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SH2B1 Enhances Leptin Signaling by Both Janus Kinase 2 Tyr⁸¹³ Phosphorylation-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms

Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology (Z.L., Y.Z., C.C.-S., L.R.), Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, and Department of Internal Medicine (M.G.M.), University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0622

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Liangyou Rui, Ph.D., Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0622. E-mail: ruily{at}umich.edu.

Leptin controls body weight by activating its long form receptor (LEPRb). LEPRb binds to Janus kinase 2 (JAK2), a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase that mediates leptin signaling. We previously reported that genetic deletion of SH2B1 (previously known as SH2-B), a JAK2-binding protein, results in severe leptin-resistant and obese phenotypes, indicating that SH2B1 is a key endogenous positive regulator of leptin sensitivity. Here we show that SH2B1 regulates leptin signaling by multiple mechanisms. In the absence of leptin, SH2B1 constitutively bound, via its non-SH2 domain region(s), to non-tyrosyl-phosphorylated JAK2, and inhibited JAK2. Leptin stimulated JAK2 phosphorylation on Tyr⁸¹³, which subsequently bound to the SH2 domain of SH2B1. Binding of the SH2 domain of SH2B1 to phospho-Tyr⁸¹³ in JAK2 enhanced leptin induction of JAK2 activity. JAK2 was required for leptin-stimulated phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1), an upstream activator of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway. Overexpression of SH2B1 enhanced both JAK2- and JAK2(Y813F)-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS1 in response to leptin, even though SH2B1 did not enhance JAK2(Y813F) activation. Leptin promoted the interaction of SH2B1 with IRS1. These data suggest that constitutive SH2B1-JAK2 interaction, mediated by the non-SH2 domain region(s) of SH2B1 and the non-Tyr⁸¹³ region(s) in JAK2, increases the local concentration of SH2B1 close to JAK2 and inhibits JAK2 activity. Leptin-stimulated SH2B1-JAK2 interaction, mediated by the SH2 domain of SH2B1 and phospho-Tyr⁸¹³ in JAK2, promotes JAK2 activation, thus globally enhancing leptin signaling. SH2B1-IRS1 interaction facilitates IRS1 phosphorylation by recruiting IRS1 to JAK2 and/or by protecting IRS1 from dephosphorylation, thus specifically enhancing leptin stimulation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway.