Functional cloning of TUG as a regulator of GLUT4 glucose transporter trafficking

Jonathan S. Bogan (), Natalie Hendon, Adrienne E. McKee, Tsu-Shuen Tsao and Harvey F. Lodish
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Jonathan S. Bogan: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Natalie Hendon: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Adrienne E. McKee: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Tsu-Shuen Tsao: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Harvey F. Lodish: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Nature, 2003, vol. 425, issue 6959, 727-733

Abstract: Abstract Insulin stimulates glucose uptake in fat and muscle by mobilizing the GLUT4 glucose transporter. GLUT4 is sequestered intracellularly in the absence of insulin, and is redistributed to the plasma membrane within minutes of insulin stimulation1,2. But the trafficking mechanisms that control GLUT4 sequestration have remained elusive. Here we describe a functional screen to identify proteins that modulate GLUT4 distribution, and identify TUG as a putative tether, containing a UBX domain, for GLUT4. In truncated form, TUG acts in a dominant-negative manner to inhibit insulin-stimulated GLUT4 redistribution in Chinese hamster ovary cells and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Full-length TUG forms a complex specifically with GLUT4; in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, this complex is present in unstimulated cells and is largely disassembled by insulin. Endogenous TUG is localized with the insulin-mobilizable pool of GLUT4 in unstimulated 3T3-L1 adipocytes, and is not mobilized to the plasma membrane by insulin. Distinct regions of TUG are required to bind GLUT4 and to retain GLUT4 intracellularly in transfected, non-adipose cells. Our data suggest that TUG traps endocytosed GLUT4 and tethers it intracellularly, and that insulin mobilizes this pool of retained GLUT4 by releasing this tether.

Date: 2003
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