title: Up-regulation of GRP78 and antiapoptotic signaling in murine peritoneal macrophages exposed to insulin.
abstract: The unfolded protein response pathway (UPR) compensates for excessive protein accumulation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). As insulin induces global protein synthesis, it may cause accumulation of unfolded proteins in the ER, thus triggering UPR. We assessed UPR activation in insulin-treated murine peritoneal macrophages using a number of markers including 78 kDa glucose response protein (GRP78), X-box-binding protein (XBP)-1, pancreatic ER kinase (PERK), eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2)alpha, and growth arrest and DNA damage (GADD)34. Exposure of cells to insulin activated UPR, as evidenced by an increased expression of GRP78, XBP-1, phosphorylated PERK (p-PERK), and p-eIF2alpha. The insulin-induced, elevated expression of GRP78 was comparable with that observed with tunicamycin, a classical inducer of ER stress. Concomitantly, insulin also up-regulated prosurvival mechanisms by elevating GADD34 and elements of the antiapoptotic pathway including Bcl-2, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis, and phosphorylated forkhead transcription factor. In conclusion, we show here that insulin treatment does cause ER stress in macrophages, but insulin-dependent mechanisms overcome this ER stress by up-regulating UPR and the antiapoptotic pathway to promote cell survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Uma Kant
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Salvatore Vincent
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pizzo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D011506:Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000071701:Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014415:Tunicamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000071717:X-Box Binding Protein 1; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D015415:Biomarkers; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D011506:Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D000071701:Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014415:Tunicamycin; D000071717:X-Box Binding Protein 1; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase; C000717248:Hspa5 protein, mouse; C000605544:Xbp1 protein, mouse; C513256:Ppp1r15a protein, mouse