Insulin stimulation of glycogen synthesis and glycogen synthase activity is blocked by wortmannin and rapamycin in 3T3-L1 adipocytes: evidence for the involvement of phosphoinositide 3-kinase and p70 ribosomal protein-S6 kinase
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We have investigated the involvement of phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase and p70 ribosomal protein-S6 kinase (p70s6k) in mediating insulin stimulation of glycogen synthesis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes using specific inhibitors. Wortmannin inhibited PI 3-kinase activity (IC50 approximately 10 nM), inhibition being complete at 100 nm. Wortmannin (100 nM) completely blocked the ability of insulin to activate glycogen synthase in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and the ability of insulin to stimulate glucose incorporation into glycogen in 3T3-L1 fibroblasts. Rapamycin, which blocks insulin-stimulated activation of p70s6k, decreased insulin activation of glycogen synthase in a dose-dependent manner (IC50 approximately 0.8 ng/ml), with a maximum approx. 75% inhibition of insulin's stimulatory effect. Rapamycin inhibited insulin-stimulated glucose incorporation into glycogen to a similar extent and with similar dose-dependency, while having no effect on insulin-stimulated glucose transport. We conclude that PI 3-kinase and p70s6k are involved in the signalling pathways by which insulin stimulates glycogen synthase in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
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Inhibitors of PI3K inhibit glycogen synthase activity and abolish glycogen synthesis.
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Glycogen synthase is the key insulin-regulated enzyme controlling the rate of muscle glycogen synthesis.
“Glycogen synthase is the key insulin-regulated enzyme that controls the rate of muscle glycogen synthesis [148, 150, 200, 212–214].”
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Glycogen synthase exists in active (dephosphorylated) and inactive (phosphorylated) forms.
“Glycogen synthase exists in an active (dephosphorylated) and an inactive (phosphorylated) form [148–150].”
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- Authors
- Shepherd, P. R., Navé, B. T., & Siddle, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- ORCID
- Shepherd, P R
- Venue
- Biochemical Journal
- Publisher
- Portland Press Ltd.
- Published
- 1995-01-01
- Volume
- 305
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 25-28
- ISSN
- 0264-6021 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-8728
- PMC
- PMC1136424
- OpenAlex
- W1947575656
- Cited by
- 277
- References
- 44
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- FWCI
- 10.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Biochemical Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Novo Nordisk
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
- Keywords
- insulin signaling, glycogen synthesis, glycogen synthase, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, wortmannin, rapamycin, 3T3-L1 adipocytes, insulin-stimulated glucose transport
- MeSH terms
- Wortmannin, Androstadienes, Animals, Enzyme Activation, Enzyme Inhibitors, Glycogen, Glycogen Synthase, Insulin, Insulin Antagonists, Kinetics, Polyenes, Stimulation, Chemical, 3T3 Cells, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Adipocytes, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, Sirolimus, Mice
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