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DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 77, Issue -, Pages S161-S164Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.01.071
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insulin resistance; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; reactive oxygen species; mitochondria; apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibits insulin action, in part, by activating c-jun NH2-terminal kinases (JNK). However, the precise mechanisms by which TNF-alpha. activates JNK are unknown. Recently, we confirmed that hyperglycemia increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and which can associate with the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular complications. In addition, apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1(ASK1) was reported to activate the JNK and p38 signaling pathways and is required for TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis. Here we demonstrate that TNF-a increases mitochondrial ROS production and ASK I activity, and that these TNF-alpha-induced phenomena associate with JNK activation, increase in Ser(307) phosphorylation of IRS-1 and decrease in insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1, all of which are believed to be the molecular basis of TNF-alpha-induced insulin resistance. We claim that mitochondrial ROS production may be a key factor not only in diabetic vascular complications, but also in the development of type 2 diabetes. This integrating paradigm could provide a new conceptual framework for further research and therapies for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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