Proinsulin C-peptide rapidly stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinases in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts: requirement of protein kinase C, phosphoinositide 3-kinase and pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein.
It has been demonstrated that proinsulin C-peptide possesses several biological activities and that its specific binding sites are present on the surface of cell membranes. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms of C-peptide actions are poorly known. In the present study we examined the possible involvement of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in C-peptide effects. C-peptide induced the phosphorylation of MAPK [p44 extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) and p42 ERK2] in Swiss 3T3 and 3T3-F442A fibroblasts but not in 3T3-L1 fibroblasts and some other cell lines such as L(6)E(9) muscle cells. In Swiss 3T3 cells, C-peptide-induced phosphorylation of MAPK was dependent on time and concentration, being maximal at 1 min and at 1 nM C-peptide and was accompanied by an increase in MAPK activity and MAPK kinase (MEK) phosphorylation. The MAPK phosphorylation by C-peptide was abolished by treatment with pertussis toxin (PTX) and also with a MEK inhibitor, PD 98059. In addition, MAPK phosphorylation was attenuated by treatment with a phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI-3K) inhibitor, wortmannin, and with a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, GF109203X, and by down-regulation of PKC by prolonged treatment with PMA. Similar effects of the inhibitors and PTX were found on the MAPK phosphorylation induced by neuropeptide Y. These results suggest that C-peptide activates MAPK through a putative G(i)/G(o)-linked receptor for C-peptide and through PI-3K-dependent and PKC-dependent pathways.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.
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D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000502:physiology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
D002096:C-Peptide; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins