title: Treatment of lymphoblastoid cells with interferon decreases insulin binding.
abstract: Lymphoblastoid Daudi cells, which are highly sensitive to growth inhibition by interferon (IFN), can be grown in a defined serum-free medium containing insulin, transferrin, and albumin as the only proteins. We examined whether the growth inhibition by IFN could be in part due to a change in receptors for insulin or transferrin. Cells treated for at least 2 days with 100 units/ml of IFN-alpha 2 bound less 125I-insulin and after 3 days of treatment this binding was reduced by more than 50%. No change in the binding of 125I-transferrin was observed. Treatment with IFN of Raji cells, which are resistant to growth inhibition by IFN, resulted in a similar decrease in 125I-insulin binding. Growth inhibition of Daudi cells by serum deprivation had no effect on 125I-insulin binding. Therefore, the IFN-induced loss of insulin binding sites is not a consequence of growth inhibition.
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008214:Lymphocytes; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D007328:Insulin; D007370:Interferon Type I; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D014168:Transferrin; C008147:insulin, iodo-; D011972:Receptor, Insulin