title: Effect of pertussis toxin on insulin-induced signal transduction in rat adipocytes and soleus muscles.
abstract: It has been reported that pertussis toxin (PTX) suppresses the function of trimeric guanine nucleotide binding protein (G-protein). We examined the effect of PTX on insulin-induced glucose uptake, diacylglycerol (DG)-protein kinase C (PKC) signalling, phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase and PKC zeta activation and insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Gialpha to clarify the role of G-protein for insulin-mediated signal transduction mechanism in rat adipocytes and soleus muscles. Isolated adipocytes and soleus muscles were preincubated with 0.01 approximately 1 ng/ml PTX for 2 hours, followed by stimulation with 10-100 nM insulin or 1 microM tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Pretreatment with PTX resulted in dose-responsive decreases in insulin-stimulated [3H]2-deoxyglucose (DOG) uptake, and unchanged TPA-stimulated [3H]2-DOG uptake, without affecting basal [3H]2-DOG uptake. In adipocytes, insulin-induced DG-PKC signalling, PI 3-kinase activation and PKC zeta translocation from cytosol to the membrane were suppressed when treated with PTX, despite no changes in [125I]insulin-specific binding and insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity. Moreover, to elucidate insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of 40 kDa alpha-subunit of G-protein (Gialpha-2), adipocytes were stimulated with 10 nM insulin for 10 minutes, homogenized, immunoprecipitated with anti-phosphotyrosine antibody, and immunoblotted with anti-Gialpha-2 antibody. Insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Gialpha-2 was found by immunoblot analysis with anti-Gialpha-2 antibody. These results suggest that G-protein regulates DG-PKC signalling by binding of Gialpha-2 with GTP and PI 3-kinase-PKC zeta signalling by releasing of Gbetagamma via dissociation of trimeric G-protein after insulin receptor tyrosine phosphorylation in insulin-sensitive tissues.
authors.affiliation: The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasamachi, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishizawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go / Q000378:metabolism; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate