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. 1986 Sep 15;238(3):831–836. doi: 10.1042/bj2380831

Stimulation of hexose transport in L6 rat myoblasts by antibody and by glucose starvation.

T D'Amore, M O Cheung, V Duronio, T C Lo
PMCID: PMC1147211  PMID: 3800963

Abstract

Treatment of glucose-grown L6 rat myoblasts with rabbit or sheep anti-(L6-rat myoblast) antibody for 35 min or glucose starvation for at least 8 h results in a 2-fold increase in the Vmax. of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (dGlc) and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose uptake. In both cases, apparent transport affinities were not affected. Furthermore, once stimulation has occurred, further increases in hexose uptake could not be produced. Assays of antibody binding to whole cells suggested that the antibody is not internalized but remains bound on the cell surface. To elucidate the site and mechanism of antibody action, plasma-membrane vesicles from L6 cells were prepared. Anti-L6 antibody was found to cause a time- and dosage-dependent stimulation of dGlc transport in these vesicles. Maximum activation was achieved after 30 min exposure. This antibody-mediated activation could be inhibited by treatment of vesicles with various proteinase inhibitors. Treatment of vesicles with trypsin was also found to activate dGlc transport to levels observed with antibody. These results are virtually identical with those obtained with whole cells and suggest that antibody-mediated activation of hexose transport results from interaction of antibody with a specific membrane component(s).

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