Ligand-dependent intersubunit association with the insulin receptor complex activates its intrinsic kinase activity
Insulin receptor halves (..cap alpha beta..) were obtained upon selective reduction of the holoreceptor (..cap alpha../sub 2/..beta../sub 2/) and were isolated in concentrated form. Autophosphorylation of concentrated ..cap alpha beta.. receptor halves can be stimulated by insulin an average of 4.0-fold, whereas nonreduced holoreceptor can be stimulated 5.4-fold. If ..cap alpha beta.. half-receptors are immobilized on wheat germ agglutinin-agarose, no insulin-stimulated autophosphorylation is observed, whereas immobilized holoreceptor retains insulin responsiveness. Treatment of ..cap alpha beta.. half-receptors with glutathione in the presence of insulin results in reoxidation to the holoreceptor form (..cap alpha../sub 2/..beta../sub 2/) with an efficiency of 60-70% as visualized by immunoblotting, thus providing evidence that two ..cap alpha beta.. halves are in close physical proximity. This reoxidation reaction, which is evident prior to autophosphorylation, is rapid and strictly dependent on the presence of insulin, consistent with the hypothesis that insulin promotes the association of two ..cap alpha beta.. halves. Furthermore, the insulin-induced reoxidation reaction and the insulin-induced autophosphorylation show the same dose dependence suggesting that the noncovalent association of ..cap alpha beta.. half-receptors upon insulin binding is a prerequisite for insulin-stimulated autophosphorylation in concentrated ..gamma beta.. half-receptor preparations. If the ..cap alpha beta.. half-receptor forms are phosphorylated in the presence of an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody and separated from nonphosphorylated ..cap alpha beta.. receptors, we observe that the phosphorylated ..cap alpha beta.. receptor halves contain bound insulin.
- Research Organization:
- Boston Univ. School of Medicine, MA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6771934
- Journal Information:
- J. Biol. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 263:14
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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