Dexras1 links glucocorticoids to insulin-like growth factor-1 signaling in adipogenesis.

ABSTRACT: Glucocorticoids are associated with obesity, but the underlying mechanism by which they function remains poorly understood. Previously, we showed that small G protein Dexras1 is expressed by glucocorticoids and leads to adipocyte differentiation. In this study, we explored the mechanism by which Dexras1 mediates adipogenesis and show a link to the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) signaling pathway. Without Dexras1, the activation of MAPK and subsequent phosphorylation of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ) is abolished, thereby inhibiting mitotic clonal expansion and further adipocyte differentiation. Dexras1 translocates to the plasma membrane upon insulin or IGF-1 treatment, for which the unique C-terminal domain (amino acids 223-276) is essential. Dexras1-dependent MAPK activa

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4921850 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature