title: Insulin stimulation of glucose transport activity in rat skeletal muscle: increase in cell surface GLUT4 as assessed by photolabelling.
abstract: We have used a photoaffinity label to quantify cell surface GLUT4 glucose transporters in isolated rat soleus muscles. In this system, insulin stimulated an 8.6-fold increase in 3-O-methylglucose glucose transport, while photolabelled GLUT4 increased 8-fold. These results demonstrate that the insulin-stimulated increase in glucose transport activity in skeletal muscle can be accounted for by an increase in surface-accessible GLUT4 content.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cushman
mesh_terms: D000345:Affinity Labels; D000818:Animals; D001386:Azides; D001692:Biological Transport; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004187:Disaccharides; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D006027:Glycosides; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010777:Photochemistry; D011437:Propylamines; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D001386:Azides; D004187:Disaccharides; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D006027:Glycosides; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011437:Propylamines; C495694:Slc2a4 protein, rat; C065412:2-N-(4-(1-azitrifluoroethyl)benzoyl)-1,3-bis-(mannos-4-yloxy)-2-propylamine; D005947:Glucose