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The Small Guanosine Triphosphate-Binding Protein Rab4 Is Involved in Insulin-Induced GLUT4 Translocation and Actin Filament Rearrangement in 3T3-L1 Cells¹

Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; Veterans Administration Research Service (J.M.O.), San Diego, California 92161; and INSERM U-145, Faculté de Médecine (M.C., Y.L.M.-B.), 06107 Nice, France

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Jerrold M. Olefsky, M.D., Department of Medicine (0673), University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0673.

Insulin’s stimulation of glucose transport involves the translocation of vesicles containing the glucose transporter GLUT4 to the plasma membrane. Small GTP-binding proteins have been implicated in the regulation of vesicular traffic. We studied the effects of microinjection of wild-type Rab4 glutathione S-transferase fusion protein (WT Rab4), a GTP-binding defective mutant (Rab4 N121I), a guanosine triphosphatase-defective mutant (Rab4 Q67L), and a Rab4 antibody on insulin-induced GLUT4 translocation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Microinjection of Rab4 N121I and Rab4 antibodies had no effect on basal GLUT4 staining, but inhibited insulin-induced GLUT4 translocation by 50% compared with that in control IgG-injected cells. WT Rab4 and Rab4 Q67L microinjection had no effect on either basal or insulin-induced GLUT4 translocation. Premixing and coinjection of the Rab4 antibody with WT Rab4 almost completely abolished its inhibitory effect on insulin-induced GLUT4 translocation.

In contrast, microinjection of an antibody directed against the highly conserved region of Rab3 proteins had no effect on insulin-induced GLUT4. These results point to a direct role of Rab4 in insulin-induced GLUT4 translocation, and that this effect is dependent on nucleotide binding to the protein. We also studied the effect of microinjection of the same proteins on insulin-induced actin filament rearrangement (membrane ruffling) in the same cell line. Microinjection of Rab4 N121I and Rab4 antibodies inhibited insulin-induced membrane ruffling by 40%, whereas WT Rab4 or a Rab3 antibody injection had no effect on cytoskeletal rearrangement. In summary, 1) Rab4 is a necessary component of the insulin/GLUT4 translocation signaling pathway; 2) the function of Rab4 in this pathway requires GTP binding; 3) Rab4 also participates in the process of insulin-induced membrane ruffling; and 4) Rab3 proteins do not seem to be involved in these processes.

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