Supplementary Figure 1. Increased β cell mass and islet diameter in βtsc2 -/- mice up to 35 weeks A: Reconstruction of multiple anti-insulin immunofluorescence images showing differences in β cell mass between control and βtsc2 -/-, depending on age. B: Representative images of pancreatic islets isolated from 24 week old mice. C: Mean diameter of isolated islets in μm, represented as means per mice ± s.d. (n = 4), ***, P < 0.001. D: Frequency distribution of islet diameter (24 weeks old mice), represented as mean per mice ± s.d. (n = 4).
Supplementary Figure 2. Accumulation of FoxO1 positive nuclei in Tsc2-shRNA MIN6 cells A: MIN6 cells growing in full medium with the presence or the absence of rapamycin 20 nm were subjected to western-blot. B: MIN6 cells were treated as in (A), and submitted to immunofluorescence with anti- FoxO1 antibody. Nuclei were visualized by DAPI staining and UV illumination. Representative confocal microscopy images are shown.
Supplementary Figure 3. Accumulation of ubiquitin-protein aggregates in βtsc2 -/- islets A: Islet protein extracts were blotted with anti-ubiquitin antibody (P4D1), densitometric quantification is shown, represented as means ± s.d. (n = 2), *, P < 0.05. B: Pancreatic sections were subjected to IHC with antiubiquitin FK2 antibody. Further incubation with anti-insulin antibodies was carried on to confirm β cell identity of positive stained regions, indicated with white arrows. C: Normal rabbit IgG was used as negative control for IHC.
Supplementary Figure 4. Impaired autophagic response to glucose deprivation in βtsc2 -/- islets and tunicamycin treated Tsc2-shRNA MIN6 cells. A: MIN6 cells were subjected to tunicamycin 2 µg/ml stimulation during 20 h in the presence or absence of chloroquine (CQ, 10 µm). B: Isolated islets were stabilized overnight in RPMI 10% FBS and subsequently glucose starved during 20 h in the presence or absence of chloroquine 10 µm. Representative confocal microscopy images are shown. Quantification of LC3B positive puncta is shown, representing mean number per mice ± s.d (n = 3). C: Representative confocal microscopy image showing impaired LC3B puncta formation only in β cells of βtsc2 -/- islets D: Comparison of all experiments performed with LC3B puncta quantification, represented as number of punta/100 µm 2 or punta/cell. Statistically significant differences between control and βtsc2 -/- islets are indicated.scale bars represent 10 µm. *, P < 0.05, **, P < 0.01, ***, P < 0.001.
Supplementary Figure 5. Increased mitochondrial markers and accumulation of COX4/p62 positive structures in βtsc2 -/- islets A: Immunohistochemical analysis of pancreatic sections from 35 weeks old mice. Images show staining of mitochondrial proteins (COX4, TOM20, VDAC), increased in βtsc2 -/- islets. Further staining with anti-insulin (red) and anti-glucagon (green) was carried to assess identity of cells within the islet. B: Representative confocal microscopy immunofluorescence images of isolated islets (24-weeks old mice). Images show p62/sqstm1 (red) and COX4 (green) staining. Arrows indicate double positive structures. Nuclei were visualized by DAPI staining. C: Representative confocal microscope images from MIN6 cells stably expressing Tsc2 or scrambled shrna. 24 h rapamycin treatment was performed where indicated. D: Representative confocal microscopy immunofluorescence images of isolated islets (24-weeks old mice: Control, C; βtsc2 -/- vehicle treated, KO veh; βtsc2 -/- rapamycin treated, KO rapa). Images show p62/sqstm1 (red) and COX4 (green) Nuclei were visualized by DAPI staining (blue).
Supplementary Figure 6. Increased mitochondrial density and complexity in β cells of βtsc2 -/- mice Electron micrographs of pancreas embedded in epoxy resin from either 10-weeks or 35-weeks old control and βtsc2 -/- mice.
Supplementary Figure 7. Immunogold labeling A: Negative control (PBSG 1% BSA) B: Positive control (anti-insulin antibody) C: p62/sqstm labeling in 35-weeks old control mice. p62/sqstm seldom localizes in mitochondria, but often seen in autophagic vacuoles, or in cytoplasm. D: p62/sqstm labeling in 35-weeks old βtsc2 -/- mice. Boxed region is magnified in (E) p62/sqstm is frequently seen in mitochondria, particularly in membranes.
Supplementary Table 1. Antibodies. Akt Cell Signaling (#9272) P-Akt (Ser 474 ) Cell Signaling (#9271) ATF4 Santa Cruz (sc-200) β-actin (AC-74) Sigma-Aldrich (A5316) β-catenin Becton-Dickinson (610154) Bcl-2 Cell Signaling (#2876) BiP/Hspa5 (C50B12) Cell Signaling (#3177) Cleaved Caspase-3 Cell Signaling (#9661) Cebpb Santa Cruz (sc-150) CHOP/Ddit3 (B-3) Santa Cruz (sc-7351) Cox4 (3E11) Cell Signaling (#4850) Eif2a Cell Signaling (#9722) P-Eif2a (Ser 51 ) (119A11) Cell Signaling (#3597) P-Eif2ak3/PERK (Thr 981 ) Santa Cruz (sc-32577) FoxO1 (C29H4) Cell Signaling (#2880) P-FoxO1 (Thr 24 ) Cell Signaling (#9464) Glucagon Dako (A0565) Hsp60 Enzo Life Sci (SPA-807) Insulin Dako (A0564) LC3B Cell Signaling (#4108) Nitrotyrosine Merck-Millipore (06-284) p62/sqstm1 Progen (GP62) Pdx1 Merck-Millipore (07-696) S6 (5G10) Cell Signaling (#2217) P-S6 (Ser 235/236 ) Cell Signaling (#2211) Tom20 (F-10) Santa Cruz (sc-17764) Tom20 (FL-145) Santa Cruz (sc-11415) Tsc2 Cell Signaling (#3612) Ubiquitin (FK2) Enzo Life Sci (BML-PW0150) Ubiquitin (P4D1) Cell Signaling (#3936) VDAC Cell Signaling (#4866)
Supplementary Table 2. Oligonucleotides. Cloned into plko.1-neo 1.) For Tsc2 interference S: 5 -CCGGcccgatatgtgttctccaaCTCGAGttggagaacacatatcgggTTTTTG-3 AS: 5 -AATTCAAAAAcccgatatgtgttctccaaCTCGAGttggagaacacatatcggg-3 2.) Control (scrambled) S: 5 -CCGGcctaaggttaagtcgccctcgCTCGAGcgagggcgacttaaccttaggTTTTTG-3 AS: 5 -AATTCAAAAAcctaaggttaagtcgccctcgCTCGAGcgagggcgacttaaccttagg- 3 Nucleotides for the targeting region are displayed in lower case qpcr Cebpb Cyclophilin A Ddit3 Hspa5 S: 5 -ACCGGGTTTCGGGACTTGA-3 AS: 5 -GTTGCGTAGTCCCGTGTCCA-3 S: 5 - CAGACGCCACTGTCGCTTT-3 AS: 5 -TGTCTTTGGAACTTTGTCTGCAA-3 S: 5 -CCACCACACCTGAAAGCAGAA-3 AS: 5 -AGGTGAAAGGCAGGGACTCA-3 S: 5 -TGGAGTTCCCCAGATTGAAG-3 AS: 5 -CCTGACCCACCTTTTTCTCA-3 Genotyping Tsc2 loxp (ex. 3-4) S: 5 -GGTGTTGGAACTGAGCAGAT-3 AS: 5 -CAGCCTTGCCTGTATCTATG-3 Ins-Cre S: 5 - CCGCAGAACCTGAAGATGTTCGC -3 AS: 5 - CAGATTACGTATATCCTGGCAGCG -3