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. 1994 May 1;299(Pt 3):755–759. doi: 10.1042/bj2990755

Insulin stimulation of glucose transport activity in rat skeletal muscle: increase in cell surface GLUT4 as assessed by photolabelling.

C M Wilson 1, S W Cushman 1
PMCID: PMC1138085  PMID: 8192664

Abstract

We have used a photoaffinity label to quantify cell surface GLUT4 glucose transporters in isolated rat soleus muscles. In this system, insulin stimulated an 8.6-fold increase in 3-O-methylglucose glucose transport, while photolabelled GLUT4 increased 8-fold. These results demonstrate that the insulin-stimulated increase in glucose transport activity in skeletal muscle can be accounted for by an increase in surface-accessible GLUT4 content.

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