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. 2018 Sep 10;159(11):3615–3630. doi: 10.1210/en.2018-00705

Table 1.

Involvement of Scaffolds in Cardiometabolic Functions

Scaffold Protein Model Modifications Metabolic Outcome Reference
β-Arrestin 1 INS1 cells siRNA knockdown Impaired GSIS Sonoda et al. (47)
Overexpression Protection from glucose-apoptosis Quoyer et al. (48)
Mouse Systemic knockout Increased adiposity Ruderman et al. (49)
Decreased insulin sensitivity
Potentiated HFD-induced obesity
Mouse cardiomyocytes Overexpression Resistance to apoptosis Song et al. (50), Eguchi et al. (51), and Nackiewicz et al. (52)
β-Arrestin-2 Mouse Liver-specific knockout Increased gluconeogenesis Zhu et al. (53)
Hepatocytes Overexpression Decreased gluconeogenesis Zhu et al. (53)
Mouse cardiomyocytes Overexpression Stress-induced cardiac damage Eguchi et al. (51)
Mouse β-Cell specific knockout Worsened glucose tolerance after HFD Zhu et al. (54)
GSIS- and KCl-induced insulin secretion reduced
β-Cell overexpression Enhanced GSIS Zhu et al. (54)
Human EndoC-βH1 cells siRNA knockdown Impaired GSIS Zhu et al. (54)
AKAPs β-Cell AKAP150 systemic knockout Impaired insulin secretion Hinke et al. (55)
Impacts l-type Ca2+currents
Attenuates cytoplasmic accumulation of Ca2+ and cAMP
Muscle AKAP150 systemic knockout Increased insulin sensitivity Hinke et al. (55)
Mouse cardiomyocytes AKAP18α overexpression Regulate Ca2+ influx via PKA in response to β-adrenergic stimulation Gray et al. (56) and Fraser et al. (57)
AKAP5 systemic knockout Impaired trafficking and signaling of β1AR Klauck et al. (58)
KSR2 C2C12 cells Expression of KSR2 mutants with human mutations Reduced glucose oxidation Pearce et al. (59)
Increased fatty acid oxidation
Mouse Systemic knockout Develops obesity Liu et al. (60)
Hyperinsulinemia
Glucose intolerance
Increased AMPK-dependent glucose uptake
Hypophagic
NCK1/2 MIN6 cells Nck1 knockdown by siRNA Improves β-cell function Yamani et al. (61)
Resistance to ER stress
Mouse Systemic Nck1 knockout Improves glucose homeostasis Latreille and Larose (62)
Enhanced hepatic insulin signaling
Protects against β-cell apoptosis
Mouse Systemic Nck2 knockout Increased adiposity Dusseault et al. (63)
14-3-3 Proteins MIN6 cells Pharmacological inhibition Apoptosis Lim et al. (4)
Mouse islets Pharmacological inhibition Apoptosis Lim et al. (4)
14-3-3ζ MIN6 cells siRNA knockdown Apoptosis Lim et al. (4)
MIN6 cells Overexpression Protection from apoptosis Lim et al. (4)
3T3-L1 preadipocyte siRNA knockdown Inhibition of adipogenesis Lim et al. (64)
Mouse Systemic knockout Impaired visceral adipogenesis Lim et al. (64, 65)
Insulin resistance
Improved oral glucose tolerance via GLP-1
Mouse Systemic overexpression Enhanced age- and HFD-induced weight gain Lim et al. (64)
Homer1 Human platelets Knockdown Increases TRP channel activity Jardin et al. (27)
Enhanced spontaneous Ca2+ influx
Caveolin-1 Mouse Systemic knockout HFD-induced postprandial hyperinsulinemia Cohen et al. (33) and Razani et al. (34)
Decreases insulin sensitivity
Alterations in lipid homeostasis
Resistant to HFD-induced obesity
MIN6 cells siRNA knockdown Increases basal insulin secretion Boothe et al. (35)
MIN6 cells siRNA knockdown Impaired insulin receptor internalization and ERK activation Nevins et al. (36)
JIP1 INS1 cells siRNA knockdown Increases susceptibility to apoptosis Morel et al. (66)
Mouse Systemic knockout Insulin resistance Jaeschke et al. (67)

Abbreviations: AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; GSIS, glucose-induced insulin secretion; HFD, high-fat diet; KSR, kinase suppressor of RAS; Nck, noncatalytic region of tyrosine kinase; siRNA, small interfering RNA.