title: Reduction of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B increases insulin-dependent signaling in ob/ob mice.
abstract: Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a negative regulator of insulin receptor (IR) signal transduction and a drug target for treatment of type 2 diabetes. Using PTP1B antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), effects of decreased PTP1B levels on insulin signaling in diabetic ob/ob mice were examined. Insulin stimulation, prior to sacrifice, resulted in no significant activation of insulin signaling pathways in livers from ob/ob mice. However, in PTP1B ASO-treated mice, in which PTP1B protein was decreased by 60% in liver, similar stimulation with insulin resulted in increased tyrosine phosphorylation of the IR and IR substrate (IRS)-1 and -2 by threefold, fourfold, and threefold, respectively. IRS-2-associated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity was also increased threefold. Protein kinase B (PKB) serine phosphorylation was increased sevenfold in liver of PTP1B ASO-treated mice upon insulin stimulation, while phosphorylation of PKB substrates, glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3alpha and -3beta, was increased more than twofold. Peripheral insulin signaling was increased by PTP1B ASO, as evidenced by increased phosphorylation of PKB in muscle of insulin-stimulated PTP1B ASO-treated animals despite the lack of measurable effects on muscle PTP1B protein. These results indicate that reduction of PTP1B is sufficient to increase insulin-dependent metabolic signaling and improve insulin sensitivity in a diabetic animal model.
authors.affiliation: Metabolic Disease Research, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064, USA. rebecca.gum@abbott.com
authors.forename: Rebecca J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gum
authors.forename: Lori L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Gaede
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Koterski
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heindel
authors.forename: Jill E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Clampit
authors.forename: Bradley A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Zinker
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Trevillyan
authors.forename: Roger G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jirousek
authors.forename: Cristina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rondinone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D000071679:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL / Q000235:genetics; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology; D009765:Obesity; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D000071679:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D012694:Serine; D014443:Tyrosine; C526295:Irs1 protein, mouse; C448021:glycogen synthase kinase 3 alpha; C516609:Ptpn1 protein, mouse