The document discusses several cell signaling pathways including the insulin receptor cascade, leptin receptor cascade, and 硫-adrenergic receptor cascade. The insulin receptor cascade involves insulin binding to its receptor and activating IRS proteins and PI3K/Akt and Ras/Raf/MAPK pathways. The leptin receptor activates JAK kinases which phosphorylate STAT proteins to regulate transcription. The 硫-adrenergic receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor that activates adenylyl cyclase via G proteins to produce cAMP and activate protein kinase A signaling cascades.
2. The Insulin Receptor Cascades
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Insulin Receptor
IRS-1 P
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
PI-3
kinase
Insulin
IRS-x P
P
P
MAPK P
P
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Ras
ras gene - originally discovered as a viral oncogene
Also part of the normal genome
Many tumor cells contain a mutant ras
Protein product Ras
Small G-protein
At inner surface of plasma membrane
Lipid group embedded in inner leaflet
Forms an important link to nucleus via mitogen
activated protein kinases (MAPK)
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4. The Insulin Receptor Cascades
MAPK
Best characterized group extracellular signal-
regulated kinase (ERK) family
Act via either of two pathways:
RTKs such as the insulin cascade
Also via G-protein coupled receptors
ERK activation via coupling to
Ras and
Raf a protein serine/threonine kinase
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5. The Insulin Receptor Cascades
Ras Raf and MAPK
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Insulin
6. The Insulin Receptor Cascades
Ras Raf and MAPK
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Grb-2
Cell Signaling
IRS-1 P
Insulin Receptor
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Insulin
P
P
SH2 domain
GTP
test
SOS
(is a GEF)
GDP
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Raf recruitment
Raf then phosphorylates MAPK/ERK kinase known as MEK
MEK has dual specificity phosphorylates
Threonine
Tyrosine
These are separated by one aa residue
Example ERK2 Thr 183 and Tyr 185
Downstream effects of ERK - transcription
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Mechanism of Ras activation
Mediated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEF)
Stimulate release of bound GDP
Exchange for GTP
Activation of Ras-GTP terminated by GTP hydrolysis
GTPase-activating proteins interact and accelerate GTP
hydrolysis
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9. The Insulin Receptor Cascades
Mechanism of Ras activation
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Ras activation
A well characterized GEF is Sos
Sos is bound to Grb2
Found in the cytosol
Grb2 is an adaptor protein
Has no other intrinsic activity
Has SH2 domain high affinity for phospho-tyrosine (eg
on IRS)
Sos-Grb2 localized to the membrane via Ras
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11. The Insulin Receptor Cascades
Ras activation
Sos-Grb2 localized to the membrane via Ras
Sos stimulates GTP exchange activating Ras
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12. The Insulin Receptor Cascades
ERK activation
As discussed Raf activates the
MAPK cascade
ERK translocates to the nucleus
Regulates transcription factors by
phosphorylation
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13. The Insulin Receptor
Cascades
ERK activation
Many growth factors invoke
rapid transcriptional induction of
immediate-early genes
Mediated via serum response
element
Recognized by several factors
including
SRF
Elk1
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14. The Leptin Receptor
Cascades
Cytokine superfamily
receptors
No catalytic domain
Interact with
nonreceptor protein-
tyrosine kinases
Src family
JAK family
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15. The Leptin Receptor Cascades
JAK/STAT Pathway
More immediate connection to transcription
Directly affects transcription factor localization
and function
Key elements signal transducers and activators of
transcription (STATs)
Also other interactions via MAPK and PI3K
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16. The Leptin Receptor Cascades
JAK/STAT Pathway
STATs contain SH2 domains
Inactive in unstimulated cells
Localized to cytoplasm
Leptin binding to its receptor causes recruitment
of STATs which bind to phosphotyrosine via SH2
STATs are then phosphorylated by Janus Kinase
(JAK)
STATs then dimerise and are translocated to the
nucleus stimulation of transcription
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18. The b-adrenoceptor Cascades
Binding of a small messenger molecule
Epinephrine/norepinephrine
Interaction with the receptor causes a
conformational change
Activates G-protein binding sites in C-terminal
domain
G-protein interacts with another integral
membrane protein (enzyme) adenylyl cyclase
Downstream effects via cyclic-AMP
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Mechanism of G-protein signaling
Cyclic AMP an important messenger for a number of
hormone axes
GTP essential for activation of the enzyme which
generates cyclic AMP adenylyl cyclase
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G-protein structure
Three subunits a, b, g
Heterotrimeric G-proteins
a subunit binds guanine nucleotides regulatory
When inactivated a is bound to GDP and the b and
g subunits
a and g subunits also attached to membrane via
lipid moieties
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G-protein function
Hormone binding induces a conformational change
in the receptor
C-terminal domain of receptor interacts with G-
protein
Release of bound GDP
Exchange for GTP
Activated a subunit dissociates
a subunit activates adenylyl cyclase
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26. G-protein diversity
20 different a subunits
6 b subunits
12 g subunits
Different G-proteins associate with different
receptors (c-terminal domain specificity)
Specific intracellular targets
b-adrenoceptor-linked G-protein Gs
Stimulates adenylyl cyclase
Other G-proteins inhibit adenylyl cyclase - Gi
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Cascades
Cyclic AMP pathway
Formed from ATP via
adenylyl cyclase action
Degraded to AMP by
phosphodiesterase
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Cyclic AMP pathway
Most effects of cAMP mediated via protein
kinase A (PKA)
cAMP binds to regulatory subunits of PKA
Regulatory and catalytic subunits dissociate
Catalytic subunits activated
Phosphorylate serine residues on target proteins
Good example of signal amplification
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Cyclic AMP pathway
Many cases activation of transcription of
target genes containing cAMP response element
(CRE)
Signal carried by catalytic subunit of PKA
Phosphorylates transcription factor CRE-binding
protein (CREB) - dimerises
Activation of cAMP-inducible genes
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32. Cyclic AMP pathway
Important in proliferation, differentiation of
many cell types
Protein kinases
Protein kinase A
Not independent action
Protein phosphorylation reversed by
phosphatases
Terminate responses following receptor activation of
protein kinases
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33. Protein kinases
Protein kinase A
Level of phosphorylation of substrates finely
controlled by balance of actions of the
kinase and phosphatases
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34. The Insulin Receptor Cascades Interaction
with the Leptin Pathway
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OB-RlL
OB-Rs
Leptin
MAPK P
Y
Y
Leptin
P P
Insulin Receptor
S
T
A
T
S
T
A
T
Shc
JAK
IRS-1 P
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
PI-3
kinase
Atypical
PKC
GLUCOSE
FFA
Insulin
INTERSTITIAL
SPACE
IRS-x P
Nucleus
PPAR
Mitochondrion
Fatty Acid Ox-n.
CD36
ACC P
GLUT4
Akt
P
P
P
AMPK
P