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Phosphoproteomic mapping reveals distinct signaling actions and activation of muscle protein synthesis by Isthmin-1

  1. Meng Zhao
  2. Niels Banhos Dannieskiold-Samsøe
  3. Livia Ulicna
  4. Quennie Nguyen
  5. Laetitia Voilquin
  6. David E Lee
  7. James P White
  8. Zewen Jiang
  9. Nickeisha Cuthbert
  10. Shrika Paramasivam
  11. Ewa Bielczyk-Maczynska
  12. Capucine Van Rechem
  13. Katrin J Svensson  Is a corresponding author
  1. Stanford University, United States
  2. Duke University, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80014
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  1. Meng Zhao
  2. Niels Banhos Dannieskiold-Samsøe
  3. Livia Ulicna
  4. Quennie Nguyen
  5. Laetitia Voilquin
  6. David E Lee
  7. James P White
  8. Zewen Jiang
  9. Nickeisha Cuthbert
  10. Shrika Paramasivam
  11. Ewa Bielczyk-Maczynska
  12. Capucine Van Rechem
  13. Katrin J Svensson
(2022)
Phosphoproteomic mapping reveals distinct signaling actions and activation of muscle protein synthesis by Isthmin-1
eLife 11:e80014.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80014
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Abstract

The secreted protein Isthmin-1 (Ism1) mitigates diabetes by increasing adipocyte and skeletal muscle glucose uptake by activating the PI3K-Akt pathway. However, while both Ism1 and insulin converge on these common targets, Ism1 has distinct cellular actions suggesting divergence in downstream intracellular signaling pathways. To understand the biological complexity of Ism1 signaling, we performed phosphoproteomic analysis after acute exposure, revealing overlapping and distinct pathways of Ism1 and insulin. We identify a 53 % overlap between Ism1 and insulin signaling and Ism1-mediated phosphoproteome-wide alterations in ~ 450 proteins that are not shared with insulin. Interestingly, we find several unknown phosphorylation sites on proteins related to protein translation, mTOR pathway and, unexpectedly, muscle function in the Ism1 signaling network. Physiologically, Ism1 ablation in mice results in altered proteostasis, including lower muscle protein levels under fed and fasted conditions, reduced amino acid incorporation into proteins, and reduced phosphorylation of the key protein synthesis effectors Akt and downstream mTORC1 targets. As metabolic disorders such as diabetes are associated with accelerated loss of skeletal muscle protein content, these studies define a non-canonical mechanism by which this anti-diabetic circulating protein controls muscle biology.

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The phosphoproteomics dataset has been deposited to ProteomeXchange Consortium through JPost PXD031719 (JPST001484)(Okuda et al., 2017). The code for all analysis related to phosphoproteomic data is available at https://github.com/Svensson-Lab/Isthmin-1/tree/F442A_phosphoproteomics. The single-cell RNA sequencing data was re-analyzed from a previously published dataset (Baht et al., 2020). All the other data generated or analyzed in this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files.

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  1. Meng Zhao

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  2. Niels Banhos Dannieskiold-Samsøe

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  3. Livia Ulicna

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  4. Quennie Nguyen

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  5. Laetitia Voilquin

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  6. David E Lee

    Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, United States
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  7. James P White

    Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, United States
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  8. Zewen Jiang

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  9. Nickeisha Cuthbert

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  10. Shrika Paramasivam

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  11. Ewa Bielczyk-Maczynska

    Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-0558-1188

  12. Capucine Van Rechem

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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  13. Katrin J Svensson

    Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States
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Funding

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK125260)

  • Katrin J Svensson

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK111916)

  • Katrin J Svensson

American Heart Association (905674)

  • Meng Zhao

American Heart Association (18POST34030448)

  • Ewa Bielczyk-Maczynska

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007057)

  • David E Lee

American Heart Association (882082)

  • Nickeisha Cuthbert

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK116074)

  • Katrin J Svensson

National Institute on Aging (R21AG065943)

  • James P White

NIH Office of the Director (K01AG05666)

  • James P White

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Animal experiments were performed per procedures approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Stanford Animal Care and Use Committee (APLAC) protocol number #32982.

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© 2022, Zhao et al.

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  1. Meng Zhao
  2. Niels Banhos Dannieskiold-Samsøe
  3. Livia Ulicna
  4. Quennie Nguyen
  5. Laetitia Voilquin
  6. David E Lee
  7. James P White
  8. Zewen Jiang
  9. Nickeisha Cuthbert
  10. Shrika Paramasivam
  11. Ewa Bielczyk-Maczynska
  12. Capucine Van Rechem
  13. Katrin J Svensson
(2022)
Phosphoproteomic mapping reveals distinct signaling actions and activation of muscle protein synthesis by Isthmin-1
eLife 11:e80014.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80014

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