RGD Reference Report - Regulation of insulin signalling by hyperinsulinaemia: role of IRS-1/2 serine phosphorylation and the mTOR/p70 S6K pathway. - Rat Genome Database

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Regulation of insulin signalling by hyperinsulinaemia: role of IRS-1/2 serine phosphorylation and the mTOR/p70 S6K pathway.

Authors: Ueno, M  Carvalheira, JB  Tambascia, RC  Bezerra, RM  Amaral, ME  Carneiro, EM  Folli, F  Franchini, KG  Saad, MJ 
Citation: Ueno M, etal., Diabetologia. 2005 Mar;48(3):506-18. Epub 2005 Feb 4.
RGD ID: 1643026
Pubmed: PMID:15692808   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1007/s00125-004-1662-6   (Journal Full-text)

AIM/HYPOTHESIS: Several epidemiological studies have suggested an association between chronic hyperinsulinaemia and insulin resistance. However, the causality of this relationship remains uncertain. METHODS: We performed chronic hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamps and delineated, by western blotting, an IR/IRSs/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI[3]K)/Akt pathway in insulin-responsive tissues of hyperinsulinaemic rats. IRS-1/2 serine phosphorylation, IR/protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) association, and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/p70 ribosomal S6 kinase (p70 S6K) activity were also evaluated in the liver, skeletal muscle and white adipose tissue of hyperinsulinaemic animals. RESULTS: We found that chronic hyperinsulinaemic rats have insulin resistance and reduced levels of glycogen content in liver and muscle. In addition, we demonstrated an impairment of the insulin-induced IR/IRSs/PI3K/Akt pathway in liver and muscle of chronic hyperinsulinaemic rats that parallels increases in IRS1/2 serine phosphorylation, IR/PTP1B association and mTOR activity. Despite a higher association of IR/PTP1B, there was an increase in white adipose tissue of chronic hyperinsulinaemic rats in IRS-1/2 protein levels, tyrosine phosphorylation and IRSs/PI3K association, which led to an increase in basal Akt serine phosphorylation. No increases in IRS-1/2 serine phosphorylation and mTOR activity were observed in white adipose tissue. Rapamycin reversed the insulin resistance and the changes induced by hyperinsulinaemia in the three tissues studied. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: Our data provide evidence that chronic hyperinsulinaemia itself, imposed on normal rats, appears to have a dual effect, stimulating insulin signalling in white adipose tissue, whilst decreasing it in liver and muscle. The underlying mechanism of these differential effects may be related to the ability of hyperinsulinaemia to increase mTOR/p70 S6K pathway activity and IRS-1/2 serine phosphorylation in a tissue-specific fashion. In addition, we demonstrated that inhibition of the mTOR pathway with rapamycin can prevent insulin resistance caused by chronic hyperinsulinaemia in liver and muscle. These findings support the hypothesis that defective and tissue-selective insulin action contributes to the insulin resistance observed in hyperinsulinaemic states.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
hyperinsulinism  ISORps6kb1 (Rattus norvegicus)1643026protein:increased phosphorylation:liver and skeletal muscleRGD 
hyperinsulinism  IEP 1643026protein:increased phosphorylation:liver and skeletal muscleRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Rps6kb1  (ribosomal protein S6 kinase B1)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
RPS6KB1  (ribosomal protein S6 kinase B1)


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