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Anchored phosphatases modulate glucose homeostasis.

The EMBO journal | 2012

Endocrine release of insulin principally controls glucose homeostasis. Nutrient-induced exocytosis of insulin granules from pancreatic β-cells involves ion channels and mobilization of Ca(2+) and cyclic AMP (cAMP) signalling pathways. Whole-animal physiology, islet studies and live-β-cell imaging approaches reveal that ablation of the kinase/phosphatase anchoring protein AKAP150 impairs insulin secretion in mice. Loss of AKAP150 impacts L-type Ca(2+) currents, and attenuates cytoplasmic accumulation of Ca(2+) and cAMP in β-cells. Yet surprisingly AKAP150 null animals display improved glucose handling and heightened insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle. More refined analyses of AKAP150 knock-in mice unable to anchor protein kinase A or protein phosphatase 2B uncover an unexpected observation that tethering of phosphatases to a seven-residue sequence of the anchoring protein is the predominant molecular event underlying these metabolic phenotypes. Thus anchored signalling events that facilitate insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis may be set by AKAP150 associated phosphatase activity.

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  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: HL85686
  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: HL85870
  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HL085870
  • Agency: CIHR, Canada
  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: HL98200
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R56 NS040701
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: GM48231
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM048231
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: GM07750
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS040701
  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HL098200
  • Agency: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: DK54441
  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HL085686
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 NS048154
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: NS048154
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R37 GM048231
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    Id: NS40701
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