title: Adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells involves augmented expression of a 43-kDa plasma membrane fatty acid-binding protein.
abstract: A previously described 43-kDa plasma membrane fatty acid-binding protein (FABPPM) was not observed by immunohistochemical methods in proliferating 3T3-L1 fibroblasts. However, it was detectable in plasma membranes by the second day of confluent growth, prior to accumulation of visible lipid droplets, and was strongly expressed in 8-day differentiated adipocytes. These observations were confirmed by extraction of plasma membrane proteins and subsequent immunoblotting. Kinetics of initial [3H]oleate uptake by both fibroblasts and adipocytes consisted of the sum of a saturable and a non-saturable component. During differentiation the saturable component increased progressively. Vmax increased from 3 to 25 to 110 pmol.s-1.mg cell protein-1 between the fibroblast, the 4-day, and 8 day adipocyte stages; Km was 24 nM in fibroblasts and approximately 55 nM in both 4- and 8-day differentiated adipocytes. By contrast, the rate constant for nonsaturable oleate influx decreased progressively from 0.026 to 0.010 ml.s-1.mg protein-1 between the fibroblast and 8 day adipocyte stages. In 8-day adipocytes saturable oleate uptake was inhibited by up to 55% by antibodies against rat liver FABPPM; these antibodies had no effect on uptake of 2-deoxyglucose or the medium chain fatty acid octanoate. They also had no effect on oleate uptake by fibroblasts. These studies support the hypothesis that FABPPM is a component of a saturable transport mechanism for long chain fatty acids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Division of Liver Diseases), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stump
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sorrentino
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Berk
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C082667:Fabp5 protein, mouse; C086936:Fabp7 protein, mouse; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009829:Oleic Acids; D019301:Oleic Acid