title: IRS-1-mediated inhibition of insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity in TNF-alpha- and obesity-induced insulin resistance.
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is an important mediator of insulin resistance in obesity and diabetes through its ability to decrease the tyrosine kinase activity of the insulin receptor (IR). Treatment of cultured murine adipocytes with TNF-alpha was shown to induce serine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) and convert IRS-1 into an inhibitor of the IR tyrosine kinase activity in vitro. Myeloid 32D cells, which lack endogenous IRS-1, were resistant to TNF-alpha-mediated inhibition of IR signaling, whereas transfected 32D cells that express IRS-1 were very sensitive to this effect of TNF-alpha. An inhibitory form of IRS-1 was observed in muscle and fat tissues from obese rats. These results indicate that TNF-alpha induces insulin resistance through an unexpected action of IRS-1 to attenuate insulin receptor signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hotamisligil
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peraldi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Budavari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Spiegelman
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011924:Rats, Zucker; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526295:Irs1 protein, mouse; C526296:Irs1 protein, rat; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D012694:Serine; D011972:Receptor, Insulin