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Mol. Cell. Biol., Mar 1997, 1513-1521, Vol 17, No. 3
JC Bruning, J Winnay, B Cheatham and CR Kahn
Mice made insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) deficient by targeted gene
knockout exhibit growth retardation and abnormal glucose metabolism due to
resistance to the actions of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and
insulin (E. Araki et al., Nature 372:186-190, 1994; H. Tamemoto et al.,
Nature 372:182-186, 1994). Embryonic fibroblasts and 3T3 cell lines derived
from IRS-1-deficient embryos exhibit no IGF-1-stimulated IRS-1
phosphorylation or IRS-1-associated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI
3-kinase) activity but exhibit normal phosphorylation of IRS-2 and Shc and
normal IRS-2-associated PI 3- kinase activity. IRS-1 deficiency results in
a 70 to 80% reduction in IGF-1-stimulated cell growth and parallel
decreases in IGF-1-stimulated S-phase entry, PI 3-kinase activity, and
induction of the immediate- early genes c-fos and egr-1 but unaltered
activation of the mitogen- activated protein kinases ERK 1 and ERK 2.
Expression of IRS-1 in IRS-1- deficient cells by retroviral gene
transduction restores IGF-1- stimulated mitogenesis, PI 3-kinase
activation, and c-fos and egr-1 induction in proportion to the level of
reconstitution. Increasing the level of IRS-2 in these cells by using a
retrovirus reconstitutes IGF-1 activation of PI 3-kinase and
immediate-early gene expression to the same degree as expression of IRS-1;
however, IRS-2 overexpression has only a minor effect on IGF-1 stimulation
of cell cycle progression. These results indicate that IRS-1 is not
necessary for activation of ERK 1 and ERK 2 and that activation of ERK 1
and ERK 2 is not sufficient for IGF-1-stimulated activation of c-fos and
egr-1. These data also provide evidence that IRS-1 and IRS-2 are not
functionally interchangeable signaling intermediates for stimulation of
mitogenesis despite their highly conserved structure and many common
functions such as activating PI 3-kinase and early gene expression.
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology
Differential signaling by insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) and IRS- 2 in IRS-1-deficient cells
Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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