Department of Occupational Therapy Program Faculty Articles

Effects of Insulin and Phorbol Esters on Subcellular distribution of Protein Kinase C isoforms in Rat Adipocytes

Publication Title

Biochemistry Journal

ISSN

1874-091X

Abstract

Effects of insulin and phorbol esters on subcellular distribution of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms were examined in rat adipocytes. Both agonists provoked rapid decreases in cytosolic, and/or increases in membrane, immunoreactive PKC-alpha, PKC-beta, PKC-gamma, and PKC-epsilon. Effects of phorbol esters on PKC-alpha redistribution to the plasma membrane, however, were much greater than those of insulin. In contrast, insulin, but not phorbol esters, stimulated the translocation of PKC-beta to the plasma membrane, and provoked changes in PKC-zeta redistribution. Neither agonist altered subcellular distribution of PKC-delta, which was detected only in membrane fractions. Our findings indicate that insulin and phorbol esters have overlapping and distinctly different effects on the subcellular redistribution of specific PKC isoforms.

Volume

288

First Page

319

Last Page

323

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

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