Use of RNA Interference-mediated Gene Silencing and Adenoviral Overexpression to Elucidate the Roles of AKT/Protein Kinase B Isoforms in Insulin Actions
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Insulin plays a central role in the regulation of glucose homeostasis in part by stimulating glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis. The serine/threonine protein kinase Akt has been proposed to mediate insulin signaling in several processes. However, it is unclear whether Akt is involved in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and which isoforms of Akt are responsible for each insulin action. We confirmed that expression of a constitutively active Akt, using an adenoviral expression vector, promoted translocation of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) to plasma membrane, 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) uptake, and glycogen synthesis in both Chinese hamster ovary cells and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Inhibition of Akt either by adenoviral expression of a dominant negative Akt or by the introduction of synthetic 21-mer short interference RNA against Akt markedly reduced insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation, 2-DG uptake, and glycogen synthesis. Experiments with isoform-specific short interference RNA revealed that Akt2, and Akt1 to a lesser extent, has an essential role in insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation and 2-DG uptake in both cell lines, whereas Akt1 and Akt2 contribute equally to insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis. These data suggest a prerequisite role of Akt in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and distinct functions among Akt isoforms.
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PKBβ seems to regulate insulin-stimulated glucose uptake.
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- Authors
- Katome, T., Obata, T., Matsushima, R., Masuyama, N., Cantley, L. C., Gotoh, Y., Kishi, K., Shiota, H., & Ebina, Y.
- Affiliations
- Tokushima University (JP)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Ebina, Yousuke
- Venue
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-07
- Volume
- 278
- Issue
- 30
- Pages
- 28312-28323
- ISSN
- 0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2037308821
- Cited by
- 212
- References
- 54
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- FWCI
- 9.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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- Journal of Biological Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM 41890, R01GM041890)
- 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
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
- Keywords
- Akt, insulin signaling, insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, GLUT4 translocation, glycogen synthesis, AKT1, AKT2, siRNA, adenoviral overexpression, dominant-negative Akt, 2-deoxyglucose uptake, adipocytes, glucose homeostasis
- MeSH terms
- Adenoviridae, Animals, Base Sequence, Brain, Deoxyglucose, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Genetic Techniques, Glycogen, Cricetinae, Insulin, Luciferases, Molecular Sequence Data, Monosaccharide Transport Proteins, Muscle Proteins, Plasmids, Precipitin Tests, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Time Factors, Immunoblotting, Gene Library, CHO Cells, 3T3 Cells, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, COS Cells, Protein Isoforms, Gene Silencing, Protein Transport, RNA Interference, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Glucose Transporter Type 4, Mice, Rats
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