title: Akt-2 binds to Glut4-containing vesicles and phosphorylates their component proteins in response to insulin.
abstract: Glut4-containing vesicles immunoadsorbed from primary rat adipocytes possess endogenous protein kinase activity and phosphorylation substrates. Phosphorylation of several vesicle proteins including Glut4 itself is rapidly activated by insulin. Wortmannin blocks the effect of insulin when added to cells in vivo prior to insulin administration. By means of MonoQ chromatography and Western blot analysis, vesicle-associated protein kinase is identified as Akt-2, a lipid-binding protein kinase involved in insulin signaling. Akt-2 is found to be recruited to Glut4-containing vesicles in response to insulin.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kupriyanova
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Kandror
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007329:Insulin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin; D007329:Insulin Antagonists; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C495694:Slc2a4 protein, rat; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C494920:Akt1 protein, rat; C494923:Akt2 protein, rat; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D000077191:Wortmannin