PED/PEA-15 gene controls glucose transport and is overexpressed in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Open Access
- 15 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The EMBO Journal
- Vol. 17 (14) , 3858-3866
- https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/17.14.3858
Abstract
We have used differential display to identify genes whose expression is altered in type 2 diabetes thus contributing to its pathogenesis. One mRNA is overexpressed in fibroblasts from type 2 diabetics compared with non‐diabetic individuals, as well as in skeletal muscle and adipose tissues, two major sites of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes. The levels of the protein encoded by this mRNA are also elevated in type 2 diabetic tissues; thus, we named it PED for phosphoprotein enriched in diabetes. PED cloning shows that it encodes a 15 kDa phosphoprotein identical to the protein kinase C (PKC) substrate PEA‐15. The PED gene maps on human chromosome 1q21–22. Transfection of PED/PEA‐15 in differentiating L6 skeletal muscle cells increases the content of Glut1 transporters on the plasma membrane and inhibits insulin‐stimulated glucose transport and cell‐surface recruitment of Glut4, the major insulin‐sensitive glucose transporter. These effects of PED overexpression are reversed by blocking PKC activity. Overexpression of the PED/PEA‐15 gene may contribute to insulin resistance in glucose uptake in type 2 diabetes.Keywords
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