Complexes formation between insulin receptor and extracellular signal-regulated kinases ERKs

Yea Lih Lin*, Clément Mettling, Chen Kung Chou

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Abstract

A property of signal transduction pathways that might explain their efficiency and specificity is the formation of signaling complexes. The recent demonstration that adaptor proteins can interact with many components of the extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) signaling cascade leads us to investigate whether such complexes may include the transmembrane receptor. The present work shows that in human hepatoma Hep3B cells, insulin receptor (IR) can be coimmunoprecipitated with other components of the ERKs cascade: insulin receptor substrate (IRS), Raf-1, and ERKs. Furthermore, these complexes formed near the cytoplasmic membrane even prior to insulin stimulation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)234-238
Number of pages5
JournalMolecular Cell Biology Research Communications
Volume4
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

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