Insulin controls glucose homeostasis and cell growth through bifurcated signaling pathways. Dysregulation of insulin
signaling is linked to diabetes and cancer. The spindle checkpoint
controls the fidelity of chromosome segregation during mitosis. Here, we
show that insulin receptor substrate 1 and 2 (IRS1/2) cooperate with spindle checkpoint proteins to promote insulin receptor (IR) endocytosis through recruiting the clathrin adaptor complex AP2 to IR.
A phosphorylation switch of IRS1/2 orchestrated by extracellular
signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and Src homology phosphatase 2
(SHP2) ensures selective internalization of activated IR. SHP2 inhibition blocks this feedback regulation and growth-promoting IR signaling, prolongs insulin action on metabolism, and improves insulin sensitivity in mice. We propose that mitotic regulators and SHP2 promote feedback inhibition of IR, thereby limiting the duration of insulin signaling. Targeting this feedback inhibition can improve insulin sensitivity.
The
pancreatic hormone insulin controls glucose homeostasis and promotes
cell growth and proliferation. Dysregulation of insulin signaling is
linked to human metabolic syndromes and cancer1.
Insulin binds to the insulin receptor (IR) on the plasma membrane (PM),
and triggers phosphorylation-mediated activation of crucial enzymes
that regulate glucose and lipid metabolism, and cell growth and division2,3.
Activated IR phosphorylates itselfand the IR substrate (IRS) proteins
on tyrosines.
Phosphorylated IRS proteins bind to multiple downstream
effectors and adaptors, and activate two major branches of insulin
signaling: the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-protein kinase B
(AKT) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways.
The PI3K-AKT
pathway mainly governs metabolic homeostasis, (Vertaa IRB!)
whereas the MAPK pathway
controls cell growth and proliferation. (Vertaa. IRA!)
Src homology phosphatase 2
(SHP2, also known as PTPN11) binds to the C-terminal phosphotyrosine
sites of IRS1/2 and promotes the activation of the MAPK pathway4,5.
Mutations of IR cause severe inherited insulin resistance syndromes6, but the molecular mechanisms underlying insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes are complex and multifactorial1.
One common theme is that insulin resistance in diabetic animals or
patients causes ectopic accumulation of diacylglycerol and abnormal
activation of novel protein kinase Cs, which suppress insulin signaling
at the level of IRS1 and possibly IR1,7.
The spindle checkpoint monitors kinetochore-microtubule attachment during mitosis and prevents chromosome missegregation8,9.
In response to unattached kinetochores, the mitosis arrest deficiency 2
(MAD2) and budding uninhibited by benomyl 1-related 1 (BUBR1) proteins,
as subunits of the mitotic checkpoint complex (MCC), inhibit the
anaphase-promoting complex APC/cyclosome bound to its mitotic activator, the
cell division cycle 20 (CDC20) protein, to delay chromosome segregation10,11,12,13.
When all kinetochores are properly attached by microtubules, the MAD2-binding protein p31comet
(also called MAD2L1BP) prevents the conformational activation of MAD2
and collaborates with the ATPase TRIP13 to disassemble MCC, thus
promoting chromosome segregation11,14,15,16,17.
We have recently discovered a critical role of MAD2, BUBR1, and p31comet in insulin signaling during interphase (Fig. 1a)18,19.
MAD2 and BUBR1 are required for clathrin-mediated endocytosis of IR.
MAD2 directly binds to the C-terminal MAD2-interacting motif (MIM) of
IR, and recruits the clathrin adaptor AP2 to IR through BUBR1.
p31comet prevents spontaneous IR endocytosis through blocking the interaction of BUBR1-AP2 with IR-bound MAD2. Adult liver-specific p31comet
knockout (KO) mice exhibit premature IR endocytosis in the liver and
whole-body insulin resistance.
Conversely, BUBR1 deficiency delays IR
endocytosis and enhances insulin sensitivity in mice. These findings
implicate dysregulation of IR endocytosis as a potential mechanism of
insulin resistance. Fig. 1
1946 syntynyt Tampereella
Ylioppilastutkinto 1964 Lempäälä
Lääketietaan kandidaatti 1966 Turun yliopisto
Lääketieteen lisensiaatti 1972 Turun Yliopisto
Dietetiikan opiskelu 1998 - 2001 Göteborgin Yliopisto
Eläkkeelle 2010
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