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  • Title: The effects of insulin and tunicamycin on insulin receptors of cultured fibroblasts.
    Author: Kadle R, Fellows RE, Raizada MK.
    Journal: Exp Cell Res; 1984 Apr; 151(2):533-41. PubMed ID: 6368251.
    Abstract:
    The effect of down-regulation on the intracellular pool of insulin receptors and the role of glycosylation in recovery from down-regulation have been studied in fibroblastic cultures from the skin of non-diabetic mice. In control cultures, 55% of the total specific [125I]insulin-binding activity was in the intracellular compartment. Insulin caused a time- and concentration-dependent decrease in the number of cell surface insulin receptors, with no significant change in total insulin receptors. This decrease in surface receptors was accompanied by an increase in the specific binding of [125I]insulin in the intracellular compartment. Removal of insulin from down-regulated cells resulted in a time-dependent increase in the binding of [125I]insulin to surface receptors, reaching 90% of that in controls by 12 h. The recovery of surface insulin receptors after removal of insulin was blocked by incubation of cultures with tunicamycin, but not by cycloheximide. These results indicate that down-regulation of surface insulin receptors by insulin is associated with translocation of receptors into the intracellular pool and suggest that protein glycoslylation is important in insulin receptor recycling and externalization.
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