A δ-cell subpopulation with pro-β cell identity contributes to efficient age-independent recovery in a zebrafish diabetes model

Abstract

Restoring damaged b-cells in diabetic patients by harnessing the plasticity of other pancreatic cells raises the questions of the efficiency of the process and of the functionality of the new Insulin-expressing cells. To overcome the weak regenerative capacity of mammals, we used regeneration-prone zebrafish to study b-cells arising following destruction. We show that most new insulin cells differ from the original b-cells as they coexpress Somatostatin and Insulin. These bihormonal cells are abundant, functional and able to normalize glycemia. Their formation in response to b-cell destruction is fast, efficient and age-independent. Bihormonal cells are transcriptionally close to a subset of d-cells that we identified in control islets and which are characterized by the expression of somatostatin 1.1 (sst1.1) and by genes essential for glucose-induced Insulin secretion in β-cells such as pdx1, slc2a2 and gck. We observed in vivo the conversion of monohormonal sst1.1-expressing cells to sst1.1+ ins+ bihormonal cells following b-cell destruction. Our findings support the conclusion that sst1.1 d-cells possess a pro-b identity enabling them to contribute to the neogenesis of Insulin-producing cells during regeneration. This work unveils that abundant and functional bihormonal cells benefit to diabetes recovery in zebrafish.

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  1. Claudio Andrés Carril Pardo

    Zebrafish Development and Disease Models laboratory, GIGA-Stem Cells, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  2. Laura Massoz

    Zebrafish Development and Disease Models laboratory, GIGA-Stem Cells, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  3. Marie A Dupont

    Zebrafish Development and Disease Models laboratory, GIGA-Stem Cells, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  4. David Bergemann

    Zebrafish Development and Disease Models laboratory, GIGA-Stem Cells, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  5. Jordane Bourdouxhe

    Zebrafish Development and Disease Models laboratory, GIGA-Stem Cells, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  6. Arnaud Lavergne

    GIGA-Genomics core facility, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  7. Estefania Tarifeño-Saldivia

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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  8. Christian SM Helker

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  9. Didier YR Stainier true

    Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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    Didier YR Stainier, Senior editor, eLife.
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  10. Bernard Peers

    Zebrafish Development and Disease Models laboratory, GIGA-Stem Cells, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  11. Marianne M Voz

    Zebrafish Development and Disease Models laboratory, GIGA-Stem Cellslls, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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  12. Isabelle Manfroid

    Zebrafish Development and Disease Models laboratory, GIGA-Stem Cells, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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    Isabelle.Manfroid@uliege.be
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Funding

Chilean National Agency for Research and Development , Becas Chile (Scholarship,72170660)

  • Claudio Andrés Carril Pardo

National Belgian Funds for Scientific Research (FRIA PhD fellowship)

  • Arnaud Lavergne

National Belgian Funds for Scientific Research (FRIA PhD fellowship)

  • Laura Massoz

National Belgian Funds for Scientific Research (EoS Program,30826052)

  • Marie A Dupont

National Belgian Funds for Scientific Research (FRIA PhD fellowship)

  • David Bergemann

National Belgian Funds for Scientific Research (EoS Program,30826052)

  • Jordane Bourdouxhe

European Regional Development Fund (Biomed Hub Technology Support,2.2.1/996)

  • Arnaud Lavergne

National Belgian Funds for Scientific Research

  • Bernard Peers

National Belgian Funds for Scientific Research

  • Isabelle Manfroid

National Belgian Funds for Scientific Research

  • Marianne M Voz

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Reviewing Editor

  1. Lori Sussel, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All experiments were carried out in compliance with the European Union and Belgian law and with the approval of the ULiège Ethical Committee for experiments with laboratory animals (approval numbers 14-1662, 16-1872, 19-2083, 21-2353).

Version history

  1. Received: February 15, 2021
  2. Preprint posted: June 24, 2021 (view preprint)
  3. Accepted: January 20, 2022
  4. Accepted Manuscript published: January 21, 2022 (version 1)
  5. Version of Record published: February 7, 2022 (version 2)

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© 2022, Carril Pardo et al.

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  1. Claudio Andrés Carril Pardo
  2. Laura Massoz
  3. Marie A Dupont
  4. David Bergemann
  5. Jordane Bourdouxhe
  6. Arnaud Lavergne
  7. Estefania Tarifeño-Saldivia
  8. Christian SM Helker
  9. Didier YR Stainier true
  10. Bernard Peers
  11. Marianne M Voz
  12. Isabelle Manfroid
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A δ-cell subpopulation with pro-β cell identity contributes to efficient age-independent recovery in a zebrafish diabetes model
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