scholarly journals A monoclonal anti-peptide antibody reacting with the insulin receptor β-subunit. Characterization of the antibody and its epitope and use in immunoaffinity purification of intact receptors

1992 ◽  
Vol 288 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
R H Ganderton ◽  
K K Stanley ◽  
C E Field ◽  
M P Coghlan ◽  
M A Soos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Phosphorylation Site ◽  
Insulin Receptors ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Peptide Sequence ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Peptide Epitope ◽  
Microsomal Membranes ◽  
Immunoaffinity Isolation ◽  
Receptor Beta

A mouse monoclonal antibody (CT-1) was prepared against the C-terminal peptide sequence of the human insulin receptor beta-subunit (KKNGRILTLPRSNPS). The antibody reacted with native human and rat insulin receptors in solution, whether or not insulin was bound and whether or not the receptor had undergone prior tyrosine autophosphorylation. The antibody also reacted specifically with the receptor beta-subunit on blots of SDS/polyacrylamide gels. Preincubation of soluble receptors with antibody increased the binding of 125I-insulin approx. 2-fold. The antibody did not affect insulin-stimulated autophosphorylation, but increased the basal autophosphorylation rate approx. 2-fold. The amino acid residues contributing to the epitope for CT-1 were defined by construction and screening of an epitope library. Oligonucleotides containing 23 random bases were synthesized and ligated into the vector pCL627, and the corresponding peptide sequences expressed as fusion proteins in Escherichia coli were screened by colony blotting. Reactive peptides were identified by sequencing the oligonucleotide inserts in plasmids purified from positive colonies. Six different positive sequences were found after 900,000 colonies had been screened, and the consensus epitope was identified as GRVLTLPRS. Phosphorylation of the threonine residue within this sequence (corresponding to the known phosphorylation site Thr-1348 in the insulin receptor) decreased the affinity of antibody binding approx. 100-fold, as measured by competition in an e.l.i.s.a. Antibody CT-1 was used for immunoaffinity isolation of insulin receptor from detergent-solubilized human placental or rat liver microsomal membranes. Highly purified receptor was obtained in 60% yield by binding to CT-1-Sepharose immunoadsorbent and specific elution with a solution of peptide corresponding to the known epitope. This approach to purification under very mild conditions may in principle be used with any protein for which an antibody is available and for which a peptide epitope or ‘mimotope’ can be identified.

scholarly journals Two different protein kinase activities are associated with the insulin receptor

1983 ◽  
Vol 216 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Gazzano ◽  
A Kowalski ◽  
M Fehlmann ◽  
E Van Obberghen
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Insulin Receptors ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Stimulatory Action ◽  
Tyrosine Residues ◽  
Binding Event ◽  
Tyrosine Specific Kinase ◽  
Receptor Antibodies ◽  
Receptor Beta

In intact rat hepatocytes insulin stimulates the phosphorylation of the beta-subunit of its receptor exclusively on serine residues, which are also phosphorylated in the absence of insulin. In contrast, in partially purified insulin receptors derived from these same cells and in highly purified insulin receptors obtained by immunoprecipitation with anti-receptor antibodies, the receptor beta-subunit is phosphorylated solely on tyrosine residues. For both cell-free systems, insulin's stimulatory action on receptor phosphorylation leads to an increase in phosphotyrosine. When partially purified receptors were used to phosphorylate two exogenous substrates, casein and histone, insulin was found to stimulate the phosphorylation of both tyrosine and serine. However, the basal and insulin-stimulated kinase activity of immunoprecipitated receptors was only tyrosine-specific. From these observations we propose that the insulin-receptor complex consists of two different insulin-stimulatable kinase activities: (1) a tyrosine-specific kinase, which is a constituent of the insulin-receptor structure and whose activation is likely to be the first post-binding event in insulin action; and (2) a serine-specific kinase, which is closely associated with the receptor in the cell membrane.

scholarly journals Studies on the autophosphorylation of the insulin receptor from human placenta. Analysis of the sites phosphorylated by two-dimensional peptide mapping

1988 ◽  
Vol 252 (2) ◽  
pp. 607-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Tavaré ◽  
R M Denton
Keyword(s):  
Thin Layer ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Peptide Mapping ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Tyrosine Residues ◽  
Domain 3 ◽  
Receptor Beta

1. A partially purified preparation of human placental insulin receptors was incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP in the presence or absence of insulin. The 32P-labelled insulin-receptor beta-subunits were then isolated, cleaved with trypsin followed by protease V8 and the [32P]phosphopeptides generated were analysed by thin layer electrophoresis and chromatography. This approach revealed that insulin stimulates autophosphorylation of the insulin-receptor beta-subunit in vitro on at least seven tyrosine residues distributed among three distinct domains. 2. One domain (domain 2), containing tyrosine residues 1146, 1150 and 1151 was the most rapidly phosphorylated and could be recovered as mono-, di- and triphosphorylated peptides cleaved by trypsin at Arg-1143 and either Lys-1153 or Lys-1156. Multiple phosphorylation of this domain appears to partially inhibit the cleavage at Lys-1153 by trypsin. 3. In a second domain (domain 3) containing two phosphorylated tyrosine residues at positions 1316 and 1322 the tyrosines were phosphorylated more slowly than those in domain 2. This domain is close to the C-terminus of the beta-subunit polypeptide chain. 4. At least two further tyrosine residues appeared to be phosphorylated after those in domains 2 and 3. These residues probably residue within a domain lying in close proximity to the inner face of the plasma membrane containing tyrosines 953, 960 and 972, but conclusive evidence is still required. 5. The two-dimensional thin-layer analysis employed in this study to investigate insulin-receptor phosphorylation has several advantages over previous methods based on reverse-phase chromatography. It allows greater resolution of 32P-labelled tryptic peptides and, when coupled to radioautography, is considerably more sensitive. The approach can be readily adapted to study phosphorylation of the insulin receptor within intact cells.

scholarly journals Insulin receptor desensitization correlates with attenuation of tyrosine kinase activity, but not of receptor endocytosis

1987 ◽  
Vol 245 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
A D Blake ◽  
N S Hayes ◽  
E E Slater ◽  
C D Strader
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Receptor Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Glycogen Synthesis ◽  
Insulin Receptors ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase Activity ◽  
Down Regulation ◽  
Receptor Endocytosis

A model of insulin-receptor down-regulation and desensitization has been developed and described. In this model, both insulin-receptor down-regulation and functional desensitization are induced in the human HepG2 cell line by a 16 h exposure of the cells to 0.1 microM-insulin. Insulin-receptor affinity is unchanged, but receptor number is decreased by 50%, as determined both by 125I-insulin binding and by protein immunoblotting with an antibody to the beta-subunit of the receptor. This down-regulation is accompanied by a disproportionate loss of insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis, yielding a population of cell-surface insulin receptors which bind insulin normally but which are unable to mediate insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis within the cell. Upon binding of insulin, the desensitized receptors are internalized rapidly, with characteristics indistinguishable from those of control cells. In contrast, this desensitization is accompanied by a loss of the insulin-sensitive tyrosine kinase activity of insulin receptors isolated from these cells. Receptors isolated from control cells show a 5-25-fold enhancement of autophosphorylation of the beta-subunit by insulin; this insulin-responsive autophosphorylation is severely attenuated after desensitization to a maximum of 0-2-fold stimulation by insulin. Likewise, the receptor-mediated phosphorylation of exogenous angiotensin II, which is stimulated 2-10-fold by insulin in receptors from control cells, is completely unresponsive to insulin in desensitized cells. These data provide evidence that the insulin-receptor tyrosine kinase activity correlates with insulin stimulation of an intracellular metabolic event. The data suggest that receptor endocytosis is not sufficient to mediate insulin's effects, and thereby argue for a role of the receptor tyrosine kinase activity in the mediation of insulin action.

scholarly journals Insulin receptor function is inhibited by guanosine 5′-[γ-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S])

1990 ◽  
Vol 270 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
H W Davis ◽  
J M McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
G Proteins ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Insulin Receptors ◽  
Insulin Binding ◽  
Peptide Sequence ◽  
Receptor Kinase ◽  
Receptor Function ◽  
Gtp Binding ◽  
Insulin Receptor Kinase

The regulatory role of GTP-binding proteins (G-proteins) in insulin receptor function was investigated using isolated insulin receptors and plasma membranes from rat adipocytes. Treatment of isolated insulin receptors with 1 mM-guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]) inhibited insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of the beta-subunit, histone Hf2b and poly(GluNa4,Tyr1) by 22%, 65% and 65% respectively. Phosphorylation of calmodulin by the insulin receptor kinase was also inhibited by 1 mM-GTP[S] both in the absence (by 88%) and in the presence (by 81%) of insulin. In the absence of insulin, 1 mM-GTP had the same effect on calmodulin phosphorylation as 1 mM-GTP[S]. However, when insulin was present, GTP was less effective than GTP[S] (41% versus 81% inhibition). Concentrations of GTP[S] greater than 250 microM are necessary to inhibit phosphorylation. Although these concentrations are relatively high, the effect of GTP[S] is not due to competition with [32P]ATP for the insulin receptor kinase since (1) other nucleotide triphosphates did not inhibit phosphorylation as much as did GTP[S] (or GTP) and (2) the Vmax of the ATP-dependent kinase reaction was decreased in the presence of GTP[S]. GTP[S] (1 mM) also inhibited insulin binding to isolated receptors and plasma membranes, by 80% and 50% respectively. Finally, an antibody raised to a peptide sequence common to the alpha-subunits of G-proteins Gs, Gi, Go and transducin detected G-proteins in plasma membranes but failed to detect them in the insulin receptor preparation. These results indicate that GTP inhibits insulin receptor function, but does so through a mechanism that does not require a conventional GTP-binding protein.

scholarly journals Insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 stimulate the phosphorylation on tyrosine of a 160 kDa cytosolic protein in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

1988 ◽  
Vol 252 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
D H Madoff ◽  
T M Martensen ◽  
M D Lane
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factor ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Growth Factor Receptor ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Insulin Like Growth Factor ◽  
Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Cytosolic Protein ◽  
20 Nm ◽  
Quantitative Immunoblotting ◽  
Receptor Beta

Insulin and IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1) rapidly stimulate the phosphorylation on tyrosine of a 160 kDa cytosolic protein (pp160) in intact 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Half-maximal phosphorylation of pp160 is attained with either 4 nM-insulin or 20 nM-IGF-1. A semi-quantitative immunoblotting procedure using anti-phosphotyrosine antibody revealed that the insulin-stimulated 3T3-L1 adipocyte possesses approx. 3 × 10(5) and 0.6 × 10(5) phosphotyrosyl sites, respectively, in pp160 and insulin receptor beta-subunit. Removal of insulin from stimulated cells results in the rapid (within 15 min) loss of phosphate groups from tyrosyl residues in both pp160 and receptor beta-subunit. Whereas pp160 remains maximally phosphorylated on tyrosine for up to 60 min in the presence of 100 nM-insulin, IGF-1 at the same concentration induces only a transient response that is maximally 50% of that observed with insulin. pp160 is not phosphorylated on tyrosine in response to platelet-derived growth factor or epidermal growth factor. Although pp160 appears to be a soluble cytoplasmic protein, in the presence of 1 mM-ZnCl2 it becomes membrane-associated. In view of its apparent cytoplasmic localization and its inability to bind to either wheat-germ agglutinin or concanavalin A, pp160 does not appear to be a typical glycoprotein growth-factor receptor. Our results suggest that pp160 may be a physiologically important cellular substrate of the insulin-receptor tyrosine kinase in the intact 3T3-L1 adipocyte.

scholarly journals Hydrogen peroxide stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor and its tyrosine kinase activity in intact cells

1988 ◽  
Vol 250 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Koshio ◽  
Y Akanuma ◽  
M Kasuga
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Intact Cell ◽  
Insulin Receptors ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Receptor Kinase ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Tyrosine Residues ◽  
Insulin Receptor Kinase ◽  
Insulin Receptor Kinase Activity

H-35 rat hepatoma cells were labelled with [32P]orthophosphate and their insulin receptors isolated on wheat germ agglutinin (WGA)-agarose and anti-(insulin receptor) serum. The incubation of these cells with 10 mM-H2O2 for 10 min increased the phosphorylation of both the serine and tyrosine residues of the beta subunit of the insulin receptor. Next, insulin receptors were purified on WGA-agarose from control and H2O2-treated H-35 cells and the purified fractions incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP and Mn2+. Phosphorylation of the beta subunit of insulin receptors obtained from H2O2-treated cells was 150% of that of control cells. The kinase activity of the WGA-purified receptor preparation obtained from H2O2-treated cells, as measured by phosphorylation of src-related synthetic peptide, was increased about 4-fold over control cells. These data suggest that in intact cell systems, H2O2 may increase the insulin receptor kinase activity by inducing phosphorylation of the beta subunit of insulin receptor.

scholarly journals Differential sensitivity of the insulin-receptor kinase to thiol and oxidizing agents in the absence and presence of insulin

1987 ◽  
Vol 245 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Wilden ◽  
J E Pessin
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Beta Subunit ◽  
Differential Sensitivity ◽  
Protein Kinase Activity ◽  
Receptor Kinase ◽  
Nitrobenzoic Acid ◽  
Insulin Receptor Kinase ◽  
Receptor Beta

The purified human placental insulin-receptor beta-subunit autophosphorylating activity was found to be inhibited, in a time- and concentration-dependent manner, by the specific thiol-alkylating agents N-ethylmaleimide and 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid). The insulin-receptor kinase was observed to be more sensitive to inhibition by N-ethylmaleimide in the presence [IC50 (concn, giving 50% inhibition) = 25 +/- 3 microM] than in the absence (IC50 = 73 +/- 6 microM) of insulin. Similarly, inhibition by 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) occurred with IC50 = 30 +/- 6 microM in the presence and 155 +/- 35 microM in the absence of insulin. Examination of the exogenous-substrate protein kinase activity demonstrated that the differential sensitivity to N-ethylmaleimide was due to direct inhibition of protein kinase activity, as opposed to blockade of the phospho-acceptor properties of the insulin receptor. In contrast, iodoacetamide had essentially no effect on the insulin-receptor beta-subunit autophosphorylating activity and was able to protect partially against the N-ethylmaleimide inhibition in both the presence and the absence of insulin. Consistent with these findings, none of the thiol-specific agents were able to alter significantly insulin binding at concentrations which maximally inhibited the beta-subunit autophosphorylation. Further, in the presence of insulin, the insulin-receptor kinase activity was also observed to be more sensitive to oxidation by H2O2 and FeCl3/ascorbate compared with insulin receptors in the absence of insulin. These results indicate that there is a critical thiol group(s) necessary for the beta-subunit autophosphorylating activity of the insulin-receptor kinase and that in the presence of insulin is more susceptible to exogenously added thiol and oxidizing agents.

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