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. 1999 Oct 1;343(Pt 1):151–157.

Inhibition of insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of the intracellular domain of phospholemman decreases insulin-dependent GLUT4 translocation in streptolysin-O-permeabilized adipocytes.

O Walaas 1, R S Horn 1, S I Walaas 1
PMCID: PMC1220536  PMID: 10493924

Abstract

A variety of studies indicate that protein kinase C might be involved in the insulin signalling cascade leading to translocation of the insulin-regulated glucose transporter GLUT4 from intracellular pools to the plasma membrane. Phospholemman is a plasma-membrane protein kinase C substrate whose phosphorylation is increased by insulin in intact muscle [Walaas, Czernik, Olstad, Sletten and Walaas (1994) Biochem. J. 304, 635-640]. The present study examined whether the inhibition of phospholemman phosphorylation modulates the effects of insulin on GLUT4 translocation. For this purpose, a synthetic peptide derived from the intracellular domain of phospholemman with the phosphorylatable serine residues replaced with alanine residues was prepared. This peptide was found to decrease the protein kinase C-catalysed phosphorylation of a synthetic phospholemman peptide in vitro. When introduced into streptolysin-O-permeabilized adipocytes, the peptide decreased the effects of insulin on both the phosphorylation of phospholemman and the recruitment of GLUT4 to the plasma membrane. Similarly, the internalization of phospholemman antibodies, which also decreased the protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation of the synthetic phospholemman peptide in vitro, decreased the effect of insulin on GLUT4 translocation in the adipocytes. The results suggest that phosphorylation of the intracellular domain of phospholemman might be involved in modulating the insulin-induced translocation of GLUT4 to the plasma membrane.

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