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Query: EC:2.7.11.13 (protein kinase C)
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The mechanisms for the insulin resistance induced by hyperglycemia were investigated by studying the effect of high glucose concentration (HG) and its modulation by thiazolidine derivatives, on insulin signaling using Rat 1 fibroblasts expressing human insulin receptors (HIRc). Incubating HIRc cells in 27 mM D-glucose for 4 days impaired the insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of pp185 and receptor beta-subunits. Both protein kinase C activities and phorbol dibutyrate binding to intact cells were unchanged; however, cytosolic protein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase) activity increased within 1 h prior to the impairment of insulin receptor kinase in HG cells (Maegawa, H., Tachikawa-Ide, R., Ugi, S., Iwanishi, M., Egawa, K., Kikkawa, R., Shigeta, Y., and Kashiwagi, A. (1993) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 197, 1078-1082). Increased PTPase activity was consistent with a 2-fold increase in the amount of PTP1B, and anti-PTP1B antibody inhibited this increment of cytosolic PTPase activity in HG cells. Co-incubating cells with pioglitazone prevented these abnormalities in cytosolic PTPase, the PTP1B content and the impaired phosphorylation of pp185 and receptor beta subunits in HG cells. Finally, HG cells had impaired insulin-stimulated alpha-amino-isobutyric acid uptake, which was ameliorated by exposure to thiazolidine derivatives. In conclusion, exposing cells to high glucose levels desensitizes insulin receptor function, and thiazolidine derivatives can reverse the process via the normalization of cytosolic PTPase, but not of protein kinase C.
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PMID:Thiazolidine derivatives ameliorate high glucose-induced insulin resistance via the normalization of protein-tyrosine phosphatase activities. 753 76

Chromium, in its various forms, is recognized both as a human carcinogen and as a nutrient essential in glucose homeostasis. Although the genotoxicity of this element is associated with its carcinogenic properties, the manner in which chromium mediates its epigenetic effects on cells, including its ability to potentiate insulin action, is not known. In the current studies, Western blotting with antiphosphotyrosine antibodies was used to study the effects of chromium on protein tyrosine phosphorylation in intact H4 rat hepatoma cells. Treatment of cells with hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] was found to induce the tyrosine phosphorylation of three prominent sets of proteins, having median molecular masses of 210, 125, and 87 kDa. Cr(VI) pretreatment also inhibited the insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the major substrate of the insulin receptor kinase, insulin receptor substrate-1, and its subsequent association with the 85-kDa regulatory subunit (p85) of phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase. Furthermore, Cr(VI) was found to alter the pattern of other p85-binding (insulin-induced) phosphoproteins that were distributed throughout the soluble and particulate fractions of cells. Virtually all of the alterations in basal and insulin-induced phosphorylations associated with Cr(VI) treatment were also observed in cells treated with the protein kinase C (PKC) agonist phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate. However, the effects of Cr(VI) were determined to be independent of PKC activity, because they were sustained in PKC-depleted cells. The pattern of phosphoproteins induced by Cr(VI) also had similarities to the pattern generated in response to the phosphatase inhibitor sodium orthovanadate. However, several specific differences, including the ability of vanadate to increase insulin receptor beta subunit autophosphorylation [i.e., an effect not observed with Cr(VI)], indicated that these agents modulate phosphorylation by distinct mechanisms. The ability of Cr(VI) to alter the phosphorylation state of key regulatory proteins in a manner similar to that of other biologically active agents suggests a mechanism by which this element can modulate the growth and metabolism of cells.
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PMID:Effects of chromium on basal and insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation in H4 hepatoma cells: comparison with phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate and sodium orthovanadate. 753 87

The initiation of saliva formation by parotid acinar cells, which comprise the majority of cells in this salivary gland, is initiated by the release of neurotransmitters (acetylcholine, substance P) from parasympathetic nerves. In response to substance P and the muscarinic agonist carbachol, two ligands that activate phospholipase C-linked receptors, which stimulate fluid secretion, PKC delta was phosphorylated on tyrosine residues. The maximal agonist-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation occurred within seconds of the addition of either agonist and then returned rapidly to a smaller increased level. Phorbol ester also caused a rapid increase in tyrosine phosphorylation, which reached a maximal level 5 min after the addition of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. The increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of PKC delta was blocked by tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein and staurosporine. Ionophore-mediated elevation of [Ca2+]i or activation of the beta-adrenergic receptor, epidermal growth factor receptor, or insulin receptor did not promote the tyrosine phosphorylation of PKC delta. These results indicate that tyrosine phosphorylation plays a role in early signal transduction events promoted by the activation of muscarinic and substance P receptors and suggests that the tyrosine phosphorylation of PKC delta has a role in the activation of fluid secretion by neurotransmitters binding to phospholipase C-linked receptors.
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PMID:Carbachol, substance P, and phorbol ester promote the tyrosine phosphorylation of protein kinase C delta in salivary gland epithelial cells. 753 27

Stimulation of the activity of protein kinase C by pretreatment of cells with phorbol esters was tested for its ability to inhibit signaling by four members of the insulin receptor family, including the human insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I receptors, the human insulin receptor-related receptor, and the Drosophila insulin receptor. Activation of overexpressed protein kinase C alpha resulted in a subsequent inhibition of the ligand-stimulated increase in antiphosphotyrosine-precipitable phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase mediated by the kinase domains of all four receptors. This inhibition varied from 97% for the insulin receptor-related receptor to 65% for the Drosophila insulin receptor. In addition, the activation of protein kinase C alpha inhibited the in situ ligand-stimulated increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of the GTPase-activating protein-associated p60 protein as well as Shc mediated by these receptors. The mechanism for this inhibition was further studied in the case of the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor. Although the in situ phosphorylation of insulin-receptor substrate-1 and p60 by this receptor was inhibited by prior stimulation of protein kinase C alpha, the in vitro tyrosine phosphorylation of these two substrates by this receptor was not decreased by prior stimulation of the protein kinase C alpha in the cells that served as a source of the substrates. Finally, the insulin-like growth factor-I-stimulated increase in cell proliferation was found to be inhibited by prior activation of protein kinase C alpha.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Activation of protein kinase C alpha inhibits signaling by members of the insulin receptor family. 754 65

In the present study, insulin is shown to rapidly stimulate by 8- to 12-fold the enzymatic activity of RAC-PK alpha, a pleckstrin homology domain containing ser/thr kinase. In contrast, activation of protein kinase C by phorbol esters had almost no effect on the enzymatic activity of RAC-PK alpha. Insulin activation was accompanied by a shift in molecular weight of the RAC-PK alpha protein, and the activated kinase was deactivated by treatment with a phosphatase, indicating that insulin activated the enzyme by stimulating its phosphorylation. This insulin-induced shift in RAC-PK was also observed in primary rat epididymal adipocytes, as well as in a muscle cell line called C2C12 cells. The insulin-stimulated increase in RAC-PK alpha activity was inhibited by wortmannin (an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase) in a dose-dependent manner with a half-maximal inhibition of 10 nM, but not by 20 ng/ml of rapamycin. Activation of RAC-PK alpha activity was also observed in a variant RAC lacking the pleckstrin homology domain. These results indicate that RAC-PK alpha activity can be regulated by the insulin receptor. RAC-PK alpha may therefore play a general role in intracellular signaling mediated by receptor tyrosine kinases.
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PMID:Insulin stimulates the kinase activity of RAC-PK, a pleckstrin homology domain containing ser/thr kinase. 755 70

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) has been suggested to be the mediator of insulin resistance in infection, tumor cachexia, and obesity. We have previously shown that TNF diminishes insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1). The current work examines potential mechanisms that mediate this event. TNF effect on IRS-1 in Fao hepatoma cells was not associated with a significant reduction in insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity as measured in vitro but impaired the association of IRS-1 with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, localizing TNF impact to IRS-1. TNF did not increase protein-tyrosine phosphatase activity and protein-tyrosine phosphatase inhibition by vanadate did not change TNF effect on IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation, suggesting that protein-tyrosine phosphatases are not involved in this TNF effect. In contrast, TNF increased IRS-1 phosphorylation on serine residues, leading to a decrease in its electrophoretic mobility. TNF effect on IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation was not abolished by inhibiting protein kinase C using staurosporine, while inactivation of Ser/Thr phosphatases by calyculin A and okadaic acid mimicked it. Our data suggest that TNF induces serine phosphorylation of IRS-1 through inhibition of serine phosphatases or activation of serine kinases other than protein kinase C. This increased serine phosphorylation interferes with insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1 and impairs insulin action.
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PMID:Tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1). Possible mechanism for suppression of insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1. 755 52

This study evaluated the effect of insulin on the respiratory burst of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) and the signalling pathways involved in this process, especially the involvement of protein kinase C (PKC). Isolated human PMNLs from healthy volunteers were incubated with different concentrations of insulin (10-10-10-7 mol/l) and for different durations of incubation (5-90 min). The intracellular production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was detected employing a previously validated flow cytometric assay using 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein-diacetate (DCFH-DA) as a marker for H202 production. Specificity of insulin action was verified using an insulin antagonist (the monoclonal antibody MA-10). To identify the signalling pathway involved, we used; (a) monoclonal antibody MA-5, directed against the alpha-subunit of the insulin receptor, that partially mimics insulin without activating tyrosine kinase; (b) H7, an inhibitor of PKC involved in O2- production in PMNLs, and (c) phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) that binds and stimulates PKC. Insulin caused a dose- and time-dependent stimulation of H202 release by human PMNLs. The effect of insulin was blocked MA-10. The actions of insulin and PMA on H2O2 release were additive, whereas the actions of MA-5 and PMA were not. H7 partially inhibited the H2O2 production stimulated by insulin and completely inhibited MA-5 action. We conclude that insulin stimulates, in a dose- and time-related manner, the respiratory burst of human PMNLs. PKC activation can only partially account for the intracellular mechanisms involved in this process.
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PMID:Effect of insulin on hydrogen peroxide production by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Studies with monoclonal anti-insulin receptor antibodies, and an agonist and an inhibitor of protein kinase C. 760 14

Rapid and long term effects of protein kinase C alpha activation on receptor tyrosine kinase signaling parameters were investigated in human 293 embryonic fibroblasts and mouse NIH 3T3 cells. Within minutes of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate treatment, epidermal growth factor receptor and HER2 tyrosine phosphorylation was decreased, while platelet-derived growth factor receptor and insulin receptor autophosphorylation was upregulated. These effects are not mediated by protein kinase C-dependent receptor tyrosine kinase phosphorylation but apparently by activation or inactivation of receptor tyrosine kinase-specific phosphatases, as indicated by neutralization of these phenomena upon treatment of cells with sodium orthovanadate. In contrast to these short term effects, sustained activation of protein kinase C alpha by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate results in translocation of protein kinase C from the cytosol to the membrane fraction where it forms stable complexes with all receptor tyrosine kinases investigated. Ligand-induced receptor tyrosine kinase/protein kinase C association in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts is accompanied by a mobility shift of the receptor, indicating phosphorylation by activated protein kinase C. This phenomenon correlates with the disappearance of receptor tyrosine kinases from the cell surface, implying that this interaction plays a role in the process of receptor internalization and degradation. Interestingly, ligand-stimulated receptor down-regulation is also enhanced by overexpression of phospholipase C gamma, which strongly indicates a role for this common receptor tyrosine kinase substrate in negative regulation of growth factor signals.
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PMID:Rapid and long-term effects on protein kinase C on receptor tyrosine kinase phosphorylation and degradation. 764 54

Activation of either dense tonsilar B lymphocytes or the B lymphoblastoid cell line T5-1 with Staphylococcus aureus, Cowan strain I, induced surface expression of insulin receptors. Addition of insulin to these activated cells resulted in subsequent phosphorylation of the B cell surface protein CD20, the functions to regulate B cell activation. The cytoplasmic domains of CD20 contain multiple serine and threonine residues, of which at least two are followed by acidic sequences typical of substrate sites favored by casein kinase II. Tryptic mapping of CD20 isolated from intact cells treated with insulin showed increased phosphorylation on peptides having similar migration to those phosphorylated by casein kinase II in vitro. Treatment of tonsilar B cells or T5-1 cells with phorbol esters or in vitro phosphorylation by purified protein kinase C did not result in phosphorylation of peptides phosphorylated by casein kinase II, suggesting that protein kinase C is not directly involved in CD20 phosphorylation in the response to insulin. Phosphorylation of CD20 cannot be triggered by insulin in resting B cells, as the insulin receptor is expressed only after entry into the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Thus, distinct regulation of activation pathways are available to resting as opposed to activated B lymphocytes.
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PMID:Insulin regulates serine/threonine phosphorylation in activated human B lymphocytes. 767 37

In view of the potent mitogenic effect exerted by insulin in human colonic cells, we used Caco-2 cells transfected with an activated (Val12) human Ha-ras gene or the polyoma middle T (PyMT) oncogene, a constitutive activator of pp60c-src tyrosine kinase activity, to investigate the effect of oncogenic p21ras and PyMT/pp60c-src on insulin mitogenic signaling. As compared to vector control Caco-2 cells, both oncogene-transfected cells exhibited: 1) a lost of response to insulin's stimulatory effect on mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activity and cell proliferation, both of which were constitutively increased; 2) a decrease in insulin receptor (IR) affinity and insulin-stimulated exogenous tyrosine kinase activity, which resulted, at least in part, from increased protein kinase C (PKC) activity (4), since both IR alterations were partially corrected by PKC down-regulation; and 3) a decrease in both insulin receptor mRNA level and insulin receptor number, which was independent of PKC since it persisted after PKC down-regulation. In conclusion, oncogenic p21ras and PyMT/pp60c-src abolished insulin mitogenic signaling in Caco-2 cells through mechanisms involving (i) constitutive activation of MAP kinase, and (ii) marked decreases in both insulin receptor function and expression which were mediated by PKC-dependent and PKC-independent pathways respectively. This is the first evidence that, when oncogenically activated, p21ras and pp60c-src not only exert a negative control on insulin receptor function but also repress insulin receptor gene expression in human colonic cells.
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PMID:[Oncogenic activation of p21(ras) and pp60(c-src) in human colonic Caco-2 cells decreases insulin receptor function and expression through protein kinase C-dependent and independent pathways]. 773 71


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