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. 1980 May;77(5):3062–3066. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.5.3062

Ouabain-resistant hyperpolarization induced by insulin in aggregates of embryonic heart cells.

R C Lantz, L J Elsas, R L DeHaan
PMCID: PMC349547  PMID: 6248886

Abstract

Spheroidal aggregates formed from trypsin-dissociated 14-day embryonic chicken hearts after 48 hr of rotation on a gyratory shaker. Intracellularly recorded resting membrane potentials of aggregates bathed in 1.3 mM K+ balanced salt solution had a mean (+/- SD) of 64 +/- 4 mV. After a stable potential was achieved, addition of 1-100 nM sodium bovine insulin caused a slow hyperpolarization of up to 19 mV after 4-5 min, followed, in some cases, by a further, more rapid, shift to a potential near EK. Equivalent hyperpolarizations were observed when insulin was added in the presence of 10 mM ouabain, indicating that enhanced Na+,K+ pump activity was not responsible for the change in membrane potential. The concentration of insulin that produced half-maximal hyperpolarization (2 nM) corresponded to the association constant of a high-affinity insulin receptor, suggesting that binding to this class of receptors led to the change in membrane potential. Steady-state current-voltage curves from current clamp experiments suggested that insulin produced an increase in slope conductance at potentials near rest by inducing an outward current with an apparent potential negative to -90 mV.

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