title: Liver-specific protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) re-expression alters glucose homeostasis of PTP1B-/-mice.
abstract: Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is an important negative regulator of insulin and leptin signaling in vivo. Mice lacking PTP1B (PTP1B-/- mice) are hyper-responsive to insulin and leptin and resistant to diet-induced obesity. The tissue(s) that mediate these effects of global PTP1B deficiency remain controversial. We exploited the high degree of hepatotropism of adenoviruses to assess the role of PTP1B in the liver. Liver-specific re-expression of PTP1B in PTP1B-/- mice led to marked attenuation of their enhanced insulin sensitivity. This correlated with, and was probably caused by, decreased insulin-stimulated tyrosyl phosphorylation of the insulin receptor (IR) and IR substrate 2-associated phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase activity. Analysis using phospho-specific antibodies for the IR revealed preferential dephosphorylation of Tyr-1162/1163 compared with Tyr-972 by PTP1B in vivo. Our findings show that the liver is a major site of the peripheral action of PTP1B in regulating glucose homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Biology Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Fawaz G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Haj
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zabolotny
authors.forename: Young-Bum
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Barbara B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: Benjamin G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Neel
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D007763:Lac Operon; D020738:Leptin / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D020738:Leptin; D014443:Tyrosine; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; C516607:PTPN1 protein, human; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516609:Ptpn1 protein, mouse; D005947:Glucose