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Defective insulin and acetylcholine induction of eNOS through IRS/Akt signaling pathway in aorta of obese rats

¹Department of Internal Medicine
²Department of Pharmacology, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil

Correspondence: msaad{at}fcm.unicamp.br

Key Words: insulin resistance • acetylcholine • insulin receptor substrate-1 • Janus Kinase • endothelial cell-nitric oxide synthase.

The actions of acetylcholine on endothelium are mainly mediated through muscarinic receptors, which are members of the G protein-coupled receptor family. In the present study we show that acetylcholine induces rapid tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) in rat aorta. Upon JAK2 activation, tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) is detected. In addition, acetylcholine induces JAK2/IRS-1 and IRS-1/phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase associations, downstream activation of Akt/protein kinase B, endothelial cell-nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2). The pharmacological blockade of JAK2 or PI 3-kinase reduced acetylcholine-stimulated eNOS phosphorylation, NOS activity and aorta relaxation. These data indicate a new signal transduction pathway for IRS-1/PI 3-kinase/Akt/eNOS activation and ERK1/2 by means of JAK2 tyrosine phosphorylation stimulated by acetylcholine in vessels. Moreover, we demonstrate that, in aorta of obese rats (high-fat diet), there is an impairment in insulin- and acetylcholine-stimulated IRS-1/PI 3-kinase pathway, leading to reduced activation with lower protein levels of eNOS associated with a hyperactivated ERK/MAP kinase pathway. These results suggest that in aorta of obese rats, there is not only insulin resistance, but also acetylcholine resistance, probably mediated by a common signaling pathway that controls the activity and the protein levels of eNOS.

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