title: Improved glucose homeostasis and enhanced insulin signalling in Grb14-deficient mice.
abstract: Gene targeting was used to characterize the physiological role of growth factor receptor-bound (Grb)14, an adapter-type signalling protein that associates with the insulin receptor (IR). Adult male Grb14(-/-) mice displayed improved glucose tolerance, lower circulating insulin levels, and increased incorporation of glucose into glycogen in the liver and skeletal muscle. In ex vivo studies, insulin-induced 2-deoxyglucose uptake was enhanced in soleus muscle, but not in epididymal adipose tissue. These metabolic effects correlated with tissue-specific alterations in insulin signalling. In the liver, despite lower IR autophosphorylation, enhanced insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1 and activation of protein kinase B (PKB) was observed. In skeletal muscle, IR tyrosine phosphorylation was normal, but signalling via IRS-1 and PKB was increased. Finally, no effect of Grb14 ablation was observed on insulin signalling in white adipose tissue. These findings demonstrate that Grb14 functions in vivo as a tissue-specific modulator of insulin action, most likely via repression of IR-mediated IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation, and highlight this protein as a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes and Obesity, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Cooney
authors.forename: Ruth J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.forename: A Jayne
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Crew
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Molero
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Trevor J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Biden
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ormandy
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Roger J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C490977:Grb14 protein, mouse; D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526295:Irs1 protein, mouse; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D006003:Glycogen; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D005947:Glucose