title: Insulin-induced GLUT4 movements in C2C12 myoblasts: evidence against a role of conventional kinesin motor proteins.
abstract: Insulin induces translocation of the glucose transporter GLUT4 from intracellular storage compartment to the plasma membrane via complex mechanisms that require intact cytoskeletal networks. In cultured adipocytes, conventional kinesin motor proteins have been proposed to mediate GLUT4 movements on microtubules. It remains, however, unclear whether kinesin motor system plays a similar regulatory role in myocytes. We addressed this issue using C2C12 myoblasts, which have now been shown to express both heavy and light chains of conventional kinesin. In these cells, overexpression of either wild-type kinesin light chain 2 (KLC2) or its phosphorylation-defective mutant did not significantly affect insulin-stimulated translocation of exofacial Myc-tagged GLUT4-green fluorescent protein to the cell surface and its subsequent externalization. Likewise, a dominant-negative mutant of KLC2 had no marked effect on GLUT4 movements in this cell type. These results suggest that conventional kinesin is dispensable for insulin-induced GLUT4 translocation in cultured myoblasts and may thus reveal a cell-type specific role of the microtubules-based cytoskeleton in glucose transport in response to insulin.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosooka
authors.forename: Toyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tobimatsu
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasuga
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016547:Kinesins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D032446:Myoblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin; C000715691:Klc2 protein, mouse; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D016547:Kinesins