The Role of Lipoxygenase and Interleukin-6 on Islet β-cell Oxidative Stress and Dysfunction
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Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes (T1D/T2D) share a common etiology that involves an increase in oxidative stress that leads to dysfunction and subsequent β cell death. Lipoxygenases are enzymes that catalyze the oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to form lipid metabolites involved in a variety of biological functions including cellular oxidative stress response. On the other hand, Interleukin 6 (IL-6) signaling has been demonstrated to be protective in islets. In this study, we explored the effect of lipoxygenase enzymes 12-Lipoxygenase, 12/15 Lipoxygenase and IL-6 on β cell function and survival in mice using both STZ and high-fat diet (HFD) models of diabetes. Alox12-/- mice showed greater impairment in glucose tolerance following STZ and HFD compared to wild-type mice (WT), whereas Alox15-/- were protected against dysglycemia. These findings were accompanied by evidence of islet oxidative stress in Alox12-/- mice and reduced oxidative stress in Alox15-/- mice, consistent with alterations in the expression of antioxidant response enzymes in islets from these mice. Additionally, islets from Alox12-/- mice showed a compensatory increase in Alox15 gene expression and treatment of these mice with the 12/15-lipoxygenase inhibitor ML-351 rescued the dysglycemic phenotype. IL-6 was able to significantly attenuate the generation of reactive oxygen species by proinflammatory cytokines in human pancreatic islets. Furthermore, we find that IL-6 regulates the master antioxidant response protein NRF2. Collectively these results show that loss of Alox12 activates a compensatory increase in Alox15 that sensitizes β cells to oxidative stress and signaling by IL-6 is required for maximal antioxidant response under conditions of increased ROS formation, such as obesity.