A type 2 diabetes disease module with a high collective influence for Cdk2 and PTPLAD1 is localized in endosomes

PLoS One. 2018 Oct 9;13(10):e0205180. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205180. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Despite the identification of many susceptibility genes our knowledge of the underlying mechanisms responsible for complex disease remains limited. Here, we identified a type 2 diabetes disease module in endosomes, and validate it for functional relevance on selected nodes. Using hepatic Golgi/endosomes fractions, we established a proteome of insulin receptor-containing endosomes that allowed the study of physical protein interaction networks on a type 2 diabetes background. The resulting collated network is formed by 313 nodes and 1147 edges with a topology organized around a few major hubs with Cdk2 displaying the highest collective influence. Overall, 88% of the nodes are associated with the type 2 diabetes genetic risk, including 101 new candidates. The Type 2 diabetes module is enriched with cytoskeleton and luminal acidification-dependent processes that are shared with secretion-related mechanisms. We identified new signaling pathways driven by Cdk2 and PTPLAD1 whose expression affects the association of the insulin receptor with TUBA, TUBB, the actin component ACTB and the endosomal sorting markers Rab5c and Rab11a. Therefore, the interactome of internalized insulin receptors reveals the presence of a type 2 diabetes disease module enriched in new layers of feedback loops required for insulin signaling, clearance and islet biology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Fractionation
  • Computational Biology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / genetics
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / metabolism*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / genetics
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / metabolism*
  • Endosomes / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism*
  • Protein Interaction Maps
  • Proteome
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Proteome

Grants and funding

The research program in the R. Faure laboratory was funded by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC: 155751) and the Fondation du CHU de Québec. M. B-D acknowledges funding from the Fondation du CHU de Québec and the CRCHUQ. S.E. holds a FRQS junior investigator salary award. The funders has no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.