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SUBMITTER: Vainio S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1083929 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vainio Saara S Heino Sanna S Mansson Jan-Eric JE Fredman Pam P Kuismanen Esa E Vaarala Outi O Ikonen Elina E
EMBO reports 20011219 1
Cholesterol-sphingolipid rich plasma membrane domains, known as rafts, have emerged as important regulators of signal transduction. The adipocyte insulin receptor (IR) is localized to and signals via caveolae that are formed by polymerization of caveolins. Caveolin binds to IR and stimulates signalling. We report that, in liver-derived cells lacking caveolae, autophosphorylation of the endogenous IR is dependent on raft lipids, being compromised by acute cyclodextrin-mediated cholesterol depleti ...[more]