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dc.contributor.advisor황은숙-
dc.contributor.author정미경-
dc.creator정미경-
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-23T16:31:03Z-
dc.date.available2023-08-23T16:31:03Z-
dc.date.issued2023-
dc.identifier.otherOAK-000000205508-
dc.identifier.urihttps://dcollection.ewha.ac.kr/common/orgView/000000205508en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.ewha.ac.kr/handle/2015.oak/265557-
dc.description.abstractTAZ는 다양한 조직과 세포에서 발현되는 전사보조인자로서 세포 증식, 생존 및 분화 조절을 통해 조직의 분화, 재생과 회복에 중요하다. TAZ는 프롤린이 반복된 아미노산 배열 부위와 결합하여 그 부위를 갖는 다양한 전사 인자의 전사 활성을 조절한다. 다양한 조직에서의 특이적 TAZ의 역할이 잘 알려져 있으나, 췌장조직에서의 기능은 알려지지 않다. 본 연구에서는 췌장 특이적 TAZ 결핍 마우스를 제작하고 연구하여 췌장에서 TAZ 기능을 규명하였다. TAZ는 췌장, 특히 췌도세포에서 발현되었으며, TAZ 유전자 결손은 췌장의 구조적 이상과 더불어 노화에 따른 인슐린 생성을 감소시켜 고혈당증을 유발하였다. 기전 연구를 통해, TAZ 단백질이 인슐린 생성에 필수적인 유전전사인자 PDX1(pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1)과 결합하여 인슐린 프로모터와의 DNA 결합을 증가시켜 전사 활성을 증가시킴을 규명하였다. 또한, 췌장 특이적 TAZ 유전자 결손 시, 고혈당증과 인슐린 감소가 재확인되었으며, 고지방식이에 의한 당뇨 초기 증세인 고혈당증 및 인슐린 저항성이 증가하였음을 확인하였다. 결과적으로, TAZ가 췌장의 췌도세포에서 발현되고 있으며 TAZ의 발현은 PDX1의 상호작용을 통해 인슐린을 생성하는데 필수적임을 규명하였고, 이러한 결과는 인슐린 감소 및 저항성으로 인한 제1, 2형 당뇨병을 치료하는 데 활용할 수 있음을 시사한다.;Transcriptional co-activator with PDZ binding motif (TAZ) is ubiquitously expressed in embryonic and adult tissues and plays critical roles in organ development, tissue repair, and regeneration through the regulation of cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. TAZ interacts with several transcription factors that include P-rich motif and modulates their transcriptional activities. Despite the importance of TAZ in many tissues, it is not clear whether TAZ plays a role in pancreas. Here, we studied TAZ functions in the pancreas by establishing and characterizing the pancreas-specific TAZ knockout (KO) mouse. TAZ was expressed in the pancreas, in particular, islets, and its deficiency displayed structural abnormality of the pancreas and decreased insulin production upon aging. TAZ-null mice exhibited decreased level of insulin and expressed lower levels of pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1 (PDX1). Protein-protein interaction assay identified novel interaction between PDX1 and TAZ and their interaction required N-terminal domain of TAZ and increased the PDX1-induced insulin promoter activity. While exogenous TAZ overexpression potentiated the DNA activity of PDX1, TAZ deficiency diminished PDX1-binding to insulin gene promoter. Pancreas-specific TAZ deletion (TAZ P-KO) caused aberrant pancreatic function, which was further aggravated by high fat diet administration. TAZ P-KO mice developed hyperglycemia and diabetes-related insulin resistance. Our results suggest that TAZ plays a crucial role in the production of insulin by pancreatic islets and may have beneficial effect for controlling type I and II diabetes.-
dc.description.tableofcontentsII. Introduction 1. Schematic structure and mode of action of TAZ 1 2. Type I and II Diabetes Mellitus 4 3. Insulin maturation process 6 4. Schematic structure of PDX1 and its mutations related to diabetes 8 5. Insulin-producing cell differentiation forms MSC cells 11 III. Materials and Methods 1. Animals 13 2. Cell culture 14 3. Antibody 15 4. Plasmid DNA cloning 16 5. Bodiypy staining 19 6. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation 20 7. DNA pull down assay 22 8. Enhanced-linked immunosorbent assay 24 9. Glucose &Insulin Tolerance 25 10. High Fat Diet 26 11. Insulin production cell differentiation 27 12. Immunohistochemistry 28 13. Immunoprecipitation 29 14. Pancreatic islet isolation 30 15. Retroviral transduction& Polymerase Chain Reaction 31 16. Retroviral transduction 33 17. Reporter gene assay 34 18. Statistical analysis 35 II. Results 1. TAZ localized to the nucleus in a glucose-dependent manner 36 2. TAZ is expressed in pancreatic islets, and TAZ deletion induced destruction of islets 38 3. The TAZ defect indicated weight loss and glucose tolerance 40 4. A pancreatic-specific TAZ defect destroyed the structure of the islet 42 5. Age-related weight gain and hyperglycemia were caused by pancreatic-specific TAZ deficiency 44 6. Glucose intolerance occurred in TAZ P-KO 46 7. Expression of Insulin and PDX1 reduced in TAZ P-KO pancreatic islets 48 8. TAZ had a physiological interaction with PDX1 50 9. Endogenous TAZ and PDX1 had a direct interaction in the pancreas 52 10. The expression of PDX1 and TAZ increased insulin promoter activity 54 11. The 1-163aa truncated form of TAZ interacted with PDX1 and this binding increased insulin promoter activity 50 12. The N-terminus of TAZ interacted with PDX1 to enhance insulin promoter activity 59 13. The DNA binding domain of PDX1 interacts with the TAZ, and this binding regulates the transcriptional activity of the insulin promoter 61 14. The DNA binding of PDX1 increased by TAZ 64 15. The DNA binding activity of PDX1 decreased by TAZ deletion 66 16. The expression of TAZ increased pancreatic β-cell markers 68 17. TAZ elevated the DNA binding of PDX1 to the insulin gene promoter 70 18. The primary islet of the TAZ PKO was an abnormal structure 72 19. In TAZ-deficient pancreatic islets, β-cell markers decreased, and α-cell markers increased 74 20. Insulin production was reduced by TAZ deletion 76 21. Differentiation of insulin-producing cells was induced by the stable expression of PDX1 and TAZ 78 22. Insulin production was enhanced by stable expression of TAZ and PDX1 in C3H10T1/2 cells 80 23. The stable expression of TAZ enhanced the promoter activity of insulin 82 24. PDX1-dependent insulin promoter activity was reduced by TAZ knockdown 84 25. HFD-induced diabetes worsened rapidly in TAZ P-KO 86 26. Glucose and insulin intolerance aggravated in TAZ P-KO fed HFD 88 27. TAZ P-KO induced by HFD showed severe structural destruction and insulin reduction in islets 90 28. In the TAZ P-KO, fat accumulation increased due to HFD 92 III. Discussion 94 IV. References 97 V. 국문초록 102-
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dc.languageeng-
dc.publisher이화여자대학교 대학원-
dc.subjectTAZ, Pancreatic Funtion-
dc.subject.ddc600-
dc.titleAn Essential Role of TAZ in Pancreatic Function-
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis-
dc.format.pagexi, 106 p.-
dc.identifier.thesisdegreeDoctor-
dc.identifier.major대학원 약학과-
dc.date.awarded2023. 8-
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