Genetic analysis of type-1 insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling through insulin receptor substrate-1 and -2 in pancreatic beta cells.
Signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases regulates pancreatic β cell function. Inactivation of insulin receptor (InsR), IGF1 receptor (Igf1r), or Irs1 in β cells impairs insulin secretion. Conversely, Irs2 ablation impairs β cell replication. In this study, we examined aspects of the Igf1r regulatory signaling cascade in β cells. To examine genetically the involvement of Irs1 and Irs2 in Igf1r signaling, we generated double mutant mice lacking Igf1r specifically in pancreatic β cells in an Irs1- or Irs2-null background. We show that Igf1r/Irs1 double mutants do not differ phenotypically from Irs1 single mutants and exhibit hyperinsulinemia, while maintaining normal β cell mass and glucose tolerance. In contrast, lack of Igf1r function in β cells aggravates the consequences of Irs2 ablation in double mutants and results in lethal diabetes by 6 weeks of age. This additivity of phenotypic manifestations indicates that Irs2 serves a pathway that is largely independent of Igf1r signaling. Consistent with the view that the latter is the InsR pathway, we show that combined β cell-specific knock-out of both Insr and Igf1r results in a phenocopy of double mutants lacking Igf1r and Irs2. We conclude that Igf1r signals primarily through Irs1 and affects insulin secretion, whereas β cell proliferation is mainly regulated by InsR using Irs2 as a downstream signaling effector. The insulin and IGF pathways appear to control β cell functions independently and selectively.
Department of Genetics and Development, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Shouhong
S
Xuan
Matthias
M
Szabolcs
Francesca
F
Cinti
Suhdir
S
Perincheri
Domenico
D
Accili
Argiris
A
Efstratiadis
D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality; D005947:Glucose / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526295:Irs1 protein, mouse; C526298:Irs2 protein, mouse; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D005947:Glucose