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Adipocytes from Munc18c-null mice show increased sensitivity to insulin-stimulated GLUT4 externalization
Hajime Kanda, … , Jun-ichi Miyazaki, Masato Kasuga
Hajime Kanda, … , Jun-ichi Miyazaki, Masato Kasuga
Published February 1, 2005
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2005;115(2):291-301. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI22681.
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Article Metabolism

Adipocytes from Munc18c-null mice show increased sensitivity to insulin-stimulated GLUT4 externalization

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Abstract

Insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipocytes is mediated by translocation of vesicles containing the glucose transporter GLUT4 from intracellular storage sites to the cell periphery and the subsequent fusion of these vesicles with the plasma membrane, resulting in the externalization of GLUT4. Fusion of the GLUT4-containing vesicles with the plasma membrane is mediated by a soluble N-ethylmaleimide–sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex consisting of vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2), 23-kDa synaptosomal-associated protein (SNAP23), and syntaxin4. We have now generated mouse embryos deficient in the syntaxin4 binding protein Munc18c and show that the insulin-induced appearance of GLUT4 at the cell surface is enhanced in adipocytes derived from these Munc18c−/− mice compared with that in Munc18c+/+ cells. Wortmannin, an inhibitor of PI3K, inhibited insulin-stimulated GLUT4 externalization, without affecting GLUT4 translocation to the cell periphery, in Munc18c+/+ adipocytes, but it did not affect GLUT4 externalization in Munc18c−/− cells. Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, which induced GLUT4 translocation to the cell periphery without externalization in Munc18c+/+ cells, elicited GLUT4 externalization in Munc18c−/− cells. These findings demonstrate that Munc18c inhibits insulin-stimulated externalization of GLUT4 in a wortmannin-sensitive manner, and they suggest that disruption of the interaction between syntaxin4 and Munc18c in adipocytes might result in enhancement of insulin-stimulated GLUT4 externalization.

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Hajime Kanda, Yoshikazu Tamori, Hiroaki Shinoda, Mari Yoshikawa, Motoyoshi Sakaue, Jun Udagawa, Hiroki Otani, Fumi Tashiro, Jun-ichi Miyazaki, Masato Kasuga

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