title: Caveolin-1 interacts with the insulin receptor and can differentially modulate insulin signaling in transfected Cos-7 cells and rat adipose cells.
abstract: Caveolae may function as microdomains for signaling that help to determine specific biological actions mediated by the insulin receptor (IR). Caveolin-1, a major component of caveolae, contains a scaffolding domain (SD) that binds to a caveolin-1 binding motif in the kinase domain of the IR in vitro. To investigate the potential role of caveolin-1 in insulin signaling we overexpressed wild-type (Cav-WT) or mutant (Cav-Mut; F92A/V94A in SD) caveolin-1 in either Cos-7 cells cotransfected with IR or rat adipose cells (low and high levels of endogenous caveolin-1, respectively). Cav-WT coimmunoprecipitated with the IR to a much greater extent than Cav-Mut, suggesting that the SD is important for interactions between caveolin-1 and the IR in intact cells. We also constructed several IR mutants with a disrupted caveolin-1 binding motif and found that these mutants were poorly expressed and did not undergo autophosphorylation. Interestingly, overexpression of Cav-WT in Cos-7 cells significantly enhanced insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of Elk-1 (a mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent pathway) while overexpression of Cav-Mut was without effect. In contrast, in adipose cells, overexpression of either Cav-WT or Cav-Mut did not affect insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of a cotransfected ERK2 (but did significantly inhibit basal phosphorylation of ERK2). Furthermore, we also observed a small inhibition of insulin-stimulated translocation of GLUT4 when either Cav-WT or Cav-Mut was overexpressed in adipose cells. Thus, interaction of caveolin-1 with IRs may differentially modulate insulin signaling to enhance insulin action in Cos-7 cells but inhibit insulin's effects in adipose cells.
authors.affiliation: Hypertension-Endocrine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Nystrom
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Quon
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051242:Caveolin 1; D022461:Caveolins; D015870:Gene Expression; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: C495537:Cav1 protein, rat; D051242:Caveolin 1; D022461:Caveolins; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C495694:Slc2a4 protein, rat; D011972:Receptor, Insulin