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Mol. Cell. Biol., Jul 1995, 3563-3570, Vol 15, No. 7
XJ Liu, A Sorisky, L Zhu and T Pawson
An insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1)-like cDNA was isolated from a
Xenopus ovary cDNA library by low-stringency hybridization using rat IRS-1
cDNA as a probe. The deduced amino acid sequence encoded by this cDNA
(termed XIRS-L) is 67% identical (77% similar) to that of rat IRS- 1.
Significantly, all the insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation sites
identified in rat IRS-1, including those responsible for binding to the Src
homology domains of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase, Syp and Grb2, are
conserved in XIRS-L. Both mRNA and protein corresponding to the cloned
XIRS-L can be detected in immature Xenopus oocytes. Recombinant XIRS-L
protein produced in insect cells or a bacterial glutathione S-transferase
fusion protein containing the putative PI 3- kinase binding site can be
phosphorylated in vitro by purified insulin receptor kinase (IRK) domain,
and the IRK-catalyzed phosphorylation renders both proteins capable of
binding PI 3-kinase in Xenopus oocyte lysates. Another glutathione
S-transferase fusion protein containing the C terminus of XIRS-L and
including several putative tyrosine phosphorylation sites is also
phosphorylated by IRK in vitro, but it failed to bind PI 3-kinase. Insulin
stimulation of immature Xenopus oocytes activates PI 3-kinase in vivo [as
indicated by an elevation of PI(3,4)P2 and PI(3,4,5)P3] as well as oocyte
maturation (as indicated by germinal vesicle breakdown). Pretreatment of
these oocytes with wortmannin inhibited insulin-induced activation of PI
3-kinase in vivo. The same treatment also abolished insulin-induced, but
not progesterone- induced, germinal vesicle breakdown.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED
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Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology
Molecular cloning of an amphibian insulin receptor substrate 1-like cDNA and involvement of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in insulin- induced Xenopus oocyte maturation
Loeb Medical Research Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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