title: Distinctive regulatory and metabolic properties of glycogen-targeting subunits of protein phosphatase-1 (PTG, GL, GM/RGl) expressed in hepatocytes.
abstract: Glycogen-targeting subunits of protein phosphatase-1 facilitate interaction of the phosphatase with enzymes of glycogen metabolism. We have shown that overexpression of one member of the family, protein targeting to glycogen (PTG), causes large increases in glycogen storage in isolated hepatocytes or intact rat liver. In the current study, we have compared the metabolic and regulatory properties of PTG (expressed in many tissues), with two other members of the gene family, G(L) (expressed primarily in liver) and G(M)/R(Gl) (expressed primarily in striated muscle). Adenovirus-mediated expression of these proteins in hepatocytes led to the following key observations. 1) G(L) has the highest glycogenic potency among the three forms studied. 2) Glycogen synthase activity ratio is much higher in G(L)-overexpressing cells than in PTG or G(M)/R(Gl)-overexpressing cells. Thus, at moderate levels of G(L) overexpression, glycogen synthase activity is increased by insulin treatment, but at higher levels of G(L) expression, insulin is no longer required to achieve maximal synthase activity. In contrast, cells with high levels of PTG overexpression retain dose-dependent regulation of glycogen synthesis and glycogen synthase enzyme activity by insulin. 3) G(L)- and G(M)/R(Gl)-overexpressing cells exhibit a strong glycogenolytic response to forskolin, whereas PTG-overexpressing cells are less responsive. This difference may be explained in part by a lesser forskolin-induced increase in glycogen phosphorylase activity in PTG-overexpressing cells. Based on these results, we suggest that expression of either G(L) or G(M)/R(Gl) in liver of diabetic animals may represent a strategy for lowering of blood glucose levels in diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biochemistry & Internal Medicine and Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gasa
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: DePaoli-Roach
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Newgard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006006:Glycogen Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000378:metabolism; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C491293:Ppp1r5 protein, rat; D005576:Colforsin; D006003:Glycogen; D006005:Phosphorylases; D006006:Glycogen Synthase; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; C413451:Ppp1r3a protein, rat; C114052:Ppp1r3b protein, rat; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1