Kinase Signaling in Apoptosis Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids in Pancreatic β-Cells

Šrámek, Jan; Němcová-Fürstová, Vlasta; Kovář, Jan

doi:10.3390/ijms17091400

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Kinase Signaling in Apoptosis Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids in Pancreatic β-Cells

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Jan Šrámek

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Vlasta Němcová-Fürstová

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Jan Kovář

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Division of Cell and Molecular Biology & Center for Research of Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Ruská 87, Prague 11000, Czech Republic

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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17(9), 1400; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17091400

Submission received: 21 July 2016 / Revised: 18 August 2016 / Accepted: 22 August 2016 / Published: 12 September 2016

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Kinase Signal Transduction)

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Pancreatic β-cell failure and death is considered to be one of the main factors responsible for type 2 diabetes. It is caused by, in addition to hyperglycemia, chronic exposure to increased concentrations of fatty acids, mainly saturated fatty acids. Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis induction by saturated fatty acids in β-cells are not completely clear. It has been proposed that kinase signaling could be involved, particularly, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), protein kinase C (PKC), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and Akt kinases and their pathways. In this review, we discuss these kinases and their signaling pathways with respect to their possible role in apoptosis induction by saturated fatty acids in pancreatic β-cells.

Keywords: c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK); protein kinase C (PKC); p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK); extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK); Akt; fatty acids; pancreatic β-cell; apoptosis; diabetes

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Šrámek, J.; Němcová-Fürstová, V.; Kovář, J. Kinase Signaling in Apoptosis Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids in Pancreatic β-Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17, 1400. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17091400

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Šrámek J, Němcová-Fürstová V, Kovář J. Kinase Signaling in Apoptosis Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids in Pancreatic β-Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2016; 17(9):1400. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17091400

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Šrámek, Jan, Vlasta Němcová-Fürstová, and Jan Kovář. 2016. "Kinase Signaling in Apoptosis Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids in Pancreatic β-Cells" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17, no. 9: 1400. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17091400

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Šrámek, J., Němcová-Fürstová, V., & Kovář, J. (2016). Kinase Signaling in Apoptosis Induced by Saturated Fatty Acids in Pancreatic β-Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17(9), 1400. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17091400

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