title: Coupling of insulin-responsive glucose transport to receptors for insulin-like growth factor 1 in primary human fibroblasts.
abstract: We have recently described an insulin-resistant patient with leprechaunism (leprechaun G.) having a homozygous leucine----proline mutation at amino acid position 233 in the alpha-chain of the insulin receptor. The mutation results in a loss of insulin binding to cultured fibroblasts. Fibroblasts from the patient and control individuals were used to quantify the stimulation of 2-deoxyglucose uptake by insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). Insulin hardly stimulates basal 2-deoxyglucose uptake in the patient's fibroblasts whereas in control fibroblasts the uptake of 2-deoxyglucose is stimulated by insulin approximately 1.7 times. In contrast, IGF-1 stimulates hexose uptake in the patient's fibroblasts 1.8 times, a similar value to that obtained by stimulation of control fibroblasts with insulin or IGF-1. With both types of fibroblasts, maximal IGF-1 response is reached at about 10 nM IGF-1, the ED50 being approximately 4 nM. The results indicate that the insulin responsive glucose transport in primary fibroblasts is functionally linked to the receptor for IGF-1. Insulin binds with an approximately 200-fold lower affinity to IGF-1 receptors, compared to homologous IGF-1 binding. As an insulin concentration of 10 microM is unable to give maximal stimulation of glucose uptake in the patient's fibroblasts, which is already seen with 10 nM IGF-1, it seems that occupation of IGF-1 receptors by insulin on the patient's cells is less efficient at stimulating hexose uptake compared to homologous activation.
authors.affiliation: Vakgroep Medische Biochemie, Sylvius Laboratorium, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Maassen
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: van der Zon
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000378:metabolism*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012016:Reference Values; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D003847:Deoxyglucose