Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Mitotic regulators and the SHP2-MAPK pathway promote IR endocytosis and feedback regulation of insulin signaling

  • Eunhee Choi,
  • Sotaro Kikuchi,
  • Haishan Gao,
  • Karolina Brodzik,
  • Ibrahim Nassour,
  • Adam Yopp,
  • Amit G. Singal,
  • Hao Zhu,
  • Hongtao Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09318-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The mechanisms promoting insulin resistance at the receptor level are poorly understood. Here, Choi et al. show that mitotic proteins and the SHP2-MAPK pathway regulate receptor endocytosis and insulin signaling feedback, identifying a potential role for SHP2 inhibitors to treat diabetes.