title: Protein kinase Calpha regulates insulin receptor signaling in skeletal muscle.
abstract: Certain PKC isoforms are stimulated by insulin and interact with IR as well as with IRS, but it is still not clear if specific PKC isoforms regulate IR signaling directly or through IRS-1. PKCalpha may regulate IRS activity in response to insulin. We investigated the possibility that PKCalpha may be important in insulin signaling. Studies were conducted on skeletal muscle in adult mice and on L6 skeletal cells. PKCalpha is constitutively associated with IRS-1, and insulin stimulation of PKCalpha causes disassociation of the two proteins within 5 min. Blockade of PKCalpha inhibited insulin-induced disassociation of PKCalpha from IRS1. Selective inhibition of PKCalpha increased the ability of insulin to reduce blood glucose levels. Insulin stimulation activates PKB and increases the association of PKCalpha with PKB. Blockade of PKCalpha increased threonine phosphorylation of PKB. We suggest that PKCalpha regulates insulin signaling in skeletal muscle through its disassociation from IRS-1 and association with PKB.
authors.affiliation: Gonda Diagnostic Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cipok
authors.forename: Shlomit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aga-Mizrachi
authors.forename: Asia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bak
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feurstein
authors.forename: Rivka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinhart
authors.forename: Chaya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brodie
authors.forename: Sanford R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sampson
mesh_terms: D064413:3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D051379:Mice; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526295:Irs1 protein, mouse; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D064413:3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha