Insulin regulation of protein translation repressor 4E-BP1, an eIF4E-binding protein, in renal epithelial cells

Basant K. Bhandari, Denis Feliers, Senthil Duraisamy, Jennifer L. Stewart, Anne Claude Gingras, Hanna E. Abboud, Goutam Ghosh Choudhury, Nahum Sonenberg, Balakuntalam S. Kasinath

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Abstract

Background. Augmented protein translation by insulin involves activation of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) that follows release of eIF4E from a heterodimeric complex by phosphorylation of its inhibitory binding protein, 4E-BP1. We examined insulin regulation of 4E-BP1 phosphorylation in murine proximal tubular epithelial cells. Methods and Results. Insulin (1 nmol/L) increased de novo protein synthesis by 58 ± 11% (P < 0.001). Insulin also augmented 4E-BP1 phosphorylation and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) activity in antiphosphotyrosine immunoprecipitates. This could be prevented by PI 3-kinase inhibitors, Wortmannin, and LY294002. Insulin also activated Akt that lies downstream of PI 3-kinase. Rapamycin abrogated 4E-BP1 phosphorylation in response to insulin, suggesting involvement of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a kinase downstream of Akt. Insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 was also inhibited by PD098059, implying involvement of Erk-1/-2 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase. An increase in Erk-1/-2 type MAP kinase activity by insulin was directly confirmed in an immunokinase assay and was found to be PI 3-kinase dependent. Conclusions. In proximal tubular epithelial cells, insulin augments 4E-BP1 phosphorylation, which is PI 3-kinase and mTOR dependent. The requirement for Erk-1/-2 MAP kinase activation for 4E-BP1 phosphorylation by insulin suggests a cross-talk between PI 3-kinase and Erk-1/-2-type MAP kinase pathways.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)866-875
Number of pages10
JournalKidney international
Volume59
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Keywords

  • Cell signaling
  • Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein-1
  • MAP kinase
  • Protein synthesis
  • Proximal tubule cell
  • Tubular epithelial cells
  • Type 2 diabetes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nephrology

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