title: Adipocytes from Munc18c-null mice show increased sensitivity to insulin-stimulated GLUT4 externalization.
abstract: Insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipocytes is mediated by translocation of vesicles containing the glucose transporter GLUT4 from intracellular storage sites to the cell periphery and the subsequent fusion of these vesicles with the plasma membrane, resulting in the externalization of GLUT4. Fusion of the GLUT4-containing vesicles with the plasma membrane is mediated by a soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex consisting of vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2), 23-kDa synaptosomal-associated protein (SNAP23), and syntaxin4. We have now generated mouse embryos deficient in the syntaxin4 binding protein Munc18c and show that the insulin-induced appearance of GLUT4 at the cell surface is enhanced in adipocytes derived from these Munc18c-/- mice compared with that in Munc18c+/+ cells. Wortmannin, an inhibitor of PI3K, inhibited insulin-stimulated GLUT4 externalization, without affecting GLUT4 translocation to the cell periphery, in Munc18c+/+ adipocytes, but it did not affect GLUT4 externalization in Munc18c-/- cells. Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, which induced GLUT4 translocation to the cell periphery without externalization in Munc18c+/+ cells, elicited GLUT4 externalization in Munc18c-/- cells. These findings demonstrate that Munc18c inhibits insulin-stimulated externalization of GLUT4 in a wortmannin-sensitive manner, and they suggest that disruption of the interaction between syntaxin4 and Munc18c in adipocytes might result in enhancement of insulin-stimulated GLUT4 externalization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamori
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinoda
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Motoyoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaue
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Udagawa
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Fumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasuga
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D050766:Qb-SNARE Proteins; D050767:Qc-SNARE Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D022161:Transport Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005947:Glucose; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D050766:Qb-SNARE Proteins; D050767:Qc-SNARE Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D000077191:Wortmannin; C100493:SNAP23 protein, human; C495693:Slc2a4 protein, mouse; C107017:Snap23 protein, mouse; C497943:Stxbp3 protein, mouse; C055525:phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate