PMID- 32798372 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210701 LR - 20210701 IS - 1875-5305 (Electronic) IS - 0929-8665 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 3 DP - 2021 TI - Phosphorylated and O-GlcNAc Modified IRS-1 (Ser1101) and -2 (Ser1149) Contribute to Human Diabetes Type II. PG - 333-339 LID - 10.2174/0929866527666200813210407 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The prevalence of the chronic metabolic disorder Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing steadily, and has even turned into an epidemic in some countries. T2DM results from defective responses to insulin and obesity is a major factor behind insulin resistance in T2DM. Insulin receptor substrate (IRS) proteins are adaptor proteins in the insulin receptor signalling pathway. The insulin signalling is controlled through tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1 and IRS-2, and dysregulation of IRS proteins signalling may lead to glucose intolerance and eventually insulin resistance. OBJECTIVE: In this work, we suggest that both glycosylation (O-GlcNAc modification) and phosphorylation of IRS-1 and -2 are involved in the pathogenesis of T2DM. METHODS: Phosphorylation and O-GlcNAc modifications (Ser1101 in IRS-1 and Ser1149 in IRS-2) proteins were determined experimentally by sandwich ELISA with specific antibodies and with bioinformatics tools. RESULTS: When IRS-1 (on Ser1101) and IRS-2 (Ser1149) become glycosylated following an increase in UDP-GlcNAc pools, it may contribute to insulin resistance. Whereas when the same (IRS-1 on Ser1101 and IRS-2 on Ser1149) are phosphorylated, the insulin signalling is inhibited. DISCUSSION: In this work OGlcNAc-modified proteins were specifically detected using O-Glc- NAc-specific antibodies, suggesting that elevated levels of O-GlcNAc-modified proteins are found, independently of their possible involvement in Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs). CONCLUSION: This study suggests a mechanism, which is controlled by posttranslational modifications, and may contribute to the pathogenesis of type II diabetes. CI - Copyright(c) Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net. FAU - Kaleem, Afshan AU - Kaleem A AD - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan. FAU - Javed, Sabahat AU - Javed S AD - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan. FAU - Rehman, Nayab AU - Rehman N AD - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan. FAU - Abdullah, Roheena AU - Abdullah R AD - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan. FAU - Iqtedar, Mehwish AU - Iqtedar M AD - Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan. FAU - Aftab, Mohammad Nauman AU - Aftab MN AD - Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan. FAU - Hoessli, Daniel C AU - Hoessli DC AD - Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. FAU - Haq, Ikram-Ul AU - Haq IU AD - Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan. LA - eng GR - 20-3989/HEC/ PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Protein Pept Lett JT - Protein and peptide letters JID - 9441434 RN - 0 (IRS1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins) SB - IM MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Glycosylation MH - Humans MH - Insulin/*metabolism MH - Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Signal Transduction OTO - NOTNLM OT - Insulin receptor substrates OT - O-glycosylation OT - diabetes type II OT - insulin resistance OT - pathogenesis. OT - phosphorylation EDAT- 2020/08/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/02 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/18 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/18 06:00 [entrez] AID - PPL-EPUB-109109 [pii] AID - 10.2174/0929866527666200813210407 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Protein Pept Lett. 2021;28(3):333-339. doi: 10.2174/0929866527666200813210407.