title: Cascade of autophosphorylation in the beta-subunit of the insulin receptor.
abstract: Insulin stimulated autophosphorylation of the beta-subunit of the insulin receptor purified from Fao hepatoma cells or purified from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO/HIRC) or Swiss 3T3 (3T3/HIRC) cells transfected with the wild-type human insulin receptor cDNA. Autophosphorylation of the purified receptor occurred in at least two regions of the beta-subunit: the regulatory region containing Tyr-1146, Tyr-1150, and Tyr-1151, and the C-terminus containing Tyr-1316 and Tyr-1322. In the presence of antiphosphotyrosine antibody (alpha-PY), autophosphorylation of the purified receptor was inhibited nearly 80% during insulin stimulation. Tryptic peptide mapping showed that alpha-PY inhibited autophosphorylation of both tyrosyl residues in the C-terminus and one tyrosyl residue in the regulatory region, either Tyr-1150 or Tyr-1151. Thus, a bis-phosphorylated form of the regulatory region accumulated in the presence of alpha-PY, which contained Tyr(P)-1146 and either Tyr(P)-1150 or 1151. In intact Fao, CHO/HIRC, and 3T3/HIRC cells, insulin stimulated tyrosyl phosphorylation of the beta-subunit of the insulin receptor. Tryptic peptide mapping indicated that the regulatory region of the beta-subunit was mainly (greater than 80%) bis-phosphorylated; however, all three tyrosyl residues of the regulatory region were phosphorylated in about 20% of the receptors. As the phosphotransferase was activated by tris-phosphorylation but not bis-phosphorylation of the regulatory region of the beta-subunit (White et al.: Journal of Biological Chemistry 263:2969-2980, 1988), the extent of autophosphorylation in the regulatory region may play an important regulatory role during signal transmission in the intact cell.
authors.affiliation: Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D006801:Humans; D010748:Phosphopeptides / Q000032:analysis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010748:Phosphopeptides; D011972:Receptor, Insulin