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L Jarett

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PubMed1991

Immunoelectron microscopic demonstration of insulin-stimulated translocation of glucose transporters to the plasma membrane of isolated rat adipocytes and masking of the carboxyl-terminal epitope of intracellular GLUT4.

Polyclonal antibodies to the amino- or carboxyl-terminated peptide sequences of the GLUT4 transporter protein were used in immunoelectron microscopic studies to demonstrate the location and insulin-induced translocation of GLUT4 in intact isolated rat adipocytes. Labeling of untreated adipocytes with the amino-terminal antibody revealed 95% of GLUT4 was intracellular, associated with plasma membrane invaginations or vesicles contiguous with or within 75 nm of the cell membrane. Insulin treatment increased plasma membrane labeling approximately 13-fold, to 52% of the total transporters, and decreased intracellular labeling proportionately. In contrast, labeling of untreated adipocytes with the carboxyl-terminal antibody or with a monoclonal antibody (1F8) that binds to the carboxyl terminus of GLUT4 detected fewer transporters, only approximately 40% of which were intracellular. In insulin-treated cells, plasma membrane labeling increased approximately 20-fold, but the total number of labeled transporters also increased approximately 13-fold. The number of intracellular transporters was not changed. The insulin-induced increase in plasma membrane labeling was reversible. Thus, the vast majority of GLUT4 transporters in untreated adipocytes are intracellular in invaginations or vesicles attached or close to the plasma membrane. Insulin treatment causes translocation of transporters to the plasma membrane, which involves flow of transporters from invaginations to the cell surface and possible fusion of subplasma membrane vesicles with the plasma membrane. Differences in the labeling of intracellular transporters by peptide antibodies suggested the carboxyl-terminal epitope of intracellular transporters was masked. The unmasking of the carboxyl terminus during translocation to the plasma membrane may be part of the mechanism by which insulin stimulates glucose transport in rat adipocytes.

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PubMed1991

Subcellular distribution of the alpha subunit(s) of Gi: visualization by immunofluorescent and immunogold labeling.

The subcellular distribution of the alpha subunit(s) of Gi has an obvious bearing on the ability of this protein to interact with receptors and targets and on its potential to serve in still unexplored capacities. In this study, we have examined the distribution of Gi alpha by means of light and electron microscopy. The cells employed were mouse 3T3 fibroblasts, normal rat kidney fibroblasts, rat C6 glioma cells, human umbilical vein endothelial cells, and human 293 kidney fibroblasts. By indirect immunofluorescence, two patterns of Gi alpha were evident. The more prominent was that associated with phase-dense, cytoplasmic structures exhibiting a tubule-like morphology. A similar distribution was noted for mitochondria, indicating attachment to a subset of microtubules. The second pattern appeared as a diffuse, particulate fluorescence associated with the plasma membrane. By immunogold labeling and electron microscopy, two populations of Gi alpha were again evident. In this instance, labeling of the plasma membrane was the more prominent. Gold particles were most often evenly distributed along the plasma membrane and were concentrated along microspikes. The second, less abundant population of Gi alpha represented the subunit (or fragments) within lysosomes. Specificity in immunolabeling was confirmed in all instances by immunotransfer blotting, the use of antibodies differing in specificities for epitopes within Gi alpha, the absence of labeling with preimmune sera, and the decrease in labeling after preincubation of antisera with appropriate peptides. These results support the proposal that several populations of Gi alpha exist: those evident within the cytoplasm by immunofluorescence, those present at the plasma membrane, and those evident within lysosomes by immunogold labeling.

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PubMed1991

Embryonic chicken lens cells cultured in reconstituted basement membrane: an experimental model to maintain the epithelial phenotype in culture.

The action of a reconstituted basement membrane has been studied on primary cultures of embryonic lens cells. When a solution of this matrix (Matrigel) was included in the culture medium, a high percentage of cells maintained the epithelial phenotype, judged by electron microscopy criteria, in contrast to the differentiated state induced by serum. Complete matrix stimulated by 6-fold the incorporation of 3H-thymidine into the cells, while one of its defined components, laminin, only had a 2-fold stimulatory effect. Thus, the basement membrane may stimulate mitogenesis and play a role complementary to that of growth factors in development.

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PubMed1990

Characterization of the growth of murine fibroblasts that express human insulin receptors. I. The effect of insulin in the absence of other growth factors.

The effect of insulin on the growth of murine fibroblasts transfected with an expression vector containing human insulin receptor cDNA (NIH 3T3/HIR) and the parental cells (NIH/3T3) was characterized. Insulin in the absence of other mitogens increased the rate of incorporation of thymidine into NIH 3T3/HIR cells with a half-maximal response occurring at an insulin concentration of 35 ng/ml and a maximal response that was equivalent to that elicited by 10% fetal calf serum. The thymidine incorporation rate was increased by 12 h, was maximal at approximately 16 h, and returned to basal rates at 24 h after the addition of insulin. Insulin induced a maximum of 65% of cells to incorporate thymidine. The increased DNA synthesis was accompanied by net growth. Addition of insulin to the NIH 3T3/HIR cells resulted in increased DNA content with a half-maximal response occurring at approximately 30 ng/ml insulin and a maximal response equivalent to that elicited by serum. An increase in cell number detected after the addition of insulin to the NIH 3T3/HIR suggests that the cells had progressed through mitosis. Insulin did not increase the rate of thymidine incorporation, DNA content, or number of the parental NIH 3T3 cells. These data show that insulin, in the absence of a second mitogen, is able to induce NIH 3T3/HIR fibroblasts to traverse the cell cycle.

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PubMed1990

Characterization of the growth of murine fibroblasts that express human insulin receptors. II. Interaction of insulin with other growth factors.

The effects of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), epidermal growth factor (EGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and insulin on DNA synthesis were studied in murine fibroblasts transfected with an expression vector containing human insulin receptor cDNA (NIH 3T3/HIR) and the parental NIH 3T3 cells. In NIH 3T3/HIR cells, individual growth factors in serum-free medium stimulated DNA synthesis with the following relative efficacies: insulin greater than or equal to 10% fetal calf serum greater than PDGF greater than IGF-1 much greater than EGF. In comparison, the relative efficacies of these factors in stimulating DNA synthesis by NIH 3T3 cells were 10% fetal calf serum greater than PDGF greater than EGF much greater than IGF-1 = insulin. In NIH 3T3/HIR cells, EGF was synergistic with 1-10 ng/ml insulin but not with 100 ng/ml insulin or more. Synergy of PDGF or IGF-1 with insulin was not detected. In the parental NIH 3T3 cells, insulin and IGF-1 were found to be synergistic with EGF (1 ng/ml), PDGF (100 ng/ml), and PDGF plus EGF. In NIH 3T3/HIR cells, the lack of interaction of insulin with other growth factors was also observed when the percentage of cells synthesizing DNA was examined. Despite insulin's inducing only 60% of NIH 3T3/HIR cells to incorporate thymidine, addition of PDGF, EGF, or PDGF plus EGF had no further effect. In contrast, combinations of growth factors resulted in 95% of the parental NIH 3T3 cells synthesizing DNA. The independence of insulin-stimulated DNA synthesis from other mitogens in the NIH 3T3/HIR cells is atypical for progression factor-stimulated DNA synthesis and is thought to be partly the result of insulin receptor expression in an inappropriate context or quantity.

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PubMed1990

Differences in adenosine triphosphate dependency of receptor-mediated endocytosis of alpha 2-macroglobulin and insulin correlate with separate routes of ligand-receptor complex internalization.

Biochemical and morphological studies compared the ATP requirements for and the internalization routes of alpha 2-macroglobulin and insulin in H35 hepatoma cells. Cellular ATP concentrations were decreased more than 94% by 1 mM 2,4-dinitrophenol or 10 mM sodium azide, potassium cyanide, or oligomycin. ATP depletion decreased total cell-associated alpha 2-macroglobulin 70-90% by inhibiting binding 67-77% and receptor-mediated internalization 90-96%. Under the same conditions, insulin binding was decreased less than 10%, and endocytosis and intracellular accumulation were not affected. Quantitative electron microscopic analysis of the distribution of occupied receptors on the surface of control and treated cells was performed using colloidal gold-labeled alpha 2-macroglobulin or insulin. alpha 2-Macroglobulin concentrated in and was internalized almost exclusively by coated pits. Insulin was rarely associated with coated pits, but was found in and internalized by noncoated invaginations. ATP depletion did not affect receptor mobility or ligand-induced aggregation of either receptor. There was an increase in the amount of alpha 2-macroglobulin found in coated pit-like structures. The coat underlying pits in ATP-depleted cells was poorly defined and may account for the inability of coated pits to form and/or internalize. These results showed that receptor-mediated internalization via coated pits was ATP dependent, whereas internalization via pinocytotic invaginations was energy independent, which explained the difference in the ATP dependency of uptake for the two ligands. These observations suggested that autophosphorylation of the insulin receptor may not be involved in either the aggregation or internalization of the insulin-receptor complex, since ATP depletion did not affect either process. This study provided evidence that specialized mechanisms exist for the internalization of insulin which may be related to some of its intracellular effects.

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PubMed1990

The state of differentiation of embryonic chicken lens cells determines insulin-like growth factor I internalization.

Microdissected epithelial cells from chicken embryonic lens differentiate into fiber cells during primary culture. Binding of IGF-I to both cell types has been documented biochemically. This report describes differences in the internalization of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in the two cell types using three electron microscopic approaches. Cells were incubated with a biologically active colloidal gold-labeled-IGF-I complex or [125I]IGF-I and prepared for electron microscopy. Other cells were incubated with unlabeled IGF-I and prepared for immunoelectron microscopy, using a colloidal gold-labeled anti-IGF-I antibody to detect the IGF-I. Each technique demonstrated binding of IGF-I on the surface of epithelial and differentiated fiber cells. IGF-I was internalized in epithelial cells. In contrast, the ligand exhibited little endocytosis in fiber cells during a 5 h incubation. Intracellular IGF-I was observed in the endosomes, Golgi apparatus, and lysosomes of epithelial cells, in addition, it was shown for the first time that IGF-I was translocated to the nucleus of epithelial cells. The differences between epithelial and fiber cells regarding internalization and nuclear translocation of IGF-I suggest that there are cell-specific itineraries of the hormone, depending on the differentiation stage of the cell. These differences may relate to the specific biological actions of the growth factor on each of these cells, particularly in allowing proliferation and differentiation of the epithelial cells.

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PubMed1990

Partial characterization of mechanism of insulin accumulation in H35 hepatoma cell nuclei.

The mechanism controlling insulin accumulation in nuclei of H35 hepatoma cells was investigated by incubating intact cells with 125I-labeled insulin in the presence or absence of agents that perturb different intracellular sites involved in the processing of ligand-receptor complexes. Purified nuclei were isolated, and nuclear-associated 125I-insulin was determined. Insulin accumulation in the nuclei was time and temperature dependent. Nuclear accumulation was linear and insulin-concentration dependent between 5 and 50 ng insulin/ml. However, pharmacological concentrations of insulin increased the amount of insulin translocated to the nucleus to a far greater extent than it increased total cell-associated insulin. Chloroquine, an acidotrophic agent, increased total cell-associated and intracellular insulin but had no effect on nuclear accumulation. The monovalent ionophores monensin and nigericin inhibited nuclear accumulation of insulin at low concentrations (0.5-5.0 microM) without affecting total insulin binding or intracellular accumulation. At 10 or 25 microM, monensin and nigericin also acted as acidotrophic agents and increased total insulin binding and intracellular accumulation but inhibited nuclear accumulation by a maximum of 50%. Low concentrations of monensin and nigericin were additive; maximal concentrations were not. A 23187 and valinomycin did not affect insulin binding or intracellular and nuclear accumulation of insulin. Neither depletion of ATP by sodium azide, 2,4-dinitrophenol, sodium cyanide, or oligomycin nor disruption of cytoskeletal elements by cytochalasin D or colchicine had any effect on nuclear accumulation of insulin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1989

Preimplantation mouse embryos internalize maternal insulin via receptor-mediated endocytosis: pattern of uptake and functional correlations.

High resolution microscopy in conjunction with colloidal gold-labeled insulin has been used to provide evidence that insulin is internalized by preimplantation mouse embryos by means of receptor-mediated endocytosis and concentration in coated pits. In addition, immunocytochemical analyses at the blastocyst stage, using gold-labeled anti-insulin receptor immunoglobulin (IgG) have confirmed the expression of insulin receptors on all cells of the embryo, including the inner cell mass. Immunocytochemical studies using gold-labeled anti-insulin IgG have provided evidence that the insulin internalized by the embryo is maternally derived. Functional studies show that incubating embryos in physiological levels of insulin results in increased synthesis of RNA and DNA. We conclude that insulin may play a role in early mammalian development, although the precise function of this hormone remains to be defined.

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PubMed1989

Immunological demonstration of the accumulation of insulin, but not insulin receptors, in nuclei of insulin-treated cells.

Although insulin is known to regulate nuclear-related processes, such as cell growth and gene transcription, the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Previous studies suggested that translocation of insulin or its receptor to cell nuclei might be involved in some of these processes. The present investigation demonstrated that intact insulin, but not the insulin receptor, accumulated in nuclei of insulin-treated cells. Cell fractionation studies demonstrated that the nuclear accumulation of 125I-labeled insulin was time-, temperature-, and insulin-concentration-dependent. Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry demonstrated that the insulin that accumulated in the nucleus was immunologically intact and associated with the heterochromatin. Only 1% of the 125I-labeled insulin extracted from isolated nuclei was eluted from a Sephadex G-50 column as 125I-labeled tyrosine. Plasma membrane insulin receptors were not detected in the nucleus by immuno electron microscopy or when wheat germ agglutinin-purified extracts of the nuclei were subjected to PAGE, electrotransfer, and immunoblotting with anti-insulin receptor antibodies. These results suggested that internalized insulin dissociated from its receptor and accumulated in the nucleus without its membrane receptor. We propose that some of insulin's effects on nuclear function may be caused by the translocation of the intact and biologically active hormone to the nucleus and its binding to nuclear components in the heterochromatin.

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PubMed1989

Intranuclear localization of insulin in rat hepatoma cells: insulin/matrix association.

Previous studies have documented nuclear insulin accumulation in a variety of cell types. The present investigation extends these observations by demonstrating that insulin associates with the matrix fraction of H35 rat hepatoma cell nuclei. Nuclei were isolated from [125I]insulin-loaded cells and extracted with DNase I, RNase A and high salt. The resulting matrix fraction was found to contain greater than 75% of the radiolabel initially present. Ultrastructural studies to confirm these findings were carried out using an agarose-encapsulated nuclear matrix preparation. Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry specifically detected insulin in matrices prepared from insulin-treated cells. No reaction was observed in matrices obtained from non-insulin-treated (control) cells. Further biochemical analysis revealed that matrix-associated insulin could be solubilized with 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or in the presence of high urea concentrations. Gel filtration analysis of urea-solubilized matrix material revealed the presence of apparently intact [125I]insulin and a higher molecular weight peak. It is hypothesized that the latter may represent a tightly associated complex of insulin with some matrix protein(s).

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PubMed1988

Regulation and function of an insulin-sensitive glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol during T lymphocyte activation.

A combination of metabolic labeling and chemical or enzymatic modification was employed to isolate and biochemically characterize a set of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (gly-PI) molecules synthesized by T lymphocytes. Gly-PI displayed unique patterns of synthesis following mitogen activation relative to the phosphoinositides and major structural lipids. The increase with time in gly-PI was paralleled by the appearance of insulin receptors. Gly-PI molecules were sensitive to hydrolysis by a PI-specific phospholipase C and were rapidly (15 sec) degraded in response to insulin binding. The product of this hydrolysis is believed to be a novel inositol phosphate-glycan (IP-gly) that was shown to inhibit the activity of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase. These results demonstrate that T cells contain a structurally related set of gly-PI molecules, at least one of which is sensitive to insulin and may function as a second messenger of hormone action.

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PubMed1988

The insulinomimetic effects of the polar head group of an insulin-sensitive glycophospholipid on pyruvate dehydrogenase in both subcellular and whole cell assays.

The polar head group that was released by treating an insulin-sensitive glycophospholipid with a phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) stimulated pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) in both subcellular and whole cell assays. Stimulation of PDH activity in the subcellular assay was detected after gel filtration chromatography of the polar head group. This stimulation was not due to the presence of contaminating calcium and magnesium. The PDH-stimulating activity was proportional to the amount of polar head group added to the assay. The effect of the polar head group on PDH in the subcellular assay was blocked by sodium fluoride, suggesting that the polar head group activated the PDH phosphatase. In the whole cell assay, the polar head group stimulated PDH activity to an equal or greater extent as a physiological concentration of insulin. The effect of the polar head group was detected at 5 min, peaked at 10 min, and declined thereafter. In contrast, insulin stimulated PDH activity more slowly, but consistently. The PDH-stimulating activity eluted after bacitracin but ahead of ATP during gel filtration chromatography, and it was destroyed by exposure to NH4OH or alkaline phosphatase and by boiling in water. These data support the proposal that an early step in insulin action is the release of insulinomimetic polar head group from the insulin-sensitive glycophospholipid.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1988

Initial characterization of a polyclonal antibody to an insulin-sensitive glycophospholipid.

This paper describes the production of a rabbit polyclonal antibody against an insulin-sensitive glycophospholipid from rat liver membranes. The immunogen was a highly purified glycophospholipid-tetanus toxoid conjugate. Immunoglobulin purified from immune serum reacted with a glycophospholipid-ovalbumin conjugate, indicating specificity for the glycophospholipid hapten and not the protein carrier. By radioimmunoassay the antibody recognized the purified glycophospholipid antigen but not other phospholipids including phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylinositol. The antigenic site appears to be the carbohydrate portion of the glycophospholipid. The antibody also reacted with glycophospholipid purified from two rat hepatoma cell lines. Analysis of partially purified liver glycophospholipid by thin-layer chromatography revealed over 20 orcinol- or fluorescamine-positive bands, but immunostaining identified only 1 band. The latter had an Rf identical to those of the original glycophospholipid isolated from rat liver and metabolically labeled material isolated from hepatoma cells. The antibody should prove useful in determining the role of the glycophospholipid and its metabolites in insulin action.

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PubMed1988

Preparation and characterization of a colloidal gold-insulin complex with binding and biological activities identical to native insulin.

We studied the binding and biological activities of gold-insulin complexes to develop a complex with properties identical to native insulin. Stabilizing amounts of insulin absorbed to 5-, 10-, or 15-nm gold particles resulted in complexes with 40-327 insulin molecules per gold particle and 4-111 times the biological activity of unlabeled insulin, based on the molar concentration of gold complex. These data suggested that these complexes behaved as multivalent ligands. Gold-insulin complexes were prepared with 5% of the stabilizing insulin concentration and were stabilized with bovine serum albumin. This resulted in a complex with 5-7 insulin molecules per 10-nm gold particle, which stimulated glucose oxidation in rat adipocytes and competed with [125I]-insulin for binding to the insulin receptor identically to unlabeled insulin on an equimolar basis. The organization and distribution of insulin receptors occupied by this monovalent-behaving gold-insulin complex were virtually identical to previous observations using monomeric ferritin-insulin. Since multivalent ligands may affect receptor binding, re-distribution, and intracellular processing, the use of electron-dense probes that resemble the unlabeled ligand in biological and binding properties is appropriate when studying receptor dynamics of in vivo or in vitro biological systems. The gold-insulin complex developed in this study should serve this function.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1988

Receptor-mediated endocytosis and intracellular processing of insulin: ultrastructural and biochemical evidence for cell-specific heterogeneity and distinction from nonhormonal ligands.

This review has presented some of the data which indicate that there are substantial differences in the mechanisms of receptor-mediated uptake and intracellular processing of ligands. Data from various laboratories indicate that receptor-mediated endocytosis is not necessarily synonymous with the concentrative, coated-pit-mediated internalization of ligand-receptor complexes. That differences exist both between the internalization of different types of ligands on the same cell type and between different types of cells for same ligand has clearly been documented. The differences in mechanisms or structures involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis have been demonstrated both biochemically and ultrastructurally. The reasons for these two diverse internalization pathways utilizing coated and non-coated membrane domains are not known and require further investigation to substantiate or disprove hypotheses presented here and elsewhere. Similarly, while differences in intracellular routing of hormonal and non-hormonal ligands and their receptors certainly exist, the factors controlling the itinerary of the ligand or its receptor need to be identified. The differences in ligand-receptor processing already demonstrated should indicate that interpretation of the results of future studies must be made with a great deal of caution and conservatism particularly when attempting to apply knowledge of one ligand and cell system to pharmacologically, ultrastructurally, or physiologically dissimilar systems.

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