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ArticleBiochemical pharmacology2017

High-throughput screening and bioinformatic analysis to ascertain compounds that prevent saturated fatty acid-induced β-cell apoptosis.

Seung-Hee Lee, Daniel Cunha, Carlo Piermarocchi, Giovanni Paternostro, Anthony Pinkerton, Laurence Ladriere, Piero Marchetti, Decio L Eizirik, Miriam Cnop, Fred Levine

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Article in Biochemical pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Seung-Hee LeeSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Daniel CunhaULB Center for Diabetes Research, Medical Faculty, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
Carlo PiermarocchiDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Giovanni PaternostroSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Anthony PinkertonSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Laurence LadriereULB Center for Diabetes Research, Medical Faculty, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
Piero MarchettiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Decio L EizirikULB Center for Diabetes Research, Medical Faculty, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
Miriam CnopULB Center for Diabetes Research, Medical Faculty, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium; Division of Endocrinology, Erasmus Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
Fred LevineSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: flevine@sbpdiscovery.org.
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BEDiscovery Institute · USSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · USErasmus Hospital · BEMichigan State University · USUniversity of Pisa · IT

Funding

Data-driven models of hematological cell fate decision and differentiationR01GM122085 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PIERMAROCCHI, CARLO · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic β-cell lipotoxicity is a central feature of the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. To study the mechanism by which fatty acids cause β-cell death and develop novel approaches to prevent it, a high-throughput screen on the β-cell line INS1 was carried out. The cells were exposed to palmitate to induce cell death and compounds that reversed palmitate-induced cytotoxicity were ascertained. Hits from the screen were analyzed by an increasingly more stringent testing funnel, ending with studies on primary human islets treated with palmitate. MAP4K4 inhibitors, which were not part of the screening libraries but were ascertained by a bioinformatics analysis, and the endocannabinoid anandamide were effective at inhibiting palmitate-induced apoptosis in INS1 cells as well as primary rat and human islets. These targets could serve as the starting point for the development of therapeutics for type 2 diabetes.

Indexed as

Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsAnimalsApoptosisCell LineCells, CulturedClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesComputational BiologyEnzyme InhibitorsFatty Acids, NonesterifiedFemaleHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulin-Secreting CellsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsIslets of LangerhansClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesEnzyme InhibitorsFatty Acids, NonesterifiedHypoglycemic AgentsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMAP4K4 protein, humanPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsPIK3CB protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRecombinant ProteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesBeta-cellDiabetesIsletLipotoxicity

Identifiers

PMID28522407
PMCPMC9093020
OpenAlexW2614899983

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