Differential regulation of glycogenolysis by mutant protein phosphatase-1 glycogen-targeting subunits

Arpad M. Danos, Senad Osmanovic, Matthew J. Brady

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Abstract

PTG and GL are hepatic protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) glycogen-targeting subunits, which direct PP1 activity against glycogen synthase (GS) and/or phosphorylase (GP). The C-terminal 16 amino residues of GL comprise a high-affinity binding site for GP that regulates bound PP1 activity against GS. In this study, a truncated GL construct lacking the GP-binding site (GLtr) and a chimeric PTG molecule containing the C-terminal, site (PTG-GL were generated. As expected, GP. binding to glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-GLtr was reduced, whereas GP binding to GST-PTG-GL-was increased 2- to 3-fold versus GST-PTG. In contrast, PP1 binding to all proteins was equivalent. Primary mouse hepatocytes were infected with adenoviral constructs for each subunit, and their effects on glycogen metabolism were investigated. GLtr expression was more effective at promoting GP inactivation, GS activation, and glycogen accumulation than GL. Removal of the regulatory GP-binding site from GLtr completely blocked the inactivation of GS seen in GL-expressing cells following a drop in extracellular glucose. As a result, GLtr expression prevented glycogen mobilization under 5 mM glucose conditions. In contrast, equivalent overexpression of PTG or PTG-GL caused a similar increase in glycogen-targeted PP1 levels and GS dephosphorylation. Surprisingly, GP dephosphorylation was significantly reduced in PTG-GL-overexpressing cells. As a result, PTG-GL expression permitted glycogenolysis under 5 mM glucose conditions that was prevented in PTG-expressing cells. Thus, expression of constructs that contained the high affinity GP-binding site (GL and PTG-GL) displayed reduced glycogen accumulation and enhanced glycogenolysis compared with their respective controls, albeit via different mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19544-19553
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume284
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 17 2009

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