mRNA sequencing datasets from mouse and human pancreas and islets. We used mouse primary islets, iPSC-derived endocrine cells, Min6 insulinoma, and human EndoC-βH1 β-cell lines and performed FAC sorting, Western blotting, and imaging to support and complement the findings from the data analyses. RESULTS: We found that all endocrine cell types expressed the cluster of differentiation 81 (CD81) during pancreas development, but the expression levels of this protein were gradually reduced in β-cells during postnatal maturation. Single-cell gene expression profiling and high-resolution imaging revealed an immature signature of β-cells expressing high levels of CD81 (CD81high) compared to a more mature population expressing no or low levels of this protein (CD81low/-). Analysis of β-cells from different diabetic mouse models and in vitro β-cell stress assays indicated an upregulation of CD81 expression levels in stressed and dedifferentiated β-cells. Similarly, CD81 was upregulated and marked stressed human β-cells in vitro. CONCLUSIONS: We identified CD81 as a novel surface marker that labels immature, stressed, and dedifferentiated β-cells in the adult mouse and human islets. This novel surface marker will allow us to better study β-cell heterogeneity in healthy subjects and diabetes progression.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Cd81 ; Dedifferentiation ; Heterogeneity ; Immature ; Maturation ; β-cells; Insulin-secretion; Maturation; Expression; Establishment; Islets; Line; Heterogeneity; Plasticity; Triggers; Dynamics
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2212-8778
e-ISSN 2212-8778
Quellenangaben Volume: 49, Issue: , Pages: , Article Number: 101188 Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Publishing Place Amsterdam
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Grants Deutsches Zentrum fur Diabetesforschung (DZD)
HelmholtzGemeinschaft (Helmholtz Portfolio Theme Metabolic Dysfunction and Common Disease)