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Endocrinology Vol. 142, No. 7 2833-2840
Copyright © 2001 by The Endocrine Society


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Tyr612 and Tyr632 in Human Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 Are Important for Full Activation of Insulin-Stimulated Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activity and Translocation of GLUT4 in Adipose Cells1

Diana L. Esposito, Yunhua Li, Alessandro Cama and Michael J. Quon

Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892; and Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, University G. D’Annunzio (D.L.E., A.C.), Chieti 66013, Italy

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Michael J. Quon, M.D., Ph.D., Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 8C-218, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1755, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1755. E-mail: quonm{at}nih.gov


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To examine contributions of specific YXXM motifs in human insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) to mediating the metabolic actions of insulin, we studied IRS-1 mutants containing various substitutions of Phe for Tyr. In transfected NIH-3T3IR cells, insulin stimulation caused a 5-fold increase in phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) activity coimmunoprecipitated with wild-type IRS-1. No PI3K activity was associated with IRS1-F6 (Phe substituted for Tyr at positions 465, 612, 632, 662, 941, and 989). Adding back both Tyr612 and Tyr632 fully restored IRS-1-associated PI3K activity, whereas adding back either Tyr612 or Tyr632 alone was associated with intermediate PI3K activity. In rat adipose cells transfected with epitope-tagged GLUT4, insulin stimulation caused a 2-fold increase in cell surface GLUT4-HA. Cotransfection of cells with GLUT4-HA and either wild-type IRS-1 or IRS1-Y612/Y632 increased basal cell surface GLUT4-HA (in the absence of insulin) to approximately 80% of the levels seen in insulin-stimulated control cells, whereas overexpression of IRS1-F6 had no effect on the insulin dose-response curve. Overexpression of IRS1-Y612 or IRS1-Y632 caused intermediate effects. Thus, both Tyr612 and Tyr632 are important for IRS-1 to fully activate PI3K and mediate translocation of GLUT4 in response to insulin.


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INSULIN RECEPTOR substrates (IRS-1, -2, -3, and -4) are all capable of coupling signaling from the insulin receptor to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-dependent pathways that mediate the metabolic actions of insulin (for review see Ref. 1). All known IRS proteins contain multiple YXXM motifs that upon phosphorylation by activated insulin receptors are predicted to bind SH2 domains in the p85 regulatory subunit of PI3K resulting in activation of the p110 catalytic subunit (2). Overexpression of IRS-1, -2, -3, or -4 in rat adipose cells is sufficient to cause recruitment of GLUT4 to the cell surface in the absence of insulin (3, 4, 5), whereas insulin-stimulated translocation of GLUT4 is inhibited by expression of a mutant IRS-3 that does not bind PI3K (Phe substituted for Tyr in the four YXXM motifs) (5). p85 contains tandem SH2 domains that must be occupied simultaneously for full activation of PI3K (6, 7, 8, 9). Thus, although IRS-1 contains at least six YXXM motifs that may bind SH2 domains of p85, it is possible that a single pair of YXXM motifs is sufficient to fully mediate metabolic actions of IRS-1.

A previous study using phosphopeptides suggested that tyrosine-phosphorylated YXXM motifs at positions 608 and 939 in rat IRS-1 bind with high affinity to SH2 domains of p85, and motifs at positions 460 and 987 bind with lower affinity (10). Another study using intact cells concluded that the YXXM motif at position 608 accounts for 60% of the insulin-stimulated PI3K activity associated with IRS-1, whereas motifs at positions 939 and 987 do not contribute significantly (11). Overexpression of mutant rat IRS-1 with substitution of Phe for Tyr in YXXM motifs at positions 460, 608, 939, and 987 completely inhibited insulin-stimulated PI3K activity in Xenopus oocytes, but caused only a partial blockade in hepatocytes (12). Substitution of Phe for Tyr in 18 potential tyrosine phosphorylation sites in rat IRS-1 results in an IRS-1 mutant that does not undergo detectable tyrosine phosphorylation and is unable to mediate activation of PI3K in response to insulin (13). Adding back tyrosines to this F18 mutant at positions 608, 628, and 658 fully restores its ability to bind and activate PI3K in response to insulin at a level comparable to that seen with wild-type IRS-1 (13). Thus, previous studies are in agreement that the YXXM motif at position 608 in rat IRS-1 plays an important role in coupling insulin receptor signaling to PI3K activation. However, a single pair of YXXM motifs in IRS-1 that can simultaneously engage the tandem SH2 domains of p85 and fully activate PI3K at a level comparable to that of wild-type IRS-1 has not been identified. In the present study we found that the pair of YXXM motifs at positions 612 and 632 in human IRS-1 (corresponding to positions 608 and 628 in rat IRS-1) is sufficient to mimic the ability of wild-type IRS-1 to bind and activate PI3K and to mediate the translocation of GLUT4 in rat adipose cells.


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Plasmid constructs
pCIS2. pCIS2 is the cytomegalovirus-based parental expression vector (14, 15).

IRS1-WT. IRS1-wild-type (WT), the complementary DNA for human IRS-1, was subcloned into pCIS2 as previously described (3), and the QuickChange site-directed mutagenesis kit (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) was used to create sequence coding for an hemagglutinin (HA)-epitope tag fused to the C-terminus of IRS-1 (sense primer, 5'-G CAG CCA GAG GAC CGT CAG TAT CCT TAT GAT GTT CCT GAT TAT GCT TAG CTC AAC TGG ACA TCA CAG C-3'; antisense primer: 5'-G CTG TGA TGT CCA GTT GAG CTA AGC ATA ATC AGG AAC ATC ATA AGG ATA CTG ACG CTC CTC TGG CTG C-3').

IRS1-Y612/Y989. The QuickChange kit was used to sequentially introduce Phe for Tyr substitutions in the YXXM motifs at positions 465, 632, 662, and 941 in IRS1-WT with the following mutagenic oligonucleotides: 465 sense, 5'-G CTA AGC AAC TTT ATC TGC ATG GGT GGC-3'; 465 antisense, 5'-GCC ACC CAT GCA GAT AAA GTT GCT TAG C-3'; 632 sense, 5'-A AAG GGC AGT GGA GAC TTT ATG CCC ATG AG-3'; 632 antisense, 5'-CT CAT GGG CAT AAA GTC TCC ACT GCC CTT T-3'; 662 sense, 5'-TG GAC CCC AAT GGC TTC ATG ATG ATG TCC-3'; 662 antisense, 5'-GGA CAT CAT CAT GAA GCC ATT GGG GTC CA-3'; 941 sense, 5'-GGC ACT GAG GAG TTC ATG AAG ATG GAC C-3'; and 941 antisense, 5'-G GTC CAT CTT CAT GAA CTC CTC AGT GCC-3'.

IRS1-Y612. IRS1-Y612 was derived from IRS1-Y612/Y989 by introducing a Phe for Tyr substitution in the YXXM motif at position 989 with the mutagenic oligonucleotides: 989 sense, 5'-AGC CGG GGT GAC TTC ATG ACC ATG CAG-3'; and 989 antisense, 5'-CTG CAT GGT C AT GAA GTC ACC CCG GCT-3'.

IRS1-F6. IRS1-F6 was derived from IRS1-Y612 by introducing a Phe for Tyr substitution in the YXXM motif at position 612 with the mutagenic oligonucleotides: 612 sense, 5'-G GAT GAT GGC TTC ATG CCC ATG TCC CC-3'; and 612 antisense, 5'-GG GGA CAT GGG CAT GAA GCC ATC ATCC-3'.

IRS1-Y989. IRS1-Y989 was derived from IRS1-Y612/Y989 by introducing a Phe for Tyr substitution in the YXXM motif at position 612 with the 612 sense and antisense mutagenic oligonucleotides described above.

IRS1-Y612/Y632. IRS1-Y612/Y632 was derived from IRS1-Y612 by adding back Tyr at position 632 using the Morph mutagenesis kit (5 Prime, 3 Prime, Inc., Boulder, CO) and the mutagenic oligonucleotide 5'-G GGC AG T GG A GAC TAT ATG CCC ATG AGC-3'.

IRS1-Y632. IRS1-Y632 was derived from IRS1-F6 by adding back Tyr at position 632 as described above for IRS1-Y612/Y632.

GLUT4-HA. GLUT4-HA is the complementary DNA for human GLUT4 with the HA epitope tag subcloned into pCIS2 (16).

Key regions of all constructs were directly sequenced to confirm the mutagenesis.

Cell culture and transfection of NIH-3T3IRcells
NIH-3T3 fibroblasts stably overexpressing human insulin receptors (NIH-3T3IR) (17) were cultured in DMEM supplemented with 10% FBS, 100 U/ml penicillin, 100 µg/ml streptomycin, and 2 mM glutamine in a humidified atmosphere with 5% CO2. Before transfection, NIH-3T3IR cells were seeded in 100-mm dishes at 50% confluence and cultured in medium without antibiotics for 1 day. Lipofectamine Plus reagent (Life Technologies, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD) was used to transiently transfect cells with 4 µg plasmid DNA/dish as described in the manufacturer’s instructions. One day after transfection, cells were serum-starved overnight before insulin treatment.

Coimmunoprecipitation of IRS-1 constructs and p85
NIH-3T3IR cells transiently transfected with various IRS-1 constructs were serum-starved overnight and treated without or with insulin (100 nM, 3 min, 37 C). The cells were then washed with ice-cold PBS, and lysates were prepared using 500 µl lysis buffer [20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 137 mM NaCl, 1 mM MgCl2, 1 mM CaCl2, 10% glycerol, 0.1 mM Na3VO4, 2 mM phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride, and 1% Nonidet P-40]. Lysates were cleared by centrifugation (10,000 x g for 20 min), and total protein content was determined by the Bradford method using the Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., protein assay kit (Richmond, CA). HA-tagged IRS proteins were immunoprecipitated by incubating 3 µg polyclonal anti-HA antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA) with cell lysates (400 µg total protein) at 4 C overnight. Fifty microliters of 50% (wt/vol) protein A-Sepharose in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, were added to each sample and incubated for an additional 4 h at 4 C. The immune complexes were washed three times with ice-cold immunoprecipitation buffer [10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EGTA, 0.2 mM Na3VO4, 0.2 mM phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride, 1% Triton, and 0.5% Nonidet P-40]. Each sample was then boiled for 5 min in Laemmli sample buffer, subjected to SDS-PAGE, and immunoblotted with antibodies against IRS-1 (polyclonal antibody, Upstate Biotechnology, Inc., Lake Placid, NY) or the p85{alpha} subunit of PI3K (Upstate Biotechnology, Inc.). Immunoblots were visualized using the ECL system (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Arlington Heights, IL) and were quantified by scanning densitometry.

IRS-1 associated PI3K activity
NIH-3T3IR cells transiently transfected with IRS-1 constructs were subjected to insulin stimulation and immunoprecipitation with anti-HA antibody as described above. The immune complexes were washed once with PBS containing 1% Nonidet P-40 and 100 µM Na3VO4, twice with 100 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), containing 500 mM LiCl2 and 100 mM Na3VO4, and once with 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) containing 100 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, and 100 mM Na3VO4. For each reaction, 10 µg phosphatidylinositol (PI) (Sigma) were sonicated in 10 µl PI3K reaction buffer [20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 100 mM NaCl, and 0.3 mM EGTA], and 10 µCi [{gamma}-32P]ATP in 40 µl PI3K reaction buffer were added along with MgCl2 at a final concentration of 10 mM. The phosphorylation reaction was started by adding 50 µl of the substrate solution with 50 µl of the immune complex. After incubation for 20 min at 30 C, the reaction was stopped by adding 100 µl 0.1 N HCl and 200 µl CHCl3/methanol (1:1). The organic phase containing PI3-P was extracted and applied to a silica gel TLC plate (Whatman, Clifton, NJ) coated with 1% potassium oxalate. TLC plates were developed in CHCl3/CH3OH/H2O/NH4OH (60:47:11.3:2), dried, and visualized by autoradiography, quantified by scanning densitometry, and normalized for the amount of IRS-1 recovered in the anti-HA immunoprecipitates.

Electroporation of isolated rat adipose cells
Isolated adipose cells were prepared from epididymal fat pads of male rats (170–200 g, CD strain, Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Wilmington, MA) by collagenase digestion and transiently transfected by electroporation with GLUT4-HA and IRS constructs as previously described (15, 18). Particulate fractions derived from transfected cells were isolated and subjected to immunoblotting with anti-HA or anti-IRS-1 antibodies as previously described (4, 5).

Assay for cell surface epitope-tagged GLUT4
Twenty hours after electroporation, adipose cells were processed as previously described (16) and treated with insulin at final concentrations of 0, 0.024, 0.072, 0.3, and 60 nM at 37 C for 30 min. Cell surface epitope-tagged GLUT4 was determined using monoclonal anti-HA antibody (HA-11, BAbCo, Berkeley, CA) in conjunction with 125I-labeled sheep antimouse IgG as previously described (19).

Statistical analysis
Paired t tests were used to compare individual points where appropriate. Multiple ANOVA was used to compare insulin dose-response experiments. P < 0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance.


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Association of p85 and PI3K activity with IRS-1 in response to insulin stimulation
NIH-3T3IR cells were transiently transfected with wild-type or mutant HA-tagged IRS-1 constructs (Fig. 1Go) to determine the effects of specific tyrosine residues on the ability of IRS-1 to engage and activate PI3K in response to insulin. As determined by immunoblotting, comparable levels of recombinant IRS-1 were recovered in anti-HA immunoprecipitates (data not shown). In control cells, transfected with the empty expression vector pCIS2, anti-p85 immunoblotting of anti-HA immunoprecipitates revealed a weak nonspecific signal in both the absence and presence of insulin (Fig. 2AGo, lanes 1 and 2). As expected, in cells transfected with IRS1-WT, the small amount of p85 associated with IRS-1 in the absence of insulin was significantly increased approximately 8-fold upon insulin stimulation (Fig. 2AGo, lanes 3, 4, 9, and 10). By contrast, similar to the control cells, little detectable association of p85 with IRS1-F6 (Phe substituted for Tyr465, Tyr612, Tyr632, Tyr662, Tyr989, and Tyr941 in YXXM motifs of IRS-1) was observed in either the absence or presence of insulin (Fig. 2AGo, lanes 5, 6, 11, and 12). These results suggest that one or more of these six Tyr residues is essential for p85 binding to IRS-1 in response to insulin. Interestingly, association of p85 with either IRS1-Y612 or IRS1-Y632 in response to insulin stimulation was approximately 40% and 30%, respectively, of that observed with IRS1-WT (Fig. 2AGo, lanes 7, 8, 13, and 14), whereas p85 association with IRS1-Y612/Y632 in response to insulin was similar to that observed with IRS1-WT (Fig. 2AGo, lanes 15 and 16). The presence or absence of Tyr989 did not significantly alter these results (data not shown). We next assessed PI3K activity in the anti-HA immunoprecipitates. Little, if any, PI3K activity was detected in immunoprecipitates derived from either control cells (transfected with pCIS2) or cells transfected with IRS1-F6 (Fig. 2BGo). By contrast, insulin stimulation caused an approximately 5-fold increase in PI3K activity associated with either IRS1-WT or IRS1-Y612/Y632. Compared with IRS1-WT, the PI3K activities associated with IRS1-Y612 or IRS1-Y632 in response to insulin stimulation were decreased by 44% and 75%, respectively. Thus, as expected, the relative levels of PI3K activity associated with IRS-1 in response to insulin generally paralleled the ability of p85 to coimmunoprecipitate with the various IRS-1 constructs. Taken together, our data suggest that the presence of Tyr612 and Tyr632 together is sufficient for IRS-1 to bind and activate PI3K at levels comparable to wild-type IRS-1.



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Figure 1. Schematic of human IRS-1 constructs with C-terminal HA epitope tag. pleckstrin homology and phosphotyrosine binding domains as well as positions of tyrosine residues in YXXM motifs predicted to bind SH2 domains of the p85 regulatory subunit of PI3K are indicated. Each mutant construct contains substitutions of Phe for Tyr at some or all of these sites.

 


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Figure 2. Effects of specific IRS-1 tyrosine residues on insulin-stimulated association of p85 and PI3K activity. NIH-3T3IR cells transiently transfected with pCIS2 or HA-tagged IRS-1 constructs were serum-starved overnight and treated with insulin (100 nM, 3 min) as indicated. Recombinant IRS-1 was recovered from cell lysates by immunoprecipitation with an anti-HA antibody. A, Anti-HA immunoprecipitates were immunoblotted with anti-p85á antibody to determine coimmunoprecipitation of p85 with IRS-1. Representative blots are shown from experiments that were repeated independently three to six times. B, PI3K activity associated with anti-HA immunoprecipitates was measured by TLC as described in Materials and Methods. PI3K activity was quantified by scanning densitometry of autoradiograms and plotted as a percentage of the PI3K activity associated with IRS1-WT after insulin stimulation. Results shown are the mean ± SEM of two to six independent experiments normalized for IRS-1 recovery in anti-HA immunoprecipitates.

 
IRS-1 mediated translocation of GLUT4 in rat adipose cells
Insulin-stimulated translocation of GLUT4 in rat adipose cells overexpressing wild-type or mutant IRS-1 was assessed to characterize the ability of each IRS-1 construct to mediate metabolic actions of insulin. We first confirmed comparable overexpression of GLUT4-HA and HA-tagged IRS-1 constructs in all experimental groups by immunoblotting membrane fractions derived from transfected cells with anti-HA or anti-IRS-1 antibodies (data not shown). In control cells (cotransfected with pCIS2 and GLUT4-HA), we observed an insulin dose-dependent increase in cell surface GLUT4-HA with an ED50 of about 0.1 nM and an approximately 2-fold increase upon maximal insulin stimulation (Figs. 3Go and 4Go, {circ}). In each independent dose-response experiment a paired internal control group was always included to compare with the experimental group. As previously reported (3, 4, 5), overexpression of wild-type IRS-1 in the absence of insulin was sufficient to increase cell surface GLUT4-HA to levels about 75% of those seen in control cells treated with a maximally stimulating dose of insulin (Fig. 3AGo). Insulin stimulation further increased cell surface GLUT4 to levels about 140% of those observed in the insulin-stimulated control cells. By contrast, overexpression of IRS1-F6 or IRS1-Y989 resulted in insulin dose-response curves similar to those obtained with the paired controls (Fig. 3Go, B and C). Thus, one or more Tyr residues at positions 465, 612, 632, 662, or 941 may be important for mediating metabolic actions of IRS-1, whereas Tyr989 does not appear to be essential for these functions.



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Figure 3. IRS-1-mediated translocation of GLUT4 in rat adipose cells requires interaction with PI3K and does not depend on Tyr989. Cells were cotransfected with GLUT4-HA (1 µg/cuvette) and pCIS2, IRS1-WT (A), IRS1-F6 (B), or IRS1-Y989 (C; 4 µg/cuvette). The amount of GLUT4-HA at the cell surface in the basal state or in response to insulin (0.024, 0.072, 0.3, or 60 nM) was measured as described in Materials and Methods and plotted as a percentage of the level in control cells treated with 60 nM insulin. Results shown are the mean ± SEM of five independent experiments (with paired controls).

 


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Figure 4. Tyr612 and Tyr632 are important for mediating effects of IRS-1 on translocation of GLUT4 in rat adipose cells. Cells were cotransfected with GLUT4-HA (1 µg/cuvette) and pCIS2, IRS1-Y612 (A), IRS1-Y632 (B), or IRS1-Y612/Y632 (C; 4 µg/cuvette). The amount of GLUT4-HA at the cell surface in the basal state or in response to insulin (0.024, 0.072, 0.3, or 60 nM) was measured as described in Materials and Methods and plotted as a percentage of the level in control cells treated with 60 nM insulin. Results shown are the mean ± SEM of five independent experiments (with paired controls).

 
To evaluate contributions of Tyr612 and Tyr632 to IRS-1-mediated translocation of GLUT4, we examined insulin dose-response curves from adipose cells expressing IRS1-Y612, IRS1-Y632, or IRS1-Y612/Y632 (Fig. 4Go). Because of limitations on the number of cuvettes that can be processed in a single experiment, we included a paired control group transfected with the empty vector pCIS2 for each experiment, but could not also include a group for overexpression of wild-type IRS-1. In the absence of insulin, basal levels of GLUT4 on the surface of cells expressing either IRS1-Y612 or IRS1-Y632 were about 35% greater than basal levels in the control cells (Fig. 4Go, A and B). However, these elevated basal levels were still significantly lower than those observed in cells overexpressing wild-type IRS-1 (cf. Fig. 3AGo). At low insulin concentrations, the levels of GLUT4 recruited to the plasma membrane in cells expressing either IRS1-Y612 or IRS1-Y632 were also significantly greater than those in control cells. However, at the 60-nM insulin dose, cell surface GLUT4 levels were comparable to those in control cells. Results from cells expressing IRS1-Y612/Y989 were similar to those obtained with IRS1-Y612 (data not shown). Thus, adding back either Tyr612 or Tyr632 to the IRS1-F6 mutant partially restored the ability of IRS-1 to mediate translocation of GLUT4. Interestingly, in cells expressing IRS1-Y612/Y632, the basal level of GLUT4 at the cell surface in the absence of insulin was greater than that observed with the expression of either IRS1-Y612 or IRS1-Y632 (Fig. 4CGo). Indeed, the insulin dose-response curve obtained from cells expressing IRS1-Y612/Y632 was similar to that of cells overexpressing wild-type IRS-1 (cf. Fig. 3AGo). Thus, the presence of both Tyr612 and Tyr632 is sufficient to mimic the ability of wild-type IRS-1 to mediate translocation of GLUT4. Moreover, the ability of the various IRS-1 mutants to mediate translocation of GLUT4 in rat adipose cells correlated with data obtained from transfected NIH-3T3IR cells regarding p85 coimmunoprecipitation and IRS-1-associated PI3K activity.


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The important role of IRS proteins in mediating metabolic actions of insulin has been established by the presence of in vivo insulin resistance in transgenic mice lacking either IRS-1 or IRS-2 (20, 21, 22, 23) and impaired insulin-stimulated glucose uptake ex vivo in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue isolated from IRS-1 and IRS-2 knockout mice (24, 25, 26). PI3K is necessary for insulin-stimulated translocation of GLUT4 in rat adipose cells (1, 19), and IRS proteins participate in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by coupling insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity to activation of PI3K (3, 4, 5). The p85 regulatory subunit of PI3K contains tandem SH2 domains that must be simultaneously engaged by phosphotyrosine motifs to generate full PI3K activity (6, 7, 8, 9). Thus, although IRS-1 contains at least six YXXM motifs that may be capable of engaging the SH2 domains of p85, it is possible that a single pair of YXXM motifs in IRS-1 may be sufficient to mimic full activation of PI3K by IRS-1 and mediate the effects of IRS-1 on insulin-stimulated glucose transport and GLUT4 translocation.

Mutational analysis of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor was previously employed by others to identify specific phosphotyrosine motifs that interact with SH2 domains of a variety of signaling molecules, including PI3K (27). In the present study we evaluated the importance of various YXXM motifs in IRS-1 to binding, activation and function of PI3K. Previous studies identified six YXXM motifs in rat IRS-1 (equivalent to positions 465, 612, 632, 662, 941, and 989 in human IRS-1) as potential sites for interaction with PI3K (10, 11, 12, 13). These studies are in agreement that Tyr608 in rat IRS-1 (equivalent to Tyr612 in human IRS-1) plays an important role. As our IRS1-F6 mutant did not significantly engage or activate PI3K, our data also suggest that one or more of the six tyrosines at 465, 612, 632, 662, 941, and 989 are essential for coupling insulin signaling to activation of PI3K by IRS-1. We ruled out a critical role for Tyr989 because its presence or absence did not alter PI3K binding and activity in response to insulin stimulation. Adding back either Tyr612 or Tyr632 alone to the F6 mutant partially restored its capacity to engage PI3K. Importantly, adding back both Tyr612 and Tyr632 was sufficient to fully mimic the ability of wild-type IRS-1 to bind and activate PI3K. Thus, we identified a pair of YXXM motifs at Tyr612 and Tyr632 that may be capable of simultaneously engaging the tandem SH2 domains of p85. To exhaustively test all possible combinations of the six YXXM motifs targeted in our studies it would be necessary to construct and examine 6! mutants (720 mutants). This is clearly beyond the scope of the present study. However, based upon the published literature, it seems unlikely that YXXM motifs at 465, 662, and 941 contribute significantly to binding and activation of PI3K in intact cells. Rocchi et al. ruled out important roles for Tyr939 and Tyr987 in rat IRS-1 (equivalent to Tyr941 and Tyr989 in human IRS-1) (11). The fact that no PI3K binding or activity was associated with a mutant rat IRS-1 with disrupted YXXM motifs at 460, 608, 939, and 987 (equivalent to 465, 612, 941, and 989 in human IRS-1) suggests that the YXXM motif at 662 is not critical (12). Finally, the YXXM motif at 460 in rat IRS-1 (equivalent to 465 in human IRS-1) has very low affinity for the SH2 domains of p85 in vitro relative to the YXXM motif at 608 (10). Nevertheless, we cannot completely rule out the possibility that other pairs of YXXM motifs in IRS-1, besides the pair we identified at 612 and 632, may also mimic the ability of wild-type IRS-1 to bind and activate PI3K. We recently demonstrated that serine phosphorylation of IRS-1 by protein kinase C-{zeta} impairs the ability of IRS-1 to activate PI3K (28). Interestingly, similar impairment was observed with the Y612/Y632 addback mutant (28). These results suggest that Tyr612 and Tyr632 are not only important for IRS-1 to fully activate PI3K, but that these two phosphorylation sites may also be subject to direct or indirect mechanisms for negative feedback regulation by downstream inputs.

The effects of overexpression of our IRS-1 constructs on GLUT4 translocation in rat adipose cells were also consistent with our findings regarding coimmunoprecipitation of p85 and PI3K activity with IRS-1. That is, overexpression of the F6 mutant or the Y989 addback mutant did not alter insulin-stimulated translocation of GLUT4, whereas overexpression of the Y612/Y632 addback mutant mimicked the effect of wild-type IRS-1 to recruit GLUT4 in the absence of insulin. Mutants with Y612 or Y632 added back alone had intermediate effects. Thus, the pair of YXXM motifs at positions 612 and 632 is sufficient for the ability of IRS-1 to mediate the metabolic actions of insulin in a physiologically relevant insulin target cell. We previously demonstrated that an antisense ribozyme against IRS-1 partially inhibits GLUT4 translocation in rat adipose cells (3), whereas overexpression of IRS3-F4 (analogous to IRS1-F6) completely inhibits insulin-stimulated translocation of GLUT4 (5). We had postulated that IRS3-F4 was binding to the insulin receptor and preventing all endogenous IRS isoforms from coupling insulin receptor signaling to PI3K activation. However, in the present study, although IRS1-F6 was not able to effect recruitment of GLUT4 per se, it did not exhibit the inhibitory actions of IRS3-F4. One possible explanation for this is that IRS-2 or IRS-3 may compete for binding to the insulin receptor more effectively than IRS-1. Interestingly, Sharma et al. reported that overexpression of isolated PTB or SAIN domains of IRS-1 impairs IRS-1-associated PI3K activity without affecting insulin-stimulated glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes (29). Although the researchers concluded from these data that IRS-1 does not play an important role in mediating the metabolic actions of insulin, it is possible that their results could also be explained by the ability of IRS-2 or -3 to compete more effectively than IRS-1 for binding to the insulin receptor, resulting in subsequent activation of glucose transport. In brown adipose cells derived from IRS-2 knockout mice, the impaired insulin-stimulated glucose transport and translocation of GLUT4 can be ameliorated by overexpression of IRS-2, but not IRS-1 (26). Thus, different IRS isoforms may interact in distinct ways with the insulin receptor, and these isoforms may not have completely overlapping or redundant functions.

The identification of a pair of YXXM motifs at positions 612 and 632 in human IRS-1 that is sufficient to mediate PI3K-dependent metabolic actions of insulin (presumably by simultaneously engaging the tandem SH2 domains of p85) may be useful for understanding the normal mechanisms of insulin action as well as the pathophysiology resulting from mutations of human IRS-1 in this region. For example, a heterozygous M613V mutation that disrupts the YMXM motif at position 612 was discovered in a patient with severe type A insulin resistance (30). A number of other naturally occurring silent polymorphisms as well as amino acid substitutions have been identified at various sites in human IRS-1 (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37). The most common variant, G972R, is estimated to be present in approximately 10% of subjects with type 2 diabetes and approximately 5% of the nondiabetic population (38). Some studies document modest impairment of the G972R IRS-1 mutant to bind and activate PI3K (39) and mild defects in the ability of the mutant to mediate metabolic actions of insulin (40). However, other studies are unable to detect abnormal function of the G972R IRS-1 mutant (41), and the presence of this mutation does not appear to decrease insulin sensitivity in humans, as assessed by glucose clamp (42, 43). Intriguingly, the ability of IRS-1 to activate PI3K may also be important for normal ß-cell function (44), and the G972R IRS-1 mutation has been implicated in impaired ß-cell survival and insulin secretion (45, 46). Although position 972 is somewhat distant from the YMXM motifs at positions 612 and 632, it is conceivable that structural changes resulting from the G972R mutation may affect the ability of PI3K to fully engage the YMXM motifs at positions 612 and 632. For example, serine phosphorylation of IRS-1 by Akt at sites distant from 612 and 632 affect the ability of IRS-1 to activate PI3K (47, 48). Moreover, we recently demonstrated that serine phosphorylation of IRS-1 by protein kinase C-{zeta} specifically inhibits the ability of IRS-1 to activate PI3K through the YMXM motifs at 612 and 632 (28). It will be of great interest in future studies to elucidate the mechanisms by which modifications or mutations in IRS-1 interact with the YMXM motifs at 612 and 632 to regulate the metabolic functions of IRS-1.


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We thank Lina Cong for technical assistance with some of the experiments.


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1 This work was supported in part by an American Diabetes Association Research Award (to M.J.Q.) and Telethon-Italy Grant E.0606 (to D.L.E.). Back

Received March 6, 2001.


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