title: Anchoring of protein kinase A facilitates hormone-mediated insulin secretion.
abstract: Impaired insulin secretion is a characteristic of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). One possible therapeutic agent for NIDDM is the insulinotropic hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). GLP-1 stimulates insulin secretion through several mechanisms including activation of protein kinase A (PKA). We now demonstrate that the subcellular targeting of PKA through association with A-kinase-anchoring proteins (AKAPs) facilitates GLP-1-mediated insulin secretion. Disruption of PKA anchoring by the introduction of anchoring inhibitor peptides or expression of soluble AKAP fragments blocks GLP-1 action in primary islets and cAMP-responsive insulin secretion in clonal beta cells (RINm5F). Displacement of PKA also prevented cAMP-mediated elevation of intracellular calcium suggesting that localized PKA phosphorylation events augment calcium flux.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vollum Institute, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201-3098, USA.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Langeberg
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology*; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D005934:Glucagon; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002118:Calcium