Membrane glycoprotein PC-1 and insulin resistance in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Betty A. Maddux, Paolo Sbraccia, Shinobu Kumakura, Shlomo Sasson, Jack Youngren, Alexander Fisher, Steven Spencer, Andrew Grupe, William Henzel, Timothy A. Stewart, Gerald M. Reaven, Ira D. Goldfine*

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Abstract

Most patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are resistant to both endogenous and exogenous insulin1. Insulin resistance precedes the onset of this disease2-4, suggesting that it may be an initial abnormality. Insulin-receptor kinase activity is impaired in muscle, fibroblasts and other tissues of many patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus5, but abnormalities in the insulin-receptor gene do not appear to be the cause of this decreased kinase activity6, 7. Skin fibroblasts from certain insulin-resistant patients contain an inhibitor of insulin-receptor tyrosine kinase8, 9. Here we show that this inhibitor is a membrane glycoprotein, termed PC-1 (refs 10, 11). We find that PC-1 activity is increased in fibroblasts from seven of nine patients with typical non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. In addition, overexpression of PC-1 in transfected cultured cells reduces insulin-stimulated tyrosine kinase activity. These studies raise the possibility that PC-1 has a role in the insulin resistance of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)448-451
Number of pages4
JournalNature
Volume373
Issue number6513
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Feb 1995
Externally publishedYes

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