Endocrinology, Vol 137, 2362-2366, Copyright © 1996 by Endocrine Society

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Reduced phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase in response to insulin in cells with truncated C-terminal domain of insulin receptor

K Carel, D DePaolo, JE Reusch, JW Leitner and B Draznin
Medical Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA.

Insulin-stimulated activity of Raf-1 kinase was examined in Rat-1 fibroblasts transfected with wild-type and mutant human insulin receptors. Insulin stimulated Raf-1 binding to p21Ras in HIRc (wild- type), delta CT (insulin receptor lacking a 43-amino acid C-terminal domain), and Y/F2 (tyrosine 1316 and 1322 replaced by phenylalanine) cells. Despite equal binding to p21Ras, the activity of Raf-1 kinase (measured by phosphorylation of its downstream substrate, mitogen- activated protein/extracellular receptor kinase (MEK) was significantly reduced in the delta CT cells. As an association of Raf-1 with p21Ras does not activate Raf-1 kinase, but merely targets Raf-1 to the plasma membrane, we examined the binding of Raf-1 to 14-3-3 proteins and to the insulin receptor itself. Raf-1 was detected in both 14-3-3 and insulin receptor immunoprecipitates. Association of Raf-1 with either 14-3-3 protein or insulin receptor was not influenced by insulin and was similar in all control and insulin-treated cell lines. These results indicate that the delta CT cells are deficient in stimulating Raf-1 activity despite normal binding of Raf-1 to p21Ras. Thus, an unidentified mechanism of Raf-1 activation at the plasma membrane must be impaired in these cells.

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