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. 1987 Feb;84(4):1025–1029. doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.4.1025

Chelation of intracellular calcium blocks insulin action in the adipocyte.

H A Pershadsingh, D L Shade, D M Delfert, J M McDonald
PMCID: PMC304354  PMID: 3103120

Abstract

The hypothesis that intracellular Ca2+ is an essential component of the intracellular mechanism of insulin action in the adipocyte was evaluated. Cells were loaded with the Ca2+ chelator quin-2, by preincubating them with quin-2 AM, the tetrakis(acetoxymethyl) ester of quin-2. Quin-2 loading inhibited insulin-stimulated glucose transport (IC50, 26 microM quin-2 AM) without affecting basal activity. The ability of insulin to stimulate glucose uptake in quin-2-loaded cells could be partially restored by preincubating cells with buffer supplemented with 1.2 mM CaCl2 and the Ca2+ ionophore A23187. These conditions had no effect on basal activity and omission of CaCl2 from the buffer prevented the restoration of insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by A23187. Quin-2 loading also inhibited insulin-stimulated glucose oxidation (IC50, 11 microM quin-2 AM) and the ability of insulin to inhibit cAMP-stimulated lipolysis (IC50, 78 microM quin-2 AM), without affecting their basal activities. Incubation of cells with 100 microM quin-2 or quin-2 AM had no effect on intracellular ATP concentration or the specific binding of 125I-labeled insulin to adipocytes. These findings suggest that intracellular Ca2+ is an essential component in the coupling of the insulin-activated receptor complex to cellular physiological/metabolic machinery. Furthermore, differing quin-2 AM dose-response profiles suggest the presence of dual Ca2+-dependent pathways in the adipocyte. One involves insulin stimulation of glucose transport and oxidation, whereas the other involves the antilipolytic action of insulin.

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