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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Insulin stimulates glucose transport in muscle and adipose tissue by producing translocation of the glucose transporter Glut4. The exocyst, an evolutionarily conserved vesicle tethering complex, is crucial for targeting Glut4 to the plasma membrane. Here we report that insulin regulates this process via the G protein RalA, which is present in Glut4 vesicles and interacts with the exocyst in adipocytes. Insulin stimulates the activity of RalA in a PI 3-kinase-dependent manner. Disruption of RalA function by dominant-negative mutants or siRNA-mediated knockdown attenuates insulin-stimulated glucose transport. RalA also interacts with Myo1c, a molecular motor implicated in Glut4 trafficking. This interaction is modulated by Calmodulin, which functions as the light chain for Myo1c during insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. Thus, RalA serves two functions in insulin action: as a cargo receptor for the Myo1c motor, and as a signal for the unification of the exocyst to target Glut4 vesicles to the plasma membrane.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1534-5807
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
391-404
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17765682-3T3-L1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Adipocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Cricetulus, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Exocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-GTPase-Activating Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Glucose Transporter Type 4, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Hypoglycemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Lentivirus, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Myosins, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:17765682-Transfection
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Activation of RalA is required for insulin-stimulated Glut4 trafficking to the plasma membrane via the exocyst and the motor protein Myo1c.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural