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. 2013 Oct 29;220(1):49–59. doi: 10.1530/JOE-13-0172

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Insulin-induced Akt1/2 phosphorylation at Thr308 and Ser473 was prevented by knocking-down PI3K, but not PDK1, in 3T3-L1-GLUT4myc adipocytes. (A) In the left panel, cells were transfected with the NC siRNA or the PI3K siRNA, and 48 h after transfection western blotting was carried out using antibodies against PI3K or β-actin. Signal intensities for PI3K were normalized to those for β-actin. In the graph, each column represents the mean (±s.e.m.) normalized expression of PI3K (n=4 independent experiments). P value, unpaired t-test. In the right panel, cells transfected with the NC siRNA (NC) or the PI3K siRNA (PI3K KD) were left untreated or treated with insulin (Ins) (100 nM) for 10 min, followed by western blotting using antibodies against pT308(9), pS473(4), and Akt1/2. Signal intensities for phosphorylated Akt1/2 (pAkt1/2) were normalized to those for Akt1/2. In the graph, each column represents the mean (±s.e.m.) normalized intensity for pAkt1/2 at each site (n=4 independent experiments). P values, ANOVA followed by a Bonferonni correction. (B) In the left panel, cells were transfected with the NC siRNA or the PDK1 siRNA, and 48 h after transfection western blotting was carried out using antibodies against PDK1 or β-actin. Signal intensities for PDK1 were normalized to those for β-actin. In the graph, each column represents the mean (±s.e.m.) normalized expression of PDK1 (n=4 independent experiments). P value, unpaired t-test. In the right panel, cells transfected with the NC siRNA (NC) or the PDK1 siRNA (PDK1 KD) were left untreated or treated with insulin (Ins) (100 nM) for 10 min, followed by western blotting using antibodies against pT308(9), pS473(4), and Akt1/2. Signal intensities for phosphorylated Akt1/2 (pAkt1/2) were normalized to those for Akt1/2. In the graph, each column represents the mean (±s.e.m.) normalized intensity for pAkt1/2 at each site (n=4 independent experiments). P values, ANOVA followed by a Bonferonni correction. NS, not significant.