PMID- 25760103 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160105 LR - 20191210 IS - 1791-3004 (Electronic) IS - 1791-2997 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Jul TI - Arg972 insulin receptor substrate-1 enhances tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced apoptosis in osteoblasts. PG - 255-60 LID - 10.3892/mmr.2015.3457 [doi] AB - The presence of Arg972 insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) is associated with impaired insulin/IRS-1 signaling to activate phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), an inflammatory cytokine with a central role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), induces apoptosis in osteoblasts, which are the principal cell type responsible for bone loss in RA. In our previous study, an association between Arg972 IRS-1 and a high risk and severity of RA was identified. In the present study, the effects of Arg972 IRS-1 and IRS-1 on TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in human osteoblasts were examined. Normal and RA osteoblasts were stably transfected with Arg972 IRS-1 and IRS-1. In addition, cells were stably transduced with IRS-1-shRNA to knock down IRS1. Following stimulation with 10 nM insulin for 30 min, the stable overexpression of Arg972 IRS-1 and knock down of IRS-1 significantly decreased IRS-1-associated PI3K activity and Akt activation/phosphorylation at serine 473 (ser473) and enhanced TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in normal and in RA osteoblasts. By contrast, the stable overexpression of IRS-1 significantly increased the levels of IRS-1-associated PI3K activity and Akt phosphorylation (ser473) and inhibited TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis, which was eliminated by pretreatment with 50 micron BJM120, a selective PI3K inhibitor, for 30 min. In conclusion, the present study provided the first evidence, to the best of our knowledge, that insulin stimulation of Arg972 IRS-1 and IRS-1 enhanced and inhibited TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis, respectively in normal and RA osteoblasts by a PI3K‑dependent mechanism. These findings suggest that insulin/IRS-1 signaling is important in the pathogenesis of RA. FAU - You, Yunhui AU - You Y AD - Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China. FAU - Liu, Shiqing AU - Liu S AD - Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China. FAU - Peng, Lijuan AU - Peng L AD - Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China. FAU - Long, Mei AU - Long M AD - Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China. FAU - Deng, Hongxiang AU - Deng H AD - Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China. FAU - Zhao, Hongjun AU - Zhao H AD - Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150309 PL - Greece TA - Mol Med Rep JT - Molecular medicine reports JID - 101475259 RN - 0 (IRS1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 94ZLA3W45F (Arginine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Arginine/metabolism MH - Arthritis, Rheumatoid/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Humans MH - Insulin/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics/metabolism MH - Insulin Resistance/genetics MH - Osteoblasts/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transfection MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology EDAT- 2015/03/12 06:00 MHDA- 2016/01/06 06:00 CRDT- 2015/03/12 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/12/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/03/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/03/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/01/06 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3892/mmr.2015.3457 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Med Rep. 2015 Jul;12(1):255-60. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3457. Epub 2015 Mar 9.