L4: FOXO and Insulin-like Receptors Flashcards
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Reminder: Insulin pathway
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- Insulin binds receptor which autophosphorylates
- IRS docks to insulin receptor and is phosphorylated
- PI3K docks to IRS, is activated by phosph.
- PI3K converts PIP2 -> PIP3
- PIP3 activates PDK1 -> phosph. AKT/PDK
- AKT fully activated by mTORC2
2
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How is gene transcription affected by Akt/PKB? (Key example in insulin-responsive cells?)
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- Signalling to FOXO through insulin PI3k-Akt pathway -> supressing gene expression
- FOXO also integrates signals from other pathways
- FOXO1 highly expressed in insulin-responsive tissues
3
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Structure of FOXO1:
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- FOXO1 DNA binding domain: 3 alpha helices, 3 beta strands and 2 ‘wings’
- DNA recognition helix inserts into DNA major groove -> directly interacts with DNA sequences to promote transcription
4
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How is FOXO regulated?
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- Phosphorylated by: Akt, CK1, DYRK1 -> nuclear exclusion
- Acetylated by: CBP, PCAF
- Deacetylation by sirtuins
5
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Key regions of FOXO1:
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- L1 and L2 - nuclear localisation sequences
- E1, E2 and E3 - nuclear export signals
- 14-3-3 dimer binding (at pE2 and pL1) -> masks nuclear localisation and prevents DNA binding (steric hindrance)
- Ran and Crm-1 -> nuclear export sequences
- See FCs
6
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14-3-3 Protein structure
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- Dimer structure
- 9 alpha helices per monomer
- Each monomer binds to phosphoserine/ phosphothreonine motifs in a sequence specific manner
7
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How is FOXO imported into nucleus?
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- Importin binds nuclear localisation sequence, as does Ran-GDP -> nuclear import and dissociation of IMP and Ran-GDP
- DNA binding domain attaches DNA
8
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Nuclear export of FOXO:
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- Ran-GDP switches out GTP -> Crm1 binds
- Export to cytosol -> dissociation of Crm1 and Ran-GDP
9
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How does PKB affect nuclear import/export of FOXO?
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- Phosphorylates FOXO at various positions (inside nucleus)
- 14-3-3 able to bind pFOXO (pE2 and pL1 domains), Ran-GTP and Crm1 binding promoted
- Export to cytosol
- In cytosol, phosphorylation continues to block IMP binding -> import prevented
- FOXO now mostly residing in cytoplasm
10
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Role of FOXO in various tissue types:
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- Hepatocytes, pancreatic B-cells, hypothalamic neurons -> decreases insulin secretion, increases systemic glucose
- HSCs -> quiescence and stress resistance (oxidative)
- Inhibiting growth in various tissues (e.g. apoptotic role (e.g. Bcl2), anti-angiogenetic, supressing inflammation)
- Increasing longevity (nematode studies)
- Inhibiting cellular proliferation
11
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Insulin signalling via MAPK pathway: Effect?
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- Promoting expression of proliferative genes, development etc
12
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How does insulin activate MAPK pathway?
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- Insulin binds receptor -> autophosphorylation
- SHC binds to pY-IR
- SHC recieves pY from RTK
- Grb2 SH2 adaptor binds SHC
- Grb’s SH3 domains binds SOS (Type of GEF)
- SOS promotes exchange of GDP for GTP on Ras
- Activated Ras-GTP activates MAPK pathway -> subsequent phosphorylations (Raf, Mek, Erk)
- Erk-P translocates to nucleus
- Erk-P phosphorylates TFs to stimulate survival, proliferation and differentiation
* See FCs
13
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Insulin-like growth factors:
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- IGF-II and -II
- Consists of A, B, and C chains (not cleaved)
- Highly homologous to insulin, as are their receptors
- Expression patterns of receptors differ between species
14
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Growth hormone impact on IGFs:
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- Growth hormone stimulates liver to produce IGFs which then circulate in the blood and directly stimulate bone and cartilage growth
15
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Effect of forced expression in IGF1:
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- Increase in size of cells rather than number
- Hypertrophy
