title: Glucose-induced insulin receptor tyrosine phosphorylation in insulin-secreting beta-cells.
abstract: In the beta TC3 insulin-secreting beta-cell line, glucose rapidly induces the tyrosine phosphorylation of the 97-kDa insulin receptor beta-subunit. Phosphorylation is transient, with fourfold stimulation by 2 min and subsequent dephosphorylation to basal levels by 10-15 min. Elevating the extracellular KCl concentration equipotently initiates receptor phosphorylation. Preventing insulin secretion with 1 mumol/l epinephrine or by removing extracellular Ca2+ blocks the effect. In the absence of glucose-induced secretion, exogenous insulin also stimulated insulin receptor autophosphorylation transiently and with an ED50 of 4 x 10(-9) mol/l. In addition, functional insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) receptors are also expressed by these beta-cells, as indicated by IGF-I-induced receptor tyrosine phosphorylation (ED50 = 5 x 10(-9) mol/l) and also by detection of hybrid insulin/IGF-I receptor autophosphorylation at 10(-7) mol/l IGF-I. Both glucose and insulin stimulate the tyrosine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor substrate (IRS) IRS-1 and increase by two- to fivefold the rapid association of IRS-1 with the 85-kDa alpha-subunit of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase, as determined by co-immunoprecipitation assays. These results demonstrate that in these beta-cells, glucose-induced insulin secretion activates the beta-cell surface insulin receptor tyrosine kinase and its intracellular signal transduction pathway, suggesting a new autocrine mechanism for the regulation of beta-cell function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6082, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Rothenberg
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Willison
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D005947:Glucose; D002118:Calcium; D004837:Epinephrine