title: G-protein-mediated regulation of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter in isolated cardiac myocytes.
abstract: Isolated muscle cells from adult rat heart were used to study the involvement of G-proteins in the regulation of the glucose transporter by insulin and isoprenaline. Efficient modification of G-protein functions was established by measuring isoprenaline-stimulated cyclic AMP production, viability and ATP content after treating the cells with cholera toxin and pertussis toxin for 2 h. Under these conditions cholera toxin decreased the stimulatory action of insulin on 3-O-methylglucose transport by 56%, but pertussis toxin had no effect. Basal transport was not affected by toxin treatment. Isoprenaline increased 3-O-methylglucose transport by 63%. This effect was not mimicked by dibutyryl cyclic AMP, but was completely blocked by cholera toxin. Streptozotocin-diabetes abolished isoprenaline action and decreased stimulation of transport by 64%. Concomitantly, cholera-toxin sensitivity of glucose transport was lost in cells from diabetic animals. This was paralleled by a large decrease (87 +/- 4%) in mRNA expression of the insulin-regulatable glucose transporter, as shown by Northern-blot analysis of RNA isolated from cardiomyocytes of diabetic rats. These data suggest a functional association between the insulin-responsive glucose transporter and a cholera-toxin-sensitive G-protein mediating stimulation by insulin and isoprenaline.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Research Institute, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eckel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gerlach-Eskuchen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reinauer
mesh_terms: D019325:3-O-Methylglucose; D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008757:Methylglucosides / Q000378:metabolism; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D008757:Methylglucosides; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D019325:3-O-Methylglucose; D003994:Bucladesine; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D007545:Isoproterenol