PMID- 20012595 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101022 LR - 20211020 IS - 1432-0428 (Electronic) IS - 0012-186X (Linking) VI - 53 IP - 3 DP - 2010 Mar TI - Human ATP synthase beta is phosphorylated at multiple sites and shows abnormal phosphorylation at specific sites in insulin-resistant muscle. PG - 541-51 LID - 10.1007/s00125-009-1624-0 [doi] AB - AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Insulin resistance in skeletal muscle is linked to mitochondrial dysfunction in obesity and type 2 diabetes. Emerging evidence indicates that reversible phosphorylation regulates oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) proteins. The aim of this study was to identify and quantify site-specific phosphorylation of the catalytic beta subunit of ATP synthase (ATPsyn-beta) and determine protein abundance of ATPsyn-beta and other OxPhos components in skeletal muscle from healthy and insulin-resistant individuals. METHODS: Skeletal muscle biopsies were obtained from lean, healthy, obese, non-diabetic and type 2 diabetic volunteers (each group n = 10) for immunoblotting of proteins, and hypothesis-driven identification and quantification of phosphorylation sites on ATPsyn-beta using targeted nanospray tandem mass spectrometry. Volunteers were metabolically characterised by euglycaemic-hyperinsulinaemic clamps. RESULTS: Seven phosphorylation sites were identified on ATPsyn-beta purified from human skeletal muscle. Obese individuals with and without type 2 diabetes were characterised by impaired insulin-stimulated glucose disposal rates, and showed a approximately 30% higher phosphorylation of ATPsyn-beta at Tyr361 and Thr213 (within the nucleotide-binding region of ATP synthase) as well as a coordinated downregulation of ATPsyn-beta protein and other OxPhos components. Insulin increased Tyr361 phosphorylation of ATPsyn-beta by approximately 50% in lean and healthy, but not insulin-resistant, individuals. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: These data demonstrate that ATPsyn-beta is phosphorylated at multiple sites in human skeletal muscle, and suggest that abnormal site-specific phosphorylation of ATPsyn-beta together with reduced content of OxPhos proteins contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction in insulin resistance. Further characterisation of phosphorylation of ATPsyn-beta may offer novel targets of treatment in human diseases with mitochondrial dysfunction, such as diabetes. FAU - Hojlund, K AU - Hojlund K AD - Center for Metabolic Biology, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 87370, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. k.hojlund@dadlnet.dk FAU - Yi, Z AU - Yi Z FAU - Lefort, N AU - Lefort N FAU - Langlais, P AU - Langlais P FAU - Bowen, B AU - Bowen B FAU - Levin, K AU - Levin K FAU - Beck-Nielsen, H AU - Beck-Nielsen H FAU - Mandarino, L J AU - Mandarino LJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091212 PL - Germany TA - Diabetologia JT - Diabetologia JID - 0006777 RN - 0 (ATP5F1B protein, human) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 42HK56048U (Tyrosine) RN - EC 3.6.3.- (Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Binding Sites MH - Catalysis MH - Cohort Studies MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Insulin/metabolism MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism/pathology MH - Muscles/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Tyrosine/chemistry EDAT- 2009/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/23 06:00 CRDT- 2009/12/17 06:00 PHST- 2009/09/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/11/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/12/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/23 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00125-009-1624-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetologia. 2010 Mar;53(3):541-51. doi: 10.1007/s00125-009-1624-0. Epub 2009 Dec 12.