title: Ankyrin repeat and SOCS box containing protein 4 (Asb-4) interacts with GPS1 (CSN1) and inhibits c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase activity.
abstract: Asb-4 is a gene that is specifically expressed in the hypothalamic energy homeostasis-associated areas and is down-regulated in the arcuate nucleus of fasted Sprague Dawley and obese Zucker rats. It has two functional domains, the ankyrin repeat and the SOCS box. The function of Asb-4 is unclear. We used yeast two hybridization to search for protein(s) that interact with Asb-4. With Asb-4 minus its SOCS box (Asb-4/Deltasb) as a bait, we screened mouse testis and arcuate nucleus cDNA libraries and identified G-protein pathway suppressor 1 (GPS1, also known as CSN1) as an Asb-4 interacting protein. GPS1 co-immunoprecipitated with Asb-4 both in vitro and in human HEK293 cells. When Asb-4 and GPS1 were co-transfected into HEK293 cells, expression of Asb-4 reduced the protein level of GPS1. Deletion of the SOCS box (Asb4/Deltasb) did not abolish the inhibitory effect of Asb-4 on GPS1, indicating that the SOCS box was not needed for its inhibitory effect. In NIH 3T3 L1 cells, expression of GPS1 enhanced c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) activity. Co-expression of Asb-4 with GPS1 inhibited JNK activity. Treatment of the cells with insulin (20 nM) stimulated JNK activity. Expression of GPS1 potentiated the stimulatory effect of insulin, whereas co-expression of Asb-4 along with GPS1 inhibited JNK activity. In HEK293 cells expression of GPS1 elevated phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) at serine307, co-expression of Asb-4 with GPS1 reduced the IRS-1ser307 phosphorylation. The present study demonstrates that Asb-4 interacts with GPS1 and inhibits JNK activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0346, United States.
authors.forename: Ji-Yao
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Biao-Xin
authors.initials: BX
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Weizhen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yi-Qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Ammori
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Mulholland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017089:Ankyrin Repeat; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010768:Phosphoserine / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C526292:IRS1 protein, human; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C526295:Irs1 protein, mouse; C526296:Irs1 protein, rat; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D025801:Ubiquitin; D010768:Phosphoserine; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases