RGD Reference Report - Insulin-stimulated protein kinase C lambda/zeta activity is reduced in skeletal muscle of humans with obesity and type 2 diabetes: reversal with weight reduction. - Rat Genome Database

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Insulin-stimulated protein kinase C lambda/zeta activity is reduced in skeletal muscle of humans with obesity and type 2 diabetes: reversal with weight reduction.

Authors: Kim, YB  Kotani, K  Ciaraldi, TP  Henry, RR  Kahn, BB 
Citation: Kim YB, etal., Diabetes. 2003 Aug;52(8):1935-42.
RGD ID: 1642650
Pubmed: PMID:12882908   (View Abstract at PubMed)

In humans with obesity or type 2 diabetes, insulin target tissues are resistant to many actions of insulin. The atypical protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms lambda and zeta are downstream of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) and are required for maximal insulin stimulation of glucose uptake. Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK-1), also downstream of PI3K, mediates activation of atypical PKC isoforms and Akt. To determine whether impaired PKClambda/zeta or PDK-1 activation plays a role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance, we measured the activities of PKClambda/zeta and PDK-1 in vastus lateralis muscle of lean, obese, and obese/type 2 diabetic humans. Biopsies were taken after an overnight fast and after a 3-h hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. Obese subjects were also studied after weight loss on a very-low-calorie diet. Insulin-stimulated glucose disposal rate is reduced 26% in obese subjects and 62% in diabetic subjects (both comparisons P < 0.001). Insulin-stimulated insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1 tyrosine phosphorylation and PI3K activity are impaired 40-50% in diabetic subjects compared with lean or obese subjects. Insulin stimulates PKClambda/zeta activity approximately 2.3-fold in lean subjects; the increment above basal is reduced 57% in obese and 65% in diabetic subjects. PKClambda/zeta protein amount is decreased 46% in diabetic subjects but is normal in obese nondiabetic subjects, indicating impaired insulin action on PKClambda/zeta. Importantly, weight loss in obese subjects normalizes PKClambda/zeta activation and increases IRS-1 phosphorylation and PI3K activity. Insulin also stimulates PDK-1 activity approximately twofold with no impairment in obese or diabetic subjects. In contrast to our previous data on Akt, reduced insulin-stimulated PKClambda/zeta activity could play a role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in muscle of obese and type 2 diabetic subjects.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Insulin Resistance  IDA 1642650protein::skeletal muscle:reduced response to insulin in obese and diabetic subjectsRGD 
Insulin Resistance  ISOPRKCZ (Homo sapiens)1642650; 1642650 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Prkcz  (protein kinase C, zeta)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Prkcz  (protein kinase C, zeta)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
PRKCZ  (protein kinase C zeta)


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