title: Hormonal control of protein synthesis in chick chondrocytes: a comparison of effects of insulin, somatomedin C and triiodothyronine.
abstract: Somatomedin C (SM-C), insulin, and triiodothyronine (T3) each result in a 2-fold stimulation of incorporation of [125]leucine into protein by cultured chick sternal chondrocytes. Maximal stimulation occurred at concentrations of 12.5 X 10(-9) M SM-C, 11 X 10(-9) M insulin, and 1.5 X 10(-9) M T3. Submaximal concentrations of SM-C and T3 were additive in their effect, and together stimulated [125]leucine incorporated to a level greater than that achieved by either alone. Submaximal concentrations of SM-C and insulin were also additive in their stimulatory effect, but only to the level achieved by either alone. It was possible to demonstrate specific binding of [14C]SM-C to chondrocytes, and bound SM-C could be displaced by either unlabelled SM-C or insulin at concentrations similar to concentrations that stimulated protein synthesis. Actinomycin D abolished stimulation by T3, but not by insulin or SM-C. Thus, it appears that SM-C and insulin increase protein synthesis by stimulating the translational process after binding to the same receptor. T3 appears to act through a different mechanism, which requires stimulation of transcription.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013249:Sternum / Q000378:metabolism; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D007328:Insulin; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D003609:Dactinomycin; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I