The effect of insulin on plasma-membrane and mitochondrial-membrane potentials in isolated fat-cells.
The effect of insulin on plasma-membrane and mitochondrial-membrane potentials in isolated fat-cells.
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胰岛素对分离脂肪细胞质膜和线粒体膜电位的影响。
DOI:
10.1042/bj1960133
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发表时间:
1981
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B. Martin
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作者:
R. Davis;M. Brand;B. Martin
1. A recently developed technique for the measurement of plasma-membrane and mitochondrial-membrane potentials in intact cells by using the distribution of 86Rb+ and [3H]methyltriphenylphosphonium+ has enabled us to characterize a novel insulin effect on fat-cell mitochondria. For control cells the plasma-membrane and mitochondrial-membrane potentials were 75 mV and 152 mV respectively. Insulin (10 mu units/ml) caused a 9 mV hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane and a 19 mV depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane. 2. The insulin-dependent mitochondrial depolarization was observed at physiological insulin concentrations (10 mu units/ml) and was apparent when the cells metabolized a wide variety of substrates. 3. Evidence from the uptake of the weak acid 5,5-dimethyloxazolidine-2,4-dione by fat-cells was interpreted as indicating that the mitochondrial pH gradient was increased by insulin. 4. Insulin alters the balance between the electrical and pH-gradient components that form the mitochondrial protonmotive force. A model is proposed.