title: Insulin uptake and processing by cultured mouse glomerular endothelial cells.
abstract: Endothelial cells isolated from a variety of vascular beds bind and transport insulin but exhibit relatively low insulin degrading activity. Because endothelial cells exhibit heterogeneity and since kidney is a major site of insulin degradation, we studied the processing of insulin by glomerular endothelial cells (GEC). When exposed to 2 x 10(-10) M 125I-labeled insulin, GEC associated with the hormone in a specific manner. This interaction was inhibited by insulin but not by a number of unrelated peptide hormones. Over a 90-min period, GEC degraded 42 +/- 3% of the 125I-insulin, as measured by solubility in trichloroacetic acid (TCA). Degradation was inhibited 90% by an excess of insulin or adrenocorticotropic hormone (10(-6) M) and 57% by glucagon, whereas growth hormone and calcitonin were without effect. Separation of plasma membrane bound from internalized insulin was achieved by decreasing extracellular pH. In the steady state, 43% of cell-associated insulin was membrane bound and 57% internalized. The fate of the internalized 125I-insulin was examined by incubating acid-washed cells at 37 degrees C for 60 min. Over this time 18% of the radioactivity was released as TCA insoluble- and 72% as TCA-soluble radioactivity. Release was increased by insulin (10(-6) M) but not by unrelated peptide hormones. In the presence of chloroquine, 125I-insulin release increased by one third while degradation fell. High-performance liquid chromatography revealed that GEC released both intact insulin and large intermediates and that chloroquine inhibited intermediate formation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabkin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Elliot
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Striker
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Striker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006728:Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007329:Insulin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D007328:Insulin; D007329:Insulin Antagonists; D002738:Chloroquine