title: Dephosphorylation increases insulin-stimulated receptor kinase activity in skeletal muscle of obese Zucker rats.
abstract: Serine/threonine phosphorylation of insulin receptor has been implicated in the development of insulin resistance. To investigate whether dephosphorylation of serine/threonine residues of the insulin receptor may restore the decreased insulin-stimulated receptor tyrosine kinase activity in skeletal muscle of obese Zucker rats, insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity was measured before and after alkaline phosphatase treatment. Compared to lean controls, insulin-stimulated glucose transport was depressed by 61% (p < 0.05) in obese Zucker rats. The insulin receptor and insulin receptor substrate-1 contents were decreased by 14% (p < 0.05) and 16% (p < 0.05), respectively, in skeletal muscle of obese Zucker rats. In vivo insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor and insulin receptor substrate-1 was depressed by 82% (p < 0.05) and 86% (p < 0.05), respectively. In the meantime, in vitro insulin-stimulated receptor tyrosine kinase activity in obese rats was decreased by 39% (p < 0.05). Dephosphorylation of the insulin receptor by prior alkaline phosphatase treatment increased insulin-stimulated receptor tyrosine kinase activity in both lean and obese Zucker rats, but the increase was three times greater in obese Zucker rats (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that excessive serine/threonine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor in obese Zucker rats may be a cause for insulin resistance in skeletal muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Dohm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000201:enzymology*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011924:Rats, Zucker; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526296:Irs1 protein, rat; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D005947:Glucose