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Publication : G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin regulates the phosphorylation of retinal insulin receptor.

First Author  Rajala A Year  2007
Journal  J Biol Chem Volume  282
Issue  13 Pages  9865-73
PubMed ID  17272282 Mgi Jnum  J:121152
Mgi Id  MGI:3709441 Doi  10.1074/jbc.M608845200
Citation  Rajala A, et al. (2007) G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin regulates the phosphorylation of retinal insulin receptor. J Biol Chem 282(13):9865-73
abstractText  We have shown previously that phosphoinositide 3-kinase in the retina is activated in vivo through light-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor (IR). The light effect is localized to photoreceptor neurons and is independent of insulin secretion (Rajala, R. V., McClellan, M. E., Ash, J. D., and Anderson, R. E. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 43319-43326). These results suggest that there exists a cross-talk between phototransduction and other signal transduction pathways. In this study, we examined the stage of phototransduction that is coupled to the activation of the IR. We studied IR phosphorylation in mice lacking the rod-specific alpha-subunit of transducin to determine if phototransduction events are required for IR activation. To confirm that light-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the IR is signaled through bleachable rhodopsin, we examined IR activation in retinas from RPE65(-/-) mice that are deficient in opsin chromophore. We observed that IR phosphorylation requires the photobleaching of rhodopsin but not transducin signaling. To determine whether the light-dependent activation of IR is mediated through the rod or cone transduction pathway, we studied the IR activation in mice lacking opsin, a mouse model of pure cone function. No light-dependent activation of the IR was found in the retinas of these mice. We provide evidence for the existence of a light-mediated IR pathway in the retina that is different from the known insulin-mediated pathway in nonneuronal tissues. These results suggest that IR phosphorylation in rod photoreceptors is signaled through the G-protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin. This is the first study demonstrating that rhodopsin can initiate signaling pathway(s) in addition to its classical phototransduction.
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