Zayana M Al-Dahmani, Xiaogang Li, Lucas M Wiggenhauser, Hannes Ott, Paul D Kruithof, Sergey Lunev, Fernando A Batista, Yang Luo, Amalia M Dolga, Nicholas M Morton, Matthew R Groves, Jens Kroll, Harry van Goor
Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase (TST, EC 2.8.1.1), also known as Rhodanese, was initially discovered as a cyanide detoxification enzyme. However, it was recently also found to be a genetic predictor of resistance to obesity-related type 2 diabetes. Diabetes type 2 is characterized by progressive loss of adequate β-cell insulin secretion and onset of insulin resistance with increased insulin demand, which contributes to the development of hyperglycemia. Diabetic complications have been replicated in adult hyperglycemic zebrafish, including retinopathy, nephropathy, impaired wound healing, metabolic memory, and sensory axonal degeneration...
July 15, 2022: Scientific Reports