title: Insulin-like growth factor-I activation of Akt survival cascade in neuronal cells requires the presence of its cognate receptor in caveolae.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) plays important roles in survival of neurons. Caveolae, cholesterol-rich microdomains of plasma membrane, act as platforms for some neurotrophic factors. In this study, we examined a possible role of caveolae in IGF-I signal transduction in pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. IGF-I treatment attenuated serum withdrawal-induced apoptosis, which was reversed by treatment with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (CD) that removes cholesterol from plasma membrane. Immunocytochemical and subcellular fractionation analyses revealed that IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR) was colocalized with caveolin-1, a major protein component in caveolae, and that CD treatment reduced IGF-IR contents in caveolae. Consistent with these findings, IGF-I phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1 and Akt was impaired, and cholesterol supply restored the IGF-I action. Furthermore, experiments using small interfering RNA revealed that the reduction of caveolin-1 expression impaired the IGF-I action. In addition, the colocalization of IGF-IR with caveolin-1, and the caveolae-dependent IGF-I action were duplicated in primary culture of rat cerebellar granule neurons. These results demonstrate that the presence of IGF-IR in caveolae is required for the neuroprotective action of IGF-I.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Xiuli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Fukushi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kambe
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D021941:Caveolae / Q000378:metabolism*; D051242:Caveolin 1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000494:pharmacology; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: C495537:Cav1 protein, rat; D051242:Caveolin 1; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D002784:Cholesterol; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt