title: Insulin binding to circulating monocytes and erythrocytes in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes in the young.
abstract: 125I-insulin binding to circulating monocytes and erythrocytes was carried out in 9 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes in the young (NIDDY), who belonged to families in which non-insulin-dependent diabetes was transmitted through 3 generations. The diabetics had a decreased mean maximum specific binding to monocytes 2.1 (1.1-4.1%) compared to 4.0 (2.6-6.2%) in their age, sex and weight matched reference subjects. This decreased binding was primarily due to a decrease in receptor number as all diabetics had normal affinity values (2-10 ng/ml). We have attributed the decreased binding in NIDDY to the down regulatory effect of the basal hyperinsulinemia (23.6 +/- 3.2 vs 11.7 +/- 0.5 microU/ml). By contrast the maximum specific binding to erythrocyte was similar in both groups (9.7 +/- 0.5; 8.9 +/- 0.5%; p greater than 0.5).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011972:Receptor, Insulin