Abstract
IRS-1 undergoes rapid tyrosine phosphorylation during insulin stimulation and forms a stable complex containing the 85 kDa subunit (p85) of the phosphatidylinositol (Ptdins) 3′-kinase, but p85 is not tyrosyl phosphorylated. IRS-1 contains nine tyrosine phosphorylation sites in YXXM (Tyr-Xxx-Xxx-Met) motifs. Formation of the IRS-1-PtdIns 3′-kinase complex in vitro is inhibited by synthetic peptides containing phosphorylated YXXM motifs, suggesting that the binding of PtdIns 3′-kinase to IRS-1 is mediated through the SH2 (src homology-2) domains of p85. Furthermore, overexpression of IRS-1 potentiates the activation of PtdIns 3-kinase in insulinstimulated cells, and tyrosyl phosphorylated IRS-1 or peptides containing phosphorylated YXXM motifs activate PtdIns 3′-kinase in vitro. We conclude that the binding of tyrosyl phosphorylated IRS-1 to the SH2 domains of p85 is the critical step that activates PtdIns 3′-kinase during insulin stimulation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3469-3479 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | EMBO Journal |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 9 |
State | Published - Sep 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- IRS-1
- Insulin
- Phosphatidylinositol 3′-kinase
- Signal transduction
- Tyrosine phosphorylation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Immunology and Microbiology
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biology
- General Neuroscience