title: Long-term in vitro effects of insulin on insulin binding and glucose transport.
abstract: The long-term in vitro effects of insulin on insulin binding and glucose transport were studied using rat adipocytes in a time-dependent manner. Isolated fat cells were incubated with insulin (100 ng/ml) for 4, 8 and 24 h in a TCM 199 medium, at 37 degrees C, and then insulin binding (37 degrees C, 60 min) and 3-O-methylglucose transport (37 degrees C, 2 s) were determined. Decreased insulin binding was demonstrated in the cells incubated with insulin for 8 h, and Scatchard analysis revealed that receptor number was decreased to 61.7% of that of control cells. Thus, insulin-induced down regulation of receptors was evident after 8 h incubation with insulin. On the other hand, 8 h incubation with insulin resulted in markedly increased basal (i.e., in the absence of insulin) glucose transport up to 246% of control values. In the cells incubated with insulin for 24 h, maximally insulin-stimulated glucose transport was significantly increased up to 248% of control value. Thus, these results suggested that insulin-induced down regulation of receptors appeared to be coupled with increased cell-surface glucose transporters, and that there was a time-lag between down regulation of insulin receptors and increase of available glucose transporters in the plasma membrane.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D005947:Glucose