Ontogenesis of insulin processing in fetal rat hepatocytes.
Ontogenesis of insulin processing in fetal rat hepatocytes.
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胎鼠肝细胞中胰岛素加工的本体发生。
DOI:
10.1007/bf00400194
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
8.2
通讯作者:
Richman,RA
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作者:
Benedict,MR;Richman,RA
We studied insulin processing and hepatic glycogenesis in cultured hepatocytes isolated from rat fetuses of 17, 19, and 21 days of gestation. Steady-state insulin binding increased by 250% between days 17 and 19, from 145±8 to 361±52 fmol/mg protein, and by an additional 40% (405±69 fmol/mg protein) by 21 days of gestation. At 37°C,125I-insulin was rapidly (t1/2<5 min) internalized by hepatocytes at all three ages, reaching maximal levels (63–76% of the total cell-associated radioactivity) by 15 min.125I-labelled degradation products appeared rapidly (t1/2<15 min) within the cells. Yet, the majority (68–77%) of the intracellular radioactivity consisted of intact125I-insulin, even after 4 h at 37°C. Hepatocytes pre-loaded with125I-insulin and then acid-stripped of surface-bound radioactivity, rapidly released both intact125I-insulin (retroendocytosis) and its radiolabelled degradation products. While intact insulin was initially released more rapidly (t1/2<6 min), and reached a plateau after 15–30 min, the degradation products continued to accumulate in the medium for at least 4 h. Methylamine inhibited intracellular125I-insulin degradation at all three gestational ages and also blocked insulin-stimulated glycogenesis in 19- and 21-day hepatocytes, without altering basal glycogen synthesis. Insulin-stimulated glycogenesis was not induced in 17-day fetal rat hepatocytes in control or methylamine-treated cultures. We conclude that both degradative and retroendocytotic pathways for processing insulin are present in fetal rat hepatocytes by 17 days of gestation. Further, insulin-receptor processing was functionally related to the glycogenic action of insulin in responsive 19- and 21-day fetal rat hepatocytes