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  • Title: Insulin-induced insulin resistance of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid transport in cultured human skin fibroblasts.
    Author: Martin MS, Pohl SL.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1979 Oct 25; 254(20):9976-8. PubMed ID: 489615.
    Abstract:
    Cultured fibroblasts derived from skin biopsies were used to develop a system for studying insulin resistance in human tissue in vitro. Uptake of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid by cultured human skin fibroblasts was found to occur by a combination of saturable and nonsaturable processes. Insulin stimulated uptake by decreasing the Km of the saturable transport system from 0.58 mM to 0.26 mM. The maximal velocity of saturable uptake was 16.6 nmol/10(7) cells/min in both the presence and absence of insulin. Uptake of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid at 0.2 mM was studied in human skin fibroblasts with and without chronic exposure to insulin for 4 days at an initial concentration of 10 micrograms/ml. Unstimulated uptake was increased from 17 to 20 nmol/10(8) cells/min, and the increase in uptake due to maximal stimulation by insulin was unchanged at 16 nmol/10(8) cells/min in the cells exposed chronically to insulin. The apparent Km for insulin was increased from 80 microunits/ml to 2400 microunits/ml in the insulin-exposed cells. Thus, chronic exposure to insulin induces resistance of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid uptake by decreasing the apparent affinity for insulin.
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