胰岛素介体产生机制的探讨

胰岛素介体－肌醇磷酸多糖,被认为是胰岛素的第二信使,存在于细胞膜上的糖肌醇磷脂是产生该介体的前体,经胰岛素或磷脂酰肌醇特异性的磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＩＰＬＣ）水解,产生介体和二酰甘油（ＤＧ）。本实验以人红细胞为材料,用＾３Ｈ同位素标记、有机溶剂提取、薄层层析及放射性自动计数等方法,分析胰岛素或ＰＩＰＬＣ作用于红细胞后前体和ＤＧ的变化情况,以推测介体的产生机制。结果显示：胰岛素使红细胞膜上及释放至胞外上清的前     

新古尼异虫草石油醚提取物的成分分析

【背景】新古尼异虫草具有多种药理作用,是一种具有开发潜力的新资源。但该虫草仍有很多活性物质值得探寻,目前对该虫草活性物质的研究多集中于大分子或极性物质,对小分子或弱极性物质的研究关注甚少。【目的】研究新古尼异虫草石油醚提取物中非极性/弱极性小分子化合物,以期完善该虫草中活性物质的化学指纹图谱库。【方法】利用石油醚对新古尼异虫草进行索氏提取,借助傅里叶变换红外光谱(Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,FTIR)和气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)联用技术鉴定分析石油醚萃取物中的物质组成。【结果】FTIR表明该虫草石油醚萃取物中含有C-H、C=O、C-O和C=C等官能团,经GC-MS进一步分析鉴定出109种化合物,主要包括烷烃、芳烃、烯烃、酸、酯、醇、胺等化合物,且首次检出甾类、芳烃类、烷烃类、酰胺类、烯烃类和酚类非极性/弱极性的小分子化合物,其中亚油酸及其同分异构体的相对含量最高(38.33%)。【结论】从新古尼异虫草中提取得到多种小分子活性成分,补充了该虫草中的物质组成,为其高附加值利用提供数据支撑。     

胰岛素敏感性磷脂信号系统与葡萄糖转运的关系

胰岛素能够迅速改变靶细胞磷脂代谢,生成一系列活性脂类信号分子,激活PIP3依赖性非典型蛋白激酶C、PIP3依赖性蛋白激酶B以及DAG敏感性PKCs等下游效应因子,从而对葡萄糖转运进行调控。阐明胰岛素敏感性磷脂信号系统与葡萄糖转运的关系对于深入了解胰岛素抵抗的发病机制具有重要意义。     

一株新的拮抗细菌SL19及其抑菌活性物质

生防菌SL19对多种植物病原菌有抑菌活性。通过形态观察、生理生化实验和基于16S rDNA同源性序列分析构建系统发育树,鉴定该菌为Bacillus velezensis。利用对峙实验测定了该菌的抑菌谱,发现该菌对大丽轮枝菌、尖孢镰刀菌、灰葡萄孢菌、立枯丝核菌、疮痂链霉菌等多种植物病原微生物有明显的抑菌作用。利用硫酸铵盐析法分离纯化活性物质,并对其理化性质进行初步探索显示:抑菌活性物质经60°C、80°C处理20 min后的抑菌活性不变;经100°C处理20 min,活性降低为原来的75.3%;经120°C处理20 min后抑菌活性完全丧失。对胰蛋白酶、胃蛋白酶、蛋白酶K、氯仿、紫外光均不敏感,SDS-PAGE检测发现该抑菌活性物质中含有分子量约为50 kD的蛋白质,初步推测该菌分泌的抑菌活性物质主要是蛋白质类物质。实验表明,该抗菌蛋白能够抑制大丽轮枝菌菌丝的生长及孢子的萌发,为该菌用于生物防治提供了理论基础。     

人胎肝中两种抑制肿瘤细胞生长活性成分的分离鉴定及功能研究

胎儿组织中存在低分子肿瘤抑制物。胎肝细胞的甲醇－丙酮提取物中保留有大部分抑瘤活性。用体外液体培养条件下对人急性粒系白血病细胞系（ＨＬ－６０）的抑制作用为指标,跟踪分离过程。提取物经反相Ｃ１８中压液相色谱、Ｓｅｐｈａｄｅｘ ＬＨ－２０凝胶色谱及正相高效液相色谱分离得到两种活性物质,经ＮＭＲ和ＨＲＭＳ鉴定为７－酮基胆固醇（７－ｋｅｔｏｃｈｏｌｅｓｔｅｒｏｌ,７－ＫＣ）和７－β－羟基胆固醇（７－β－ｈｙ     

胰岛素介体产生机制的探讨

胰岛素介体──肌醇磷酸多糖,被认为是胰岛素的第二信使,存在于细胞膜上的糖肌醇磷脂是产生该介体的前体,经胰岛素或磷脂酰肌醇特异性的磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＩＰＬＣ）水解,产生介体和二酰甘油（ＤＧ）．本实验以人红细胞为材料,用３￣Ｈ同位素标记、有机溶剂提取、薄层层析及放射性自动计数等方法,分析胰岛素或ＰＩＰＬＣ作用于红细胞后前体和ＤＧ的变化情况,以推测介体的产生机制．结果显示：胰岛素使红细胞膜上及释放至胞外上清的前体量均较对照升高,且使体系中的ＤＧ量升高;ＰＩＰＬＣ则使红细胞膜上的前体量下降,使释放至胞外上清的前体量升高,推测：胰岛素或ＰＩＰＬＣ作用于完整细胞时,激活了某种酶,使前体先从膜上释放至胞外上清,再被水解为介体和ＤＧ,同时胰岛素还可能激活完整细胞内再合成前体的机制,而ＰＬＰＬＣ却不能．     

人胎肝中低分子抑瘤物的分离纯化、结构鉴定及其对肿瘤细胞生长的选择性抑制

在胎儿组织中存在一类低分子肿瘤抑制物,胎肝细胞的甲醇－丙酮提取物中保留有大部分抑瘤活性,用体外液体培养条件下对人急性粒系白血病细胞系（HL－60）的抑制作用为指标,跟踪指导分离过程,提取物经反相C18中压液相色谱,Sephadex LH-20凝胶色谱及氨基键合相高效液相色谱分离得到一纯活性物质。经NMR和MS鉴定为7－酮基胆固醇（7－ketocholesterol,7-KC)。体外琼脂培养条件下7－KC对小鼠WEHI－3和S－180细胞较对正常小鼠骨髓粒－巨噬系祖细胞有更强的抑制增殖及集落生成作用,7－KC对HL－60细胞增殖较对正常人骨髓CFU－GM有更强的抑制作用。     

人胎肝中肝细胞生长因子生物活性的研究

人胎肝细胞裂解液经膜超滤,在分子量10～30kD组分中可检测出人肝细胞生长因子(hHGF)活性。hHGF为一热稳定的蛋白质或多肽类物质。它可特异地刺激肝来源细胞~3H-TdR掺入的增加,并且存在量效依赖关系,而对非肝来源细胞的DNA合成无刺激作用。hHGF的生物活性及理化性质与某些已知因子,如胰岛素、胰高血糖素、血小板来源的生长因子、表皮生长因子及增殖刺激因子等有所不同。     

胰岛素受体信号传递

胰岛素受体是具有酪氨酸蛋白激酶活性的膜受体。胰岛素与靶细胞相应受体结合后,引起受体酪氨酸残基自身磷酸化及β亚基酪氨酸蛋白激酶活化,后者使靶细胞内底物如IRS1或Hhc的酪氨酸残基磷酸化,酪氨酸蛋白激酶在胰岛素受体信号传递中发挥重要作用。胰岛素信号所激发的信号传递途径主要有二：一为Ras-MAP激酶途径,一为PI3－激酶途径,胰岛素的作用与此有关。     

胎脑提取液对衰老小鼠肝细胞酶活性影响的实验研究

目的：观察胎脑提取液对衰老小鼠肝细胞琥珀酸脱氢酶(SDH)和酸性磷酸酶(ACP)活性的影响,探讨胎脑提取液的抗衰老作用。方法：选用健康昆明种小白鼠30只,随机分为3组;采用D-半乳糖制备亚急性衰老模型;酶组织化学染色观察各组小鼠肝细胞SDH和ACP的活性。结果：衰老模型组与正常对照组相比,小鼠肝细胞SDH活性明显降低,ACP活性明显升高;给药组与衰老模型组相比,小鼠肝细胞SDH活性明显升高,ACP活性明显降低。结论：胎脑提取液可以延缓肝细胞的衰老进程,具有一定的抗衰老作用。     

Characterization of a somatomedin (insulin-like growth factor) synthesized by fetal rat liver organ cultures.

Explants of 19- to 20-day fetal rat liver synthesize polypeptides biochemically and immunologically related to the well characterized somatomedin (insulin-like growth factor) BRL-MSA, multiplication-stimulating activity. Fetal MSA was purified from media conditioned by fetal liver explants by chromatography on Sephadex G-75 under acid conditions. Partially purified fetal MSA: 1) inhibited the binding of BRL-MSA to the MSA receptor of rat liver plasma membranes, to somatomedin-binding proteins from rat serum, and to rabbit anti-BRL-MSA serum; 2) had a molecular weight of 4,500 to 12,500 determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate; 3) stimulated the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into the DNA of chick embryo fibroblasts and induced cell multiplication; 4) stimulated glucose oxidation in rat adipocytes and weakly inhibited the binding of insulin to the insulin receptors of IM-9 lymphocytes; and 5) stimulated sulfate uptake in costal cartilage from hypophysectomized rats. These activities were associated with the same molecular species in fetal MSA preparations following disc acrylamide electrophoresis and co-migrated with active BRL-MSA peptides.     

The diacylglycerol and protein kinase C pathways are not involved in insulin signalling in primary rat hepatocytes.

Diacylglycerol (DAG) and protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms have been implicated in insulin signalling in muscle and fat cells. We evaluated the involvement of DAG and PKC in the action of insulin in adult rat hepatocytes cultured with dexamethasone, but in the absence of serum, for 48 h. Our results show that although insulin stimulated glycolysis and glycogen synthesis, it had no effect on DAG mass or molecular species composition. Epidermal growth factor showed the expected insulin-mimetic effect on glycolysis, whereas ATP and exogenous phospholipase C acted as antagonists and abolished the insulin signal. Similarly to insulin, epidermal growth factor had no effect on DAG mass or molecular species composition. In contrast, both ATP and phospholipase C induced a prominent increase in several DAG molecular species, including 18:0/20:4, 18:0/20:5, 18:0/22:5 and a decrease in 18:1/18:1. These changes were paralleled by an increase in phospholipase D activity, which was absent in insulin-treated cells. By immunoblotting or by measuring PKC activity, we found that neither insulin nor ATP translocated the PKCalpha, -delta, -epsilon or -zeta isoforms from the cytosol to the membrane in cells cultured for six or 48 h. Similarly, insulin had no effect on immunoprecipitable PKCzeta. Suppression of the glycogenic insulin signal by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, but not by ATP, could be completely alleviated by bisindolylmaleimide. Finally, insulin showed no effect on DAG mass or translocation of PKC isoforms in the perfused liver, although it reduced the glucagon-stimulated glucose output by 75%. Together these results indicate that phospholipases C and D or multiple PKC isoforms are not involved in the hepatic insulin signal chain.     

Insulin stimulates the release from liver plasma membranes of a chemical modulator of pyruvate dehydrogenase

Incubation of a rat liver particulate fraction with physiological concentrations of insulin enhances the production of a small molecular weight substance which modulates adipocyte as well as liver mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase. While low concentrations of insulin enhance production of this activity, levels of greater than 10^?9M produce significantly less. Similarly, while increasing concentrations of mediator cause increased stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity, higher concentrations no longer exhibit this effect. The putative insulin mediator was partially purified on HPLC and Sephadex G-25 columns. Its molecular weight was about 1000–2000. These results indicate the presence of a chemical mediator of insulin action in liver similar to that observed in other insulin target tissues.     

Increased phosphorylation of nuclear substrates for rat brain protein kinase C in regenerating rat liver nuclei.

Protein phosphorylation catalysed by rat brain protein kinase C (PKC) has been studied in nuclei isolated from normal and regenerating rat liver. Histone H1 and a 40,000 molecular weight protein were hyperphosphorylated at all the explored regeneration times, ranging from 3 to 22 h after partial hepatectomy. Phosphorylation of the two substrates was totally dependent on calcium and lipids and was abolished by low concentration of staurosporine. The observed early change of phosphate content of histone H1 and of the 40,000 molecular weight protein on the time scale of liver regeneration suggests that PKC might be involved in the initial nuclear events leading to cell proliferation.     

Insulin stimulates the activity of a novel protein kinase C, PKC-epsilon, in cultured fetal chick neurons

In this study we examined the effects of insulin on protein kinase C (PKC) activity in cultured fetal chick neurons. PKC activity, measured as 32P incorporation into histone H1 in the presence of calcium (500 microM), phosphatidylserine (100 micrograms/ml), and diolein (3.3 micrograms/ml) minus the incorporation in the presence of calcium alone, was detected in neuronal cytosolic (207 +/- 33 pmol/min/mg) and membrane (33 +/- 8 pmol/min/mg) fractions. Insulin added to intact neurons increased the activity of PKC in both cytosolic and membrane fractions by about 40%. Neurons preincubated with cycloheximide (10 micrograms/ml) 30 min prior to insulin treatment showed the same degree of stimulation of PKC activity by insulin. The activation of PKC was maximal within 5-10 min of insulin exposure and was sustained for at least 60 min. Insulin stimulated PKC in a dose-dependent manner, with a maximal response obtained at 100 ng/ml. Addition of phosphatidylserine and diolein to neuronal cell extracts resulted in the phosphorylation of four major cytosolic proteins (70, 57, 18, and 16 kDa) and one major membrane protein (75 kDa). Phosphorylation of all five proteins was increased 2-fold in extracts from insulin-treated neurons. Immunoblot analysis of whole cell extracts using antibodies against PKC-alpha, PKC-beta, PKC-gamma, PKC-delta, and PKC-epsilon revealed that cultured fetal chick neurons contained only one of these PKC isoforms, the epsilon-isoform. The enzyme was mostly cytosolic. Insulin had no effect on either the amount of distribution of PKC-epsilon in cultured neurons but induced a small change in the mobility of PKC-epsilon on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. When assay conditions were designed to measure specifically the activity of PKC-epsilon, using a synthetic peptide substrate in the absence of calcium, activity was 50 +/- 12% higher in insulin-treated cells (p less than 0.005). PKC activity in control and insulin treated-neurons was almost completely inhibited when assays included a peptide identical to the pseudo-substrate binding site of PKC-epsilon. We conclude that PKC-epsilon is the major PKC isoform present in cultured fetal chick neurons. Insulin stimulates PKC-epsilon activity by a mechanism that does not involve translocation of the enzyme from cytosol to membrane.     

Protein kinase Cδ but not PKCα is involved in insulin-induced glucose metabolism in hepatocytes

The liver is a major insulin‐responsive tissue responsible for glucose regulation. One important mechanism in this phenomenon is insulin‐induced glycogen synthesis. Studies in our laboratory have shown that protein kinase Cs delta (PKCδ) and alpha (α) have important roles in insulin‐induced glucose transport in skeletal muscle, and that their expression and activity are regulated by insulin. Their importance in glucose regulation in liver cells is unclear. In this study we investigated the possibility that these isoforms are involved in the mediation of insulin‐induced glycogen synthesis in hepatocytes. Studies were done on rat hepatocytes in primary culture and on the AML‐12 (alpha mouse liver) cell line. Insulin increased activity and tyrosine phosphorylation of PKCδ within 5 min. In contrast, activity and tyrosine phosphorylation of PKCα were not increased by insulin. PKCδ was constitutively associated with IR, and this was increased by insulin stimulation. Suppression of PKCδ expression by transfection with RNAi, or overexpression of kinase dead (dominant negative) PKCδ reduced both the insulin‐induced activation of PKB/Akt and the phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) and reduced significantly insulin‐induced glucose uptake. In addition, treatment of primary rat hepatocytes with rottlerin abrogated insulin‐induced increase in glycogen synthesis. Neither overexpression nor inhibition of PKCα appeared to alter activation of PKB, phosphorylation of GSK3 or glucose uptake in response to insulin. We conclude that PKCδ, but not PKCα, plays an essential role in insulin‐induced glucose uptake and glycogenesis in hepatocytes. J. Cell. Biochem. 113: 2064–2076, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

PKCδ is activated in the liver of obese Zucker rats and mediates diet-induced whole body insulin resistance and hepatocyte cellular insulin resistance

Insulin resistance can arise when pathological levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) and proinflammatory cytokines disrupt insulin signaling. Protein kinase C delta (PKCδ) is a FFA- and a proinflammatory cytokine-regulated protein kinase that is associated with inhibition of insulin signaling and action. To gain insight into the role of PKCδ in insulin resistance, PKCδ activation was studied in a genetic model of obesity-linked insulin resistance. PKCδ was found to be activated in the liver of obese insulin-resistant Zucker rats and in isolated cultured hepatocytes. PKCδ was further studied in PKCδ-null mice and their wild-type littermates fed a high-fat or control diet for 10 weeks. PKCδ-null mice on a high-fat diet had improved insulin sensitivity and hepatic insulin signaling compared to wild-type littermates. Additionally, the deleterious effect of a high-fat diet on glucose tolerance in wild-type mice was completely blocked in PKCδ-null mice. To directly test the role of PKCδ in cellular insulin resistance, primary hepatocytes from the high-fat diet mice were isolated and stimulated with insulin. Primary hepatocytes from PKCδ-null mice had improved insulin-stimulated Akt and FOXO phosphorylation compared to hepatocytes from wild-type littermates. Consistent with this result, tumor necrosis factor alpha-mediated inhibition of insulin signaling was blocked in PKCδ knockdown primary hepatocytes. These results indicate that PKCδ plays a role in insulin resistance and is consistent with the hypothesis that PKCδ is a negative regulator of insulin signaling and thus may be a therapeutic target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.     

PKCθ expression in the amygdala regulates insulin signaling,food intake and body weight

Objective:

To investigate the signaling mechanisms that might underlie the loss of anorectic response to insulin injections into the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) within 3 days of feeding a high fat diet.

Design and Methods:

Protein samples from amygdala and hypothalamus of rats fed high or low fat diets were subjected to a phosphorylation screening assay. The effects of dietary fat intake on the expression and activation of protein kinase C theta (PKCθ) in brain regions was studied. Finally, lentiviral vectors were used to overexpress rat PKCθ unilaterally or bilaterally into the CeA of rats and the effects on food intake, body weight and insulin stimulation of Akt phosphorylation were studied.

Results:

The level of pMARCKS (Myristoylated alanine‐rich C‐kinase substrate), a major substrate of PKCθ, was increased 116% in amygdala of high fat diet fed rats but reduced in the hypothalamus. High fat diets increased the level of PKCθ in a region specific manner in the brain and this PKCθ was activated by membrane association. Overexpressing rat PKCθ either unilaterally or bilaterally into the CeA inhibited insulin stimulation of Akt signaling and blocked the anorectic response to insulin injected into the amygdala. Bilaterally injected PKCθ rats gained more weight and body fat and had increased food intake when fed a high fat diet compared to the control rats that received a lentiviral‐Green Fluorescent Protein construct.

Conclusion:

The data suggest that insulin may have a physiological role within the amygdala to regulate energy balance.     

Effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on insulin stimulated amino acid transport in cultured rat hepatocytes

It has been suggested that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. It could act directly or indirectly in liver. The aim of this study was to determine direct short time (4 h) and long time (24 h) action of TNF-alpha on amino acid transport in cultured rat hepatocytes and possible role of protein kinase C (PKC) in insulin signal pathway and insulin resistance. Hepatocytes were isolated by a modified collagenase perfusion technique and cultured for 24 h in M 199 medium. In the presence of insulin basal alpha-amino isobutyric acid (AIB) uptake was increased 55%. TNF-alpha in short time action did not change basal AIB transport, but significantly (25%) increased insulin stimulated uptake. Short time action of TNF-alpha was ameliorated by phorbol ester treatment. These results indicated that PKC activation is important in insulin signaling and TNF-alpha action. TNF-alpha acting directly did not cause insulin resistance in cultured hepatocytes.     

Isocaloric maternal low-protein diet alters IGF-I,IGFBPs, and hepatocyte proliferation in the fetal rat

We investigated the effect of an isocaloric maternal low-protein diet during pregnancy in rats on the proliferative capacity of cultured fetal hepatocytes. The potential roles of these changes on the IGF-IGF-binding protein (IGFBP) axis, and the role of insulin and glucocorticoids in liver growth retardation, were also evaluated. Pregnant Wistar rats were fed a control (C) diet (20% protein) or a low-protein (LP) diet (8%) throughout gestation. In primary culture, the DNA synthesis of hepatocytes derived from LP fetuses was decreased by approximately 30% compared with control hepatocytes (P < 0.05). In parallel, in vivo moderate protein restriction in the dam reduced the fetal liver weight and IGF-I level in fetal plasma (P < 0.01) and augmented the abundance of 29- to 32-kDa IGFBPs in fetal plasma (P < 0.01) and fetal liver (P < 0.01). By contrast, the abundance of IGF-II mRNA in liver of LP fetuses was unaffected by the LP diet. In vitro, the LP-derived hepatocytes produced less IGF-I (P < 0.01) and more 29- to 32-kDa IGFBPs (P < 0.01) than hepatocytes derived from control fetuses. These alterations still appeared after 3-4 days of culture, indicating some persistence in programming. Dexamethasone treatment of control-derived hepatocytes decreased cell proliferation (54 +/- 2.3%, P < 0.01) and stimulated 29- to 32-kDa IGFBPs, whereas insulin promoted fetal hepatocyte growth (127 +/- 5.5%, P < 0.01) and inhibited 29- to 32-kDa IGFBPs. These results show that liver growth and cell proliferation in association with IGF-I and IGFBP levels are affected in utero by fetal undernutrition. It also suggests that glucocorticoids and insulin may modulate these effects.