PMID- 12800089 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030711 LR - 20191210 IS - 0026-0495 (Print) IS - 0026-0495 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 6 DP - 2003 Jun TI - Vanadate and rapamycin synergistically enhance insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. PG - 666-74 AB - Tyrosine dephosphorylation, serine phosphorylation, and proteasomal degradation of insulin receptor substrates (IRSs) are implicated in the negative regulation of insulin action. Here we show that simultaneous inhibition of IRS-1 tyrosine dephosphorylation and proteasomal degradation synergistically augments insulin-responsive glucose uptake. L6 skeletal muscle cells (L6 cells) were treated with inhibitors of protein-tyrosine phosphatases, proteasomal degradation, and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and the effects of insulin on glucose uptake, IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation, phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase activity, and IRS-1 mass were examined. Pretreatment of L6 cells with sodium orthovanadate (Na(3)VO(4)) plus the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin caused a 5-fold increase in insulin-responsive glucose uptake at 2 hours when compared to insulin alone. Evaluation of IRS-1 associated PI 3-kinase activity, IRS-1-associated p85 mass, and IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation showed that 2 hours after insulin addition they were reduced by 70% from maximal activity. Likewise, IRS-1 mass was reduced by 50%. When L6 cells were pretreated with Na(3)VO(4) plus the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 or the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin prior to insulin addition, IRS-1 mass loss as well as IRS-1/PI-3 kinase complex decay was blocked at 2 hours and PI 3-kinase activity was increased 2.5-fold and 4-fold, respectively, over insulin alone. Finally, treatment of L6 cells with subtherapeutic amounts of vanadyl sulfate and rapamycin induced a synergistic 3-fold increase in insulin-induced glucose uptake at 2 hours. These findings indicate that vanadium and rapamycin synergize to enhance glucose uptake by preventing IRS-1 mass loss and IRS-1/PI 3-kinase complex decay and may offer a new approach to enhance glucose transport in diabetes. FAU - O'Connor, Jason C AU - O'Connor JC AD - Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. FAU - Freund, Gregory G AU - Freund GG LA - eng GR - CA-61931/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Metabolism JT - Metabolism: clinical and experimental JID - 0375267 RN - 0 (Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins) RN - 0 (Leupeptins) RN - 0 (Multienzyme Complexes) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 3WHH0066W5 (Vanadates) RN - 42HK56048U (Tyrosine) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Cysteine Endopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - RF1P63GW3K (benzyloxycarbonylleucyl-leucyl-leucine aldehyde) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cysteine Endopeptidases MH - Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Drug Synergism MH - Glucose/*metabolism MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Insulin/*pharmacology MH - Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins MH - Leupeptins/pharmacology MH - Multienzyme Complexes/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Phosphoproteins/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex MH - Sirolimus/*pharmacology MH - Tyrosine/metabolism MH - Vanadates/*pharmacology EDAT- 2003/06/12 05:00 MHDA- 2003/07/12 05:00 CRDT- 2003/06/12 05:00 PHST- 2003/06/12 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/07/12 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/06/12 05:00 [entrez] AID - S002604950300026X [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0026-0495(03)00026-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Metabolism. 2003 Jun;52(6):666-74. doi: 10.1016/s0026-0495(03)00026-x.