Insulin and insulin-like growth factor I up-regulate GLUT4 gene expression in fetal brown adipocytes, in a phosphoinositide 3-kinase-dependent manner.
- 1 February 1999
- journal article
- Vol. 337, 397-405
Abstract
Fetal brown adipocytes cultured in a serum-free medium, containing 5 mM glucose, expressed both GLUT4 and GLUT1 glucose transporters at the mRNA and protein level. Treatment with either insulin or insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I at physiological concentrations up-regulates the expression of the GLUT4 gene, producing a time-dependent mRNA accumulation (7-fold increase at 24 h) and a 2.5-fold increase in the amount of protein in the total membrane fraction. However, insulin treatment down-regulates GLUT1 mRNA and protein expression. Moreover, either insulin or IGF-I transactivates a full-promoter GLUT4-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (CAT) construct transiently transfected to the cells, without affecting GLUT1-CAT activity. In consequence, insulin treatment for 24 h increased by 3-fold the basal glucose uptake. Inhibition of phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase activity with chemical agents such as wortmannin or LY294002 partially blocked insulin-induced GLUT4 mRNA accumulation, insulin-induced GLUT4 protein content, GLUT4-CAT transactivation and glucose uptake. Furthermore, co-transfection of brown adipocytes with a dominant-negative form of PI 3-kinase precluded the transactivation of the GLUT4 promoter by insulin. However, inhibition of p70S6 kinase (p70(s6k)) with rapamycin or of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) with PD098059 does not preclude insulin effects on GLUT4 gene expression or glucose uptake. Our results show for the first time a positive effect of insulin on GLUT4 gene expression in fetal brown adipocytes, suggesting the existence of insulin response element(s) in its promoter. Moreover, PI 3-kinase, but not p70(s6k) or MAPK, is an essential requirement for insulin regulation of GLUT4 gene expression.This publication has 49 references indexed in Scilit:
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