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  • Title: Stimulation of glucose transport in skeletal muscle by the sodium ionophore monensin.
    Author: Bihler I, Sawh PC, Charles P.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1985 Nov 21; 821(1):30-6. PubMed ID: 4063359.
    Abstract:
    The tissue/medium distribution of the nonmetabolized glucose analog 3-O-methyl-D-glucose was measured in mouse diaphragm muscle and related to changes in 45Ca influx, Na+ content and Na+-pump activity. In the presence of external Ca2+ the sodium ionophore monensin greatly increased cellular Na+ content (and decreased K+ content) although 86Rb uptake, reflecting Na+-pump activity was increased. Concomitantly, 45Ca influx was stimulated, presumably through activation of Na+-Ca2+ exchange. In parallel to the rise in Ca2+ influx sugar transport was also increased. Sugar transport was also increased by monensin in the nominal absence of external Ca2+, when Ca2+ influx was minimal. To test if monensin releases Ca2+ from intracellular storage sites in the absence of external Ca2+, the ionophore was added to medium perfusing rat hind limb preparations and the total Ca content of muscle mitochondria was determined. When Ca2+ was present in the perfusate, monensin increased the mitochondrial Ca content. In the absence of Ca2+, the mitochondrial Ca content was lower and was further depressed by monensin, suggesting that elevation of internal Na+ by monensin may increase mitochondrial Ca2+ loss via activation of Na+-Ca2+ exchange across the mitochondrial membrane. The above results are consistent with the effect of monensin on sugar transport being due to alterations in Ca2+ distribution. They support the earlier conclusion that regulation of sugar transport in muscle is Ca2+ dependent.
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