Phenylalanine impairs insulin signaling and inhibits glucose uptake through modification of IRβ

Whether amino acids act on cellular insulin signaling remains unclear. Here, the authors find that phenylalanine modifies insulin receptor beta (IRβ) and inactivates insulin signaling and glucose uptake and positively correlated with T2D onset.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qian Zhou, Wan-Wan Sun, Jia-Cong Chen, Hui-Lu Zhang, Jie Liu, Yan Lin, Peng-Cheng Lin, Bai-Xing Wu, Yan-Peng An, Lin Huang, Wen-Xing Sun, Xin-Wen Zhou, Yi-Ming Li, Yi-Yuan Yuan, Jian-Yuan Zhao, Wei Xu, Shi-Min Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32000-0