Endocrinology, Vol 132, 67-74, Copyright © 1993 by Endocrine Society

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Alteration of phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity in tissues from diabetic and pregnant rats

S Hauguel-de Mouzon, P Peraldi, F Alengrin and E Van Obberghen
Inserm U. 145, Faculte de Medecine, Nice, France.

Membrane-associated tyrosine phosphatase activities were studied in two distinct states of insulin resistance: diabetes and pregnancy. Using a novel immunoenzymatic assay with intact insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and insulin receptors as substrates, we show that phosphotyrosine-protein phosphatases (PTP-ases) from normal rat tissues induce a decrease in tyrosine phosphorylation of both receptors. Membrane fractions from kidney, brain, and liver contain the highest PTP-ase activity toward the insulin receptor. After 20-day streptozotocin-induced diabetes, PTP-ase activities are increased by 70% in the placenta, reduced by 40-50% in liver and skeletal muscle, and remained unchanged in the nonclassical insulin target tissues, kidney and brain. In general, the dephosphorylation of IGF-I receptor follows a pattern similar to that of insulin receptor except in red skeletal muscle in which it is not modified. Pregnancy also induces alterations of liver PTP-ases similar to those elicited by diabetes with a 50% reduction of insulin and IGF-I receptor dephosphorylation. This effect of pregnancy is further potentiated by diabetes. The alterations in the activity of hepatic PTP-ases from diabetic and pregnant rats are associated with a decreased autophosphorylation of the insulin receptor, suggesting that the diminution of phosphatase activity might be associated to the state of receptor phosphorylation and activation. Our data demonstrate that alterations of PTP-ases in insulin target tissues are found in two insulin-resistant states, one characterized by hyperinsulinemia, pregnancy and one by insulinopenia, streptozotocin-diabetes. These observations suggest a possible relationship between the defective activity of receptor tyrosine kinases and membrane-associated phosphatases from insulin responsive tissues.

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