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ArticleScientific reports2016

Insulin receptor alternative splicing is regulated by insulin signaling and modulates beta cell survival.

Pushkar Malakar, Lital Chartarifsky, Ayat Hija, Gil Leibowitz, Benjamin Glaser, Yuval Dor, Rotem Karni

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Alternative Splicing Regulation in Metabolic Disorders.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pushkar MalakarDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Karem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Lital ChartarifskyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Karem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Ayat HijaDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Karem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Gil LeibowitzEndocrinology and Metabolism Service, Department of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Karem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Benjamin GlaserEndocrinology and Metabolism Service, Department of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Karem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Yuval DorDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Karem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Rotem KarniDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Ein Karem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hadassah Medical Center · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) affects more than 300 million people worldwide. One of the hallmarks of T2DM is peripheral insulin resistance, in part due to unproductive insulin signaling through the insulin receptor. The insulin receptor (INSR) exists as two isoforms, INSR-A and INSR-B, which results from skipping or inclusion of exon 11 respectively. What determines the relative abundance of the different insulin receptor splice variants is unknown. Moreover, it is not yet clear what the physiological roles of each of the isoforms are in normal and diseased beta cells. In this study, we show that insulin induces INSR exon 11 inclusion in pancreatic beta cells in both human and mouse. This occurs through activation of the Ras-MAPK/ERK signaling pathway and up-regulation of the splicing factor SRSF1. Induction of exon 11 skipping by a splice-site competitive antisense oligonucleotide inhibited the MAPK-ERK signaling pathway downstream of the insulin receptor, sensitizing the pancreatic β-cell line MIN6 to stress-induced apoptosis and lipotoxicity. These results assign to insulin a regulatory role in INSR alternative splicing through the Ras-MAPK/ERK signaling pathway. We suggest that in beta cells, INSR-B has a protective role, while INSR-A expression sensitizes beta cells to programmed cell death.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingMAP Kinase Signaling SystemAnimalsAntigens, CDCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansInsulinInsulin-Secreting CellsMiceReceptor, InsulinAntigens, CDINSR protein, humanInsulinReceptor, Insulin

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PMID27526875
PMCPMC4985653
OpenAlexW2511656322

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