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BIOC 460 - DR. TISCHLER
LECTURE 23
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION: INSULIN
OBJECTIVES
1. Structures of proinsulin and insulin; significance of C-peptide.
2. Mechanism for stimulation of insulin secretion and synthesis by
glucose by increasing intracellular calcium.
3. Insulin receptor
a) key structural features of the
b) steps for activation of tyrosine kinase of insulin receptor; the
role of interchain autophosphorylation of tyrosine residues
c) three intracellular proteins phosphorylated by tyrosine kinase.
4. Mechanism by which insulin mobilizes GLUT-4 transporter to
muscle/fat cell plasma membrane via IRS, p85 and PI-3K.
5. Compare causes of type I and type II diabetes; what is meant by
insulin resistance in the type II form.
C-peptide
NH3+
-S
S - -S
-S
-S
S-
COO-
C-peptide secreted
with insulin and
cleared into the urine
NH3+
-S
S - -S
-S
-S
SCOO-
PROINSULIN
INSULIN
In the pancreatic -cell preproinsulin is processed to proinsulin
and then to insulin that is secreted
Figure 1. The structural features of proinsulin and insulin
Secreted insulin + C-peptide
DAG Protein kinase C
IMMEDIATE
SECRETION
6
Ca2+
Glucose
Ca2+
G
L
U
T
2
1
5
INSULIN
BIOSYNTHESIS
AND PROCESSING
2
METABOLISM
3 ATP

Calmodulin

CaM-kinase
4
Figure 2. Control of insulin synthesis and secretion by glucose.
CaM kinase: calmodulin-dependent protein kinase; DAG: diacylglycerol
+
3H
NH3+
N
SS
Insulin
S S -S-S-
-subunits
Insulin binding:
negative cooperativity
EXTRACELLULAR
-OOC
+
3HN
S
S
S
S
COO
NH3+
Plasma
membrane
Transmembrane
domain
Tyrosine
kinase
CYTOPLASM
domain -OOC COO-subunits
Figure 2. The insulin receptor. Insulin binding to the -chains
transmits a signal through the transmembrane domain of the
-chains to activate the tyrosine kinase activity
Extracellular
2
1
IRTK (L)
insulin
activated
binds
L
IRTK (R) 3
phosphorylated/
activated
OP
OP
R
P
P
Cytoplasm
P
P
P
ATPs
ADPs
Phosphorylation
catalyzed by IRTK (L)
Figure 4. Activation of the tyrosine kinase domains of the insulin receptor
by insulin binding, followed by interchain autophosphorylation
Extracellular
2
1
IRTK (L)
insulin
activated
binds
L
IRTK (R) 3
phosphorylated/
activated
4
IRTK (L)
phosphorylated
PO
OP
OP
R
ATPs
P
Cytoplasm
P
P
PO
P
OP
OP
P P
ADPs
ATPs
ADPs
Phosphorylation
catalyzed by IRTK (L)
Phosphorylation
catalyzed by
IRTK (R)
Figure 4. Activation of the tyrosine kinase domains of the insulin receptor
by insulin binding, followed by interchain autophosphorylation
Control of the Insulin Receptor
1) Insulin binding and subsequent
dissociation
2) Autophosphorylation to activate
3) Serine phosphorylation to inactivate
Figure 5. Intracellular action of insulin
Glucose
Extracellular
GLUT-4
Glucose transport Activated
(muscle/adipose)
metabolic
responses
Activation of protein
phosphatase leads to
dephosphorylation of
enzymes in glycolysis,
glycogen metabolism,
Cell growth
lipogenesis,
and replication
cholesterol synthesis
PO
IRTK PO
Cytoplasm
Signal transduction (e.g., IRS,
SHC, PLC phosphorylation)
KINASE CASCADE
(protein phosphorylation)
NUCLEUS
DNA synthesis
Protein
synthesis
OP
OP
mRNA synthesis
Mitogenic
response
Extracellular
space
= GLUT-4
Cytoplasm
Active IRTK
IRS

PO
PO
OP
OP
tyr-OH
ATP [1] IRTK
Figure 6. Hypothetical mechanism for
insulin to mobilize GLUT-4 transporter to
the plasma membrane in muscle and
adipose tissue.
IRS, insulin-receptor substrate;
IRTK, insulin receptor tyrosine kinase;
PI-3K, phosphatidyl-inositol kinase;
PDK; phospholipid-dependent kinase
PKB, protein kinase B
catalyzed
IRS
p85 [2] activated
by docking
IRS 
PIactive IRS
tyr-OP

IRS
3K
IRS IRSactive tyr-OP
PIP2


PIP
IRS
3

tyr-OP
tyr-OP
tyr-OP
+
[4] signals Golgi to
traffic GLUT-4 to
PDK
PKB
membrane
ADP
GOLGI
Step 5
Receptor
inactivation
Step 6
translocation back to Golgi
Glucose
Step 4
Glucose
transport
Step 2
Golgi
translocation
From Golgi
(signal)
Step 3
Binding and fusion
P-
-P
glucose
transporter
Step1 - insulin binding
and signal transduction
Figure 7. Insulin stimulated glucose transport (GLUT-4)
in adipose or muscle cells
Type I versus Type II Diabetes
Type 1
Autoimmune destruction of pancreas -cells
Lost ability to produce insulin
Requires life-long insulin injection
Lack of treatment leads to hyperglycemia
Generally begins in children but may not appear until 20’s
Type 2
Initiated by reduced ability to respond to insulin
Loss of ability to produce insulin
Hyperglycemia despite high blood insulin =
insulin resistance
Generally begins in adulthood but is increasingly seen in
teen and pre-teen years
Potential to be a major epidemic