High Glucose and Insulin Decrease Fetal Lung Insulin Receptor mRNA and Tyrosine Kinase Activity in Vitro

1994 ◽  
Vol 202 (2) ◽  
pp. 694-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.H. Gewolb ◽  
J. Obrien ◽  
T.A. Palese ◽  
M. Phillip
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
High Glucose ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Fetal Lung ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase Activity ◽  
Receptor Mrna

scholarly journals Glucose-induced stimulation of human insulin-receptor mRNA and tyrosine kinase activity in cultured cells

1995 ◽  
Vol 305 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Hauguel-de-Mouzon ◽  
C Mrejen ◽  
F Alengrin ◽  
E Van Obberghen
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
High Glucose ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Insulin Receptors ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase Activity ◽  
Glycolytic Intermediate ◽  
Receptor Mrna ◽  
In Cells

The effects of high glucose on insulin-receptor tyrosine kinase activity and gene expression were investigated in 3T3-HIR cells. Cells incubated for 48 h in the presence of 25 mM glucose showed a 5-fold increase in the amount of insulin receptors per cell, receptor autophosphorylation and phosphorylation of the exogenous substrate poly(Glu/Tyr) compared with cells grown in the absence of glucose but in the presence of 25 mM fructose. These effects were associated with a 4-fold stimulation in steady-state levels of insulin-receptor mRNA. Significant cellular glucose utilization and lactate production were observed in the presence of high glucose in the culture medium, indicating a functional glycolytic pathway in glucose-treated cells, but not in cells treated with fructose. Such a differential response to hexoses favours the hypothesis of a carbohydrate regulation via a glycolytic intermediate. This was further supported by a similar glucose-induced increase in mRNA levels of the enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. To test the hypothesis that the stimulatory effect of glucose on amount of insulin receptors and phosphorylation state could result from post-transcriptional modifications, cells exposed to glucose were incubated with actinomycin D, a potent inhibitor of gene transcription. In cells challenged with high glucose plus inhibitor, insulin-receptor mRNA half-life was increased from 1 to 3 h, indicating that posttranscriptional mechanisms are involved in these processes of glucose regulation. Inhibition of protein synthesis by cycloheximide induced an overexpression of insulin-receptor mRNA levels in the presence of glucose, suggesting that labile repressor protein(s) could be implicated in the effects of glucose. We conclude that (1) long-term culture with high glucose increases the amount of insulin receptors and their tyrosine kinase activity and (2) the glucose-induced increase in insulin-receptor mRNA levels can be accounted for, at least in part, by posttranscriptional events.

scholarly journals The effect of fasting on the activation in vivo of the insulin receptor kinase

1990 ◽  
Vol 265 (3) ◽  
pp. 887-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Contreras ◽  
G L Dohm ◽  
S Abdallah ◽  
J A Wells ◽  
N Mooney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Receptor Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Serum Glucose ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase Activity ◽  
Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
And Control

Fasting causes insulin resistance in liver and fat, and increases insulin sensitivity in muscle. We studied the response in vitro and in vivo to insulin of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase in muscle and liver from 72 h fasted and control rats. Insulin was injected intraperitoneally together with glucose, and blood and tissue samples were obtained 0, 5, 15 and 30 min later. Basal serum glucose and insulin levels were significantly higher in control than in fasting rats. Serum glucose rose to approximately 300 mg/dl at 5 min and then progressively declined without hypoglycaemia. Receptors were prepared from whole tissue by wheat germ lectin affinity chromatography. 125I-insulin binding to purified receptors was increased by fasting in both muscle (18%) and liver (50%). In untreated fasting and control animals, muscle and liver insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity was stimulated to similar levels by insulin added in vitro. With only insulin treatment in vivo, muscle receptor tyrosine kinase behaved similarly in fasting and control animals with maximal activation at 15 min post injection. In liver, insulin in vivo stimulated receptor tyrosine kinase activity maximally at 5 min post injection in both fasting and control, but in fasting animals the treatment in vivo caused a significantly larger and more prolonged activation of the enzymic activity, possibly due to a decrease in the rate of dephosphorylation and deactivation of the beta subunits.

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