The ␥-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A ) receptors play a pivotal role in fast synaptic inhibition in the central nervous system. One of the key factors for determining synaptic strength is the number of receptors on the postsynaptic membrane, which is maintained by the balance between cell surface insertion and endocytosis of the receptors. In this study, we investigated whether phospholipase C-related but catalytically inactive protein (PRIP) is involved in insulin-induced GABA A receptor insertion. Insulin potentiated the GABA-induced Cl ؊ current (I GABA ) by about 30% in wild-type neurons, but not in PRIP1 and PRIP2 double-knock-out (DKO) neurons, suggesting that PRIP is involved in insulin-induced potentiation. The phosphorylation level of the GABA A receptor -subunit was increased by about 30% in the wild-type neurons but not in the mutant neurons, which were similar to the changes observed in I GABA . We also revealed that PRIP recruited active Akt to the GABA A receptors by forming a ternary complex under insulin stimulation. The disruption of the binding between PRIP and the GABA A receptor -subunit by PRIP interference peptide attenuated the insulin potentiation of I GABA . Taken together, these results suggest that PRIP is involved in insulin-induced GABA A receptor insertion by recruiting active Akt to the receptor complex.The ␥-aminobutyric acid (GABA) 4 type A (GABA A ) receptors are GABA-gated chloride channels that mediate the majority of fast synaptic inhibition in the central nervous system(1-5). The perturbation of GABA-GABA A receptors-mediated neurotransmission causes several central nervous system disorders including motor coordination, anxiety, insomnia, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. Additionally, GABA A receptors are important therapeutic drug targets for sedative, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and hypnotic agents (1-5). Therefore, it is important to uncover how synaptic strength is regulated in GABAergic transmission. The GABA A receptors are heteropentamers composed of a combination of 18 GABA A receptor subunits, which are divided into seven subunit classes (␣1-6, 1-3, ␥1-3, ␦, ⑀1-3, , and ) based on their sequence homology (1-5). Each receptor subunit has a similar structure with a large N-terminal extracellular region, which is the binding site for GABA and psychoactive drugs such as benzodiazepines, followed by four hydrophobic transmembrane domains (TM1-4) with a large intracellular loop region between TM3 and 4. This intracellular loop region is a target for proteinprotein interactions, phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and palmitoylation, which control receptor trafficking, stability, and clustering on the synaptic membrane (1-5). Regulation of the number of receptors on the postsynaptic membrane is one of the key factors for determining synaptic strength, which is maintained by a balance between the insertion and endocytosis of receptors to/from the cell surface. Recently, it was reported that the dephosphorylation of the GABA A receptor -or ␥2-subunit triggers endocytosis by f...