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Xiaofeng Wang Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2R3

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Catherine B Chan Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2R3

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the context of diabetes mellitus, n-3 PUFAs have anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing functions ( Kalupahana et al . 2011 ). However, the effect of n-3 PUFAs on insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells is not well recognized. Defects in insulin

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Olivier Dumortier Université Côte d’Azur, Inserm, CNRS, IRCAN, Nice, France

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Gaia Fabris Université Côte d’Azur, Inserm, CNRS, IRCAN, Nice, France
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Didier F Pisani Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, LP2M, Nice, France

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Virginie Casamento Université Côte d’Azur, Inserm, CNRS, IRCAN, Nice, France

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Nadine Gautier Université Côte d’Azur, Inserm, CNRS, IRCAN, Nice, France

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Charlotte Hinault Université Côte d’Azur, CHU, Inserm, CNRS, IRCAN, Nice, France

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Patricia Lebrun Université Côte d’Azur, Inserm, CNRS, IRCAN, Nice, France

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Christophe Duranton Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, LP2M, Nice, France

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Michel Tauc Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, LP2M, Nice, France

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Stéphane Dalle INSERM U1191, Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF), CNRS UMR5203, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France

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Julie Kerr-Conte Translational Research for Diabetes, University of Lille, INSERM, CHRU Lille, Lille, France

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François Pattou Translational Research for Diabetes, University of Lille, INSERM, CHRU Lille, Lille, France

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Marc Prentki CRCHUM and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Departments of Nutrition and Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

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Emmanuel Van Obberghen Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, LP2M, Nice, France
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linked to insulin secretion has several exclusive features. First, glucose transport is not limiting for its metabolism, and it results in a rapid equilibrium between intracellular and extracellular glucose at all glycemic levels. The second particular

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Olivier Le Bacquer UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France

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Gurvan Queniat UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
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Valery Gmyr UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
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Julie Kerr-Conte UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
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Bruno Lefebvre UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France

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François Pattou UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
UMR859, INSERM UMR859, INSERM UMR837, CHU Lille, Faculty of Medicine, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France

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specific deletion of TSC2 in β-cells induced β-cell apoptosis and reduced insulin secretion, after a first phase of β-cell mass expansion ( Shigeyama et al . 2008 ). In the rat, l -leucine, an amino acid known to induce mTORC1 activation, negatively

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Sofianos Andrikopoulos Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Barbara C Fam Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Anita Holdsworth Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Sherley Visinoni Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Zheng Ruan Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Maria Stathopoulos Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Anne W Thorburn Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Christos N Joannides Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Michael Cancilla Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Lois Balmer Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia
Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Joseph Proietto Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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Grant Morahan Department of Medicine (AH), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The School of Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

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when there is failure of the β-cell to secrete adequate amounts of insulin ( Kahn 2003 , Andrikopoulos 2010 ). Glucose is the predominant nutrient for insulin secretion, which enters the β-cell via the glucose transporter GLUT-2 and gets phosphorylated

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Ida Alenkvist Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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Oleg Dyachok Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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Geng Tian Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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Jia Li Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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Saba Mehrabanfar Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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Yang Jin Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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Bryndis Birnir Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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Anders Tengholm Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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Michael Welsh Department of Medical Cell Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Box 571, Husargatan 3, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden

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. 2004 ), promoting β-cell survival, and from glucose ( Rondas et al . 2011 , 2012 , Arous et al . 2013 ), stimulating insulin secretion both in vitro and in vivo ( Cai et al . 2012 ). Absence of Shb has no effect on β-cell proliferation, but

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Astrid C Hauge-Evans Diabetes Research Group, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, 2.27 Henrietta Raphael Building, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK

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James Bowe Diabetes Research Group, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, 2.27 Henrietta Raphael Building, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK

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Zara J Franklin Diabetes Research Group, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, 2.27 Henrietta Raphael Building, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK

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Zoheb Hassan Diabetes Research Group, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, 2.27 Henrietta Raphael Building, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK

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Peter M Jones Diabetes Research Group, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, 2.27 Henrietta Raphael Building, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK

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all five receptors are expressed in the islets ( Ludvigsen et al . 2004 ). Results from studies using SSTR-deficient mice (SSTR1, SSTR2 or SSTR5) revealed changes in both basal and stimulated insulin secretion ( Strowski et al . 2000 , Wang et al

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Elena Zambrano Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

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Tonantzin Sosa-Larios Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

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Lizbeth Calzada Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

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Carlos A Ibáñez Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México

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Angélica Morales Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

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Sumiko Morimoto Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México

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multiple genes encoding proteins involved in insulin signaling, insulin secretion and intermediary metabolism ( Stern 2000 , Kahn et al . 2006 ). Regardless, the detrimental impact of diet-induced MO on the long-term health, adiposity and metabolism of

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Egberto Gaspar de Moura Laboratory of Secretion Cell Biology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, State University of Maringá, Block H67, Room 19, Colombo Avenue 5970, 87020-900 Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

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experimental procedure. Insulin secretion stimulation To adapt isolated islets to a baseline glucose concentration (5.6 mmol/l), they were preincubated for 60 min in 1 ml of normal Krebs–Ringer solution ((mmol/l): NaCl, 115; NaHCO 3 , 24; KCl, 1.6; MgCl6H 2 O

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Rosiane A Miranda Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Rosana Torrezan Department of Physiological Sciences, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil

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Júlio C de Oliveira Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, Brazil

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Luiz F Barella Molecular Signalling Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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Claudinéia C da Silva Franco Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil

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Patrícia C Lisboa Department of Physiological Sciences, Roberto Alcântara Gomes Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Egberto G Moura Department of Physiological Sciences, Roberto Alcântara Gomes Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Paulo C F Mathias Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil

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, producing hyperinsulinemia during fasting and feeding states ( Shafrir 1996 ). Why is glucose-induced insulin secretion upregulated in obese human beings and experimental animal models? Several hypotheses have been proposed. One hypothesis is largely

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Ikuo Kato Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Medical Research, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan

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Yuki Sato Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Medical Research, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan

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). This peptide belongs to the insulin, gastric intestinal peptide, and endocrine peptide family. Several studies have shown that preptin can enhance insulin secretion, while infusion of isolated pancreases with preptin antibodies significantly reduces

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