title: Relationships between cell surface insulin binding and endocytosis in adipocytes.
abstract: Chymotrypsin substrate analogues, such as N-acetyl-Tyr ethyl ester, have recently been demonstrated to inhibit the endocytic uptake of insulin in isolated rat adipocytes. In this study, the effects of N-acetyl-Tyr ethyl ester on cell surface insulin binding and dissociation were examined. Surface-bound 125I-insulin was distinguished from intracellular 125I-insulin by the sensitivity of the former to rapid dissociation with an acidic buffer (pH 3.0). Plateau levels of surface-bound insulin at 37 degrees C were increased 70% by inhibiting the internalization pathway. This increase was temperature and insulin concentration dependent. Thus differences in surface binding were small at 12 degrees C and also at high (100-200 ng/ml) insulin concentrations. Inhibition of internalization with N-acetyl-Tyr ethyl ester markedly slowed the loss of surface-bound insulin observed during dissociation studies. After 20-30 min of dissociation, the remaining levels of surface-bound insulin were three- to fourfold higher in treated adipocytes compared with control adipocytes. Added unlabeled insulin retained its ability to accelerate the dissociation of insulin in N-acetyl-Tyr ethyl ester-treated cells. These observations indicate that the internalization pathway is a quantitatively important factor in determining levels of surface binding at 37 degrees C and in determining the rate of deactivation of insulin binding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Jochen
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004705:Endocytosis; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D014443:Tyrosine; C007651:ethyl N-alpha-acetyl-tyrosinate