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Protein kinase B is expressed in pancreatic beta cells and activated upon stimulation with insulin-like growth factor I

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Författare

Summary, in English

Protein kinase B (PKB) is involved in signaling to a multitude of important cellular events and is activated by insulin and growth factors, including insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). We show here expression of PKB in pancreatic islets and in the beta cell lines HIT-T15, INS-1, and RINm5F. Expression of PKB mRNA and the presence of PKB isoforms (alpha, beta, and gamma) were assessed by Northern blot analysis and RT-PCR, respectively. Antibodies recognizing different parts of PKB isoforms were employed to demonstrate PKB protein expression by immunoblot analysis. By use of immunohistochemistry in rat and mouse pancreatic tissue sections, PKB was localized to predominantly beta cells. Regulation of PKB was examined in INS-1 and RINm5F cells; upon stimulation with IGF-I (5-10 min), PKB was phosphorylated and activated (approximately 3-fold) by a wortmannin-sensitive mechanism, indicating involvement of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase. The possible participation of PKB in signal transduction pathways modulating cAMP-dependent insulin secretion and in proliferation of beta cells is discussed.

Publiceringsår

1998

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

181-186

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volym

250

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Biological Sciences

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Insulin Signal Transduction
  • Molecular Endocrinology

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1090-2104