title: Involvement of phosphoinositide 3-kinase in insulin stimulation of MAP-kinase and phosphorylation of protein kinase-B in human skeletal muscle: implications for glucose metabolism.
abstract: Isolated skeletal muscle from healthy individuals was used to evaluate the role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) in insulin signalling pathways regulating mitogen activated protein kinase (MAP-kinase) and protein kinase-B and to investigate whether MAP-kinase was involved in signalling pathways regulating glucose metabolism. Insulin stimulated glycogen synthase activity (approximately 1.7 fold), increased 3-o-methylglucose transport into human skeletal muscle strips (approximately 2 fold) and stimulated phosphorylation of the p42 ERK-2 isoform of MAP-kinase. This phosphorylation of p42 ERK2 was not blocked by the PI 3-kinase inhibitors LY294002 and wortmannin although it was blocked by the MAP-kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitor PD 98059. However, PD98059 (up to 20 micromol/l) did not block insulin activation of glycogen synthase or stimulation of 3-o-methylglucose transport. Wortmannin and LY294002 did block insulin stimulation of protein kinase-B (PKB) phosphorylation and stimulation of 3-o-methylglucose transport was inhibited by wortmannin (IC50 approximately 100 nmol/l). These results indicate that MAP-kinase is activated by insulin in human skeletal muscle by a PI 3-kinase independent pathway. Furthermore this activation is not necessary for insulin stimulation of glucose transport or activation of glycogen synthase in this tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University College London, UK.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Nave
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rincon
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Haigh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foulstone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Proud
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zierath
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siddle
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wallberg-Henriksson
mesh_terms: D019325:3-O-Methylglucose / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000328:Adult; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D006006:Glycogen Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D019325:3-O-Methylglucose; D000730:Androstadienes; D002867:Chromones; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D006006:Glycogen Synthase; D007328:Insulin; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D009025:Morpholines; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D000077191:Wortmannin; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one