title: Ethanol impairs insulin receptor substrate-1 mediated signal transduction during rat liver regeneration.
abstract: Chronic ethanol exposure inhibits the capacity of the liver to regenerate. Insulin is a potent hepatotrophic factor and it was determined if ethanol interferes with insulin receptor substrate (IRS-1)-protein mediated signal transduction during liver regeneration. Tyrosyl phosphorylation of IRS-1 was strikingly increased prior to the major wave of DNA synthesis in isocaloric pair-fed control rats; a blunted and delayed response was found in ethanol-fed rats. Enzymatic activity of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, a Src homology 2 (SH2) domain containing signal transduction molecule was enhanced by the association with tyrosyl phosphorylated IRS-1, whereas in ethanol-fed rats, this activity was greatly diminished and delayed. These results indicate that one potential molecular mechanism whereby ethanol inhibits hepatocyte DNA synthesis is through its action on the IRS-1-mediated signal transduction cascade.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Hepatology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown 02129.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wands
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D008115:Liver Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526296:Irs1 protein, rat; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D000431:Ethanol; D014443:Tyrosine; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)