title: Mechanism of insulin-induced activation of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase in isolated rat soleus muscle.
abstract: Insulin augments Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity in skeletal muscles. It has been proposed that the sequence of events is activation of Na(+)-H+ antiporter, increased intracellular Na+ concentration ( [Na+]i), and stimulation of Na(+)-K+ pump. We have used isolated rat soleus muscles to test this hypothesis. Insulin increased the ouabain-suppressible K+ uptake in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The maximal effect was observed at 50-100 mU/ml insulin. Stimulation of K+ uptake was accompanied by increased specific [3H]ouabain binding and lowered [Na+]i. The ionophore monensin, which promotes Na(+)-H+ exchange, also increased the rate of ouabain-suppressible K+ uptake in soleus muscle, with a maximal effect obtained at 10-100 microM ionophore. However, this increase was accompanied by an elevation of [Na+]i. In the presence of 10-100 microM monensin, addition of 100 mU/ml insulin further increased K+ uptake but reduced [Na+]i. The effect on K+ uptake was additive. Ouabain (10(-3) M) completely suppressed the effect of insulin on [Na+]i. Insulin had no effect on the magnitude or the time course of insulin stimulation of K+ uptake. Thus equal stimulation of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase by insulin was observed when [Na+]i was elevated (under monensin) or lowered (under amiloride). These data suggest that activation of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase in soleus muscle by insulin is not secondary to stimulation of Na(+)-H+ antiporter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasson
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gutman
mesh_terms: D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008985:Monensin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D000584:Amiloride; D008985:Monensin; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D011188:Potassium