Ren Wenying, Sun Yingmin, Du Keyong
Molecular Oncology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Molecular Oncology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2015 May 8;460(3):709-14. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.03.094. Epub 2015 Mar 27.
Recently, we identified Glut4 as a palmitoylated protein in adipocytes. To understand the role of Glut4 palmitoylation in Glut4 membrane trafficking, a process that is essential for maintenance of whole body glucose homeostasis, we have characterized Glut4 palmitoylation. We found that Glut4 is palmitoylated at Cys223 and Glut4 palmitoylation at Cys223 is essential for insulin dependent Glut4 membrane translocation as substitution of Cys223 with a serine residue in Glut4 (C223S Glut4) diminished Glut4 responsiveness to insulin in membrane translocation in both adipocytes and CHO-IR cells. We have examined C223S Glut4 subcellular localization and observed that it was absence from tubular-vesicle structure, where insulin responsive Glut4 vesicles were presented. Together, our studies uncover a novel mechanism under which Glut4 palmitoylation regulates Glut4 sorting to insulin responsive vesicles, thereby insulin-dependent Glut4 membrane translocation.
最近,我们确定了Glut4是脂肪细胞中的一种棕榈酰化蛋白。为了了解Glut4棕榈酰化在Glut4膜转运中的作用,这一过程对维持全身葡萄糖稳态至关重要,我们对Glut4棕榈酰化进行了表征。我们发现Glut4在半胱氨酸223处被棕榈酰化,并且半胱氨酸223处的Glut4棕榈酰化对于胰岛素依赖的Glut4膜易位至关重要,因为用丝氨酸残基取代Glut4中的半胱氨酸223(C223S Glut4)会降低脂肪细胞和CHO-IR细胞中Glut4在膜易位中对胰岛素的反应性。我们检查了C223S Glut4的亚细胞定位,发现它不存在于管状小泡结构中,而胰岛素反应性Glut4小泡存在于该结构中。总之,我们的研究揭示了一种新机制,即Glut4棕榈酰化调节Glut4分选至胰岛素反应性小泡,从而调节胰岛素依赖的Glut4膜易位。