title: Effects of insulin on glucose transporters and metabolic patterns in Harding-Passey melanoma cells.
abstract: The effect of insulin on glucose metabolism through different pathways and the glucose transporters in Harding-Passey melanoma cells have been studied. Glucose was utilized at a rate of 6.9 +/- 2.3 (SD) mumol X g-1 X h-1 with 86% transformed into lactate and pyruvate and only 0.43 and 3% metabolized through the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the pentose phosphate pathway, respectively. Of the total glucose consumed 2% was used in protein synthesis and 2% was used for lipid synthesis. Hexokinase isoenzyme was type I and enolase was present mainly in the alpha gamma hybrid form. The glucose transporters were cytochalasin B sensitive. The number of high affinity cytochalasin B binding sites was 175,000 receptors/cell (about 0.6 pmol/mg protein) and Kd = 1 X 10(-7) M. Insulin increased glucose utilization and lactate production by about 70% and caused a 56% increase in transport without alterations in the Kd of the site. Insulin receptors were quantified by binding assay using 125I-insulin. Kd was 11 X 10(-9) M with the number of receptors calculated as 11,500/cell. Harding-Passey melanoma cells could thus be a useful model to study basic metabolic events and their modulation by hormones or other effectors.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000032:analysis; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000032:analysis; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D006593:Hexokinase; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase; D005947:Glucose