title: Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate: an early mediator of insulin-stimulated sodium transport in A6 cells.
abstract: Insulin stimulates sodium transport across A6 epithelial cell monolayers. Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) was suggested as an early step in the insulin-stimulated sodium reabsorption (Ref. 35). To establish that the stimulation of the PI 3-kinase signaling cascade is causing stimulation of apical epithelial Na channel, we added permeant forms of phosphatidylinositol (PI) phosphate (P) derivatives complexed with a histone carrier to A6 epithelium. Only PIP(3) and PI(3,4)P(2) but not PI(4,5)P(2) stimulated sodium transport, although each of them penetrated into A6 cell monolayers as assessed using fluorescent permeant phosphoinositides derivatives. By Western blot analysis of A6 cell extracts, the inositol 3-phosphatase PTEN and the protein kinase B PKB were both detected. To further establish that the stimulation of sodium transport induced by insulin is related to PIP(3) levels, we transfected A6 cells with human PTEN cDNA and observed a 30% decrease in the natriferic effect of insulin. Similarly, the increase in sodium transport observed by addition of permeant PIP(3) was also reduced by 30% in PTEN-overexpressing cells. PKB, a main downstream effector of PI 3-kinase, was phosphorylated at both Thr 308 and Ser 473 residues upon insulin stimulation of the A6 cell monolayer. PKB phosphorylation in response to insulin stimulation was reduced in PTEN-overexpressing cells. Permeant PIP(3) also increased PKB phosphorylation. Taken together, the present results establish that the d-3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides PIP(3) and PI(3,4)P(2) mediate the effect of insulin on sodium transport across A6 cell monolayers.
authors.affiliation: Deptartment of Cell Physiology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Markadieu
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blero
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boom
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erneux
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beauwens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000494:pharmacology; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D012964:Sodium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010743:Phospholipids; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D012964:Sodium; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C118303:phosphoinositide-3,4,5-triphosphate; C118301:phosphoinositide-3,4-bisphosphate; C494929:PTEN protein, human