Insulin rapidly upregulates protein kinase Cδ gene expression in skeletal muscle

Miriam Horovitz-Fried, Denise R. Cooper, Niketa A. Patel, Michal Cipok, Chagit Brand, Asia Bak, Aya Inbar, Avraham I. Jacob, Sanford R. Sampson

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Abstract

Recent studies in our laboratories have shown that Protein Kinase C delta (PKCδ) is essential for insulin-induced glucose transport in skeletal muscle, and that insulin rapidly stimulates PKCδ activity skeletal muscle. The purpose of this study was to examine mechanisms of regulation of PKCδ protein availability. Studies were done on several models of mammalian skeletal muscle and utilized whole cell lysates of differentiated myotubes. PKCδ protein levels were determined by Western blotting techniques, and PKCδ RNA levels were determined by Northern blotting, RT-PCR and Real-Time RT-PCR. Insulin stimulation increased PKCδ protein levels in whole cell lysates. This effect was not due to an inhibition by insulin of the rate of PKCδ protein degradation. Insulin also increased 35S-methionine incorporation into PKCδ within 5-15 min. Pretreatment of cells with transcription or translation inhibitors abrogated the insulin-induced increase in PKCδ protein levels. We also found that insulin rapidly increased the level of PKCδ RNA, an effect abolished by inhibitors of transcription. The insulin-induced increase in PKCδ expression was not reduced by inhibition of either PI3 Kinase or MAP kinase, indicating that these signaling mechanisms are not involved, consistent with insulin activation of PKCδ. Studies on cells transfected with the PKCδ promoter demonstrate that insulin activated the promoter within 5 min. This study indicates that the expression of PKCδ may be regulated in a rapid manner during the course of insulin action in skeletal muscle and raise the possibility that PKCδ may be an immediate early response gene activated by insulin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)183-193
Number of pages11
JournalCellular Signalling
Volume18
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2006

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Supported in part by the Sorrell Foundation, the Ben and Effie Raber Research Fund, and grants from The Israel Science Foundation founded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, from the Chief Scientist's Office of the Israel Ministry of Health, from D Cure Israel and by NIH Grant DK54393 (D.R.C). SRS is the incumbent of the Louis Fisher Chair in Cellular Pathology.

Funding

Supported in part by the Sorrell Foundation, the Ben and Effie Raber Research Fund, and grants from The Israel Science Foundation founded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, from the Chief Scientist's Office of the Israel Ministry of Health, from D Cure Israel and by NIH Grant DK54393 (D.R.C). SRS is the incumbent of the Louis Fisher Chair in Cellular Pathology.

FundersFunder number
Ben and Effie Raber Research Fund
D Cure Israel
Sorrell Foundation
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesR01DK054393
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Israel Science Foundation
Office of the Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health

    Keywords

    • Degradation
    • Expression
    • Gene transcription
    • Immediate early response gene

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