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Abstract Title:

Commiphora myrrha stimulates insulin secretion fromβ-cells through activation of atypical protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein kinase.

Abstract Source:

J Ethnopharmacol. 2023 Feb 10 ;302(Pt B):115937. Epub 2022 Nov 19. PMID: 36410575

Abstract Author(s):

Altaf Al-Romaiyan, Willias Masocha, Sunday Oyedemi, Sulaiman K Marafie, Guo-Cai Huang, Peter M Jones, Shanta J Persaud

Article Affiliation:

Altaf Al-Romaiyan

Abstract:

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Ayurvedic medicine has been used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus for centuries. In Arabia and some areas of Africa, Commiphora myrrha (CM) has been extensively used as a plant-based remedy. We have previously shown that an aqueous CM resin solution directly stimulates insulin secretion from MIN6 cells, a mouseβ-cell line, and isolated mouse and human islets. However, the signaling pathways involved in CM-induced insulin secretion are completely unknown. Insulin secretion is normally triggered by elevations in intracellular Ca([Ca]) through voltage gated Cachannels (VGCC) and activation of protein kinases. Protein and lipid kinases such as protein kinase A (PKA), Ca-calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks), protein kinase C (PKC) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), specifically extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2), may be involved in receptor-operated insulin secretion. Therefore, we hypothesized that CM may induce insulin secretion by modulating the activity of VGCC and/or one or more of the above kinases.

AIM OF THE STUDY: To investigate the possible molecular mechanism of action of CM-induced insulin secretion. The effects of aqueous CM resin extract on [Ca]and protein kinase activation fromβ-cells were examined.

METHODS: The effect of aqueous CM resin solution on [Ca]was assessed using Camicrofluorimetry. The involvement of VGCC in CM-induced insulin secretion was investigated using static and perifusion insulin secretion experiments in the presence of either EGTA, a Cachelator, or nifedipine, a blocker of VGCC. The involvement of kinase activation in the stimulatory effect of CM on insulin secretion was examined by using static and perifusion insulin secretion experiments in the presence of known pharmacological inhibitors and/or downregulation of specific kinases. The effects of CM on phosphorylation of PKCζand ERK1/2 were also assessed using the Wes™capillary-based protein electrophoresis.

RESULTS: Camicrofluorimetry measurements showed that exposing MIN6 cells to CM (0.5-2 mg/mL) was not associated with changes in [Ca]. Similarly, incubating MIN6 cells and mouse islets with EGTA and nifedipine, respectively, did not attenuate the insulin secretion induced by CM. However, incubating mouse and human islets with CM in the presence of staurosporine, a non-selective protein kinase inhibitor, completely blocked the effect of CM on insulin secretion. Exposing mouse islets to CM in the presence of H89, KN62 and LY294002, inhibitors of PKA, CaMKII and PI3K, respectively, did not reduce CM-induced insulin secretion. However, incubating mouse and human islets with CM in the presence of Ro 31-8220, a pan-PKC inhibitor, diminished insulin secretion stimulated by CM, whereas inhibiting the action of typical PKC (with Go6976) and PLCβ(with U73122) did not affect CM-stimulated insulin secretion. Similarly, downregulating typical and novel PKC by chronic exposure of mouse islets to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) was also not associated with a decrease in the stimulatory effect of CM on insulin secretion. Interestingly, CM-induced insulin secretion from mouse islets was inhibited in the presence of the PKCζinhibitor ZIP and a MAPK inhibitor PD 98059. In addition, Wes™capillary-based protein electrophoresis indicated that expression of the phosphorylated forms of PKCζand ERK1/2, a MAPK, was significantly increased following exposure of INS-1832/13 cells, a rat insulinoma cell line, to CM.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that CM directly stimulates insulin secretion through activating known downstream effectors of insulin-stimulus secretion coupling. Indeed, the increase in insulin secretion seen with CM is independent of changes in [Ca]and does not involve activation of VGCC. Instead, the CM stimulatory effect on insulin secretion is completely dependent on protein kinase activation. Our findings indicate that CM could induce insulin exocytosis by stimulating the phosphorylation and activation of PKCζ, which in turn phosphorylates and activates ERK1/2.

Study Type : In Vitro Study

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