Insulin internalization in isolated rat hepatocytes

Conference · Mon Feb 26 04:00:00 EST 1990 · FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (United States)

OSTI ID:6011137

Galan, J; Trankina, M; Noel, R; Ward, W ^[1]

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1. St. Mary's Univ., San Antonio, TX (United States)

This project was designed to determine whether neomycin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, has a significant effect upon the pathways of ligand endocytosis in isolated rat hepatocytes. The pathways studied include receptor-mediated endocytosis and fluid-phase endocytosis. Neomycin causes a dose-dependent acceleration of {sup 125}I-insulin internalization. Since fluid-phase endocytosis can also be a significant factor in {sup 125}I-insulin internalization, lucifer yellow (LY), a marker for fluid-phase endocytosis, was incorporated into an assay similar to the {sup 125}I-insulin internalization procedure. In the presence of 5 mM neomycin, a significant increase in LY uptake was evident at 0.2 and 0.4 mg/ml of LY. At 0.8 mg/ml, a decrease in LY uptake was observed. The increased rate of {sup 125}I-insulin internalization in the presence of neomycin was intriguing. Since one action of neomycin is to inhibit phosphoinositidase C, it suggests that the phosphotidylinositol cycle may be involved in ligand internalization by hepatocytes. At low insulin concentrations, receptor-mediated uptake predominates. Fluid-phase uptake can become an important uptake route as insulin concentrations are increased. Since neomycin stimulates fluid-phase endocytosis, it must also be taken into account when measuring ligand internalization.

• OSTI ID: 6011137
• Report Number(s): CONF-9104107--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (United States) Journal Volume: 4:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS
ANTIBIOTICS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS
CARBOHYDRATES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DRUGS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
HORMONES
INOSITOLS
INSULIN
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IODINE 125
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
KINETICS
LIGANDS
MAMMALS
MONOSACCHARIDES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PEPTIDE HORMONES
PROTEINS
RADIOISOTOPES
RATS
REACTION KINETICS
RODENTS
SACCHARIDES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
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