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. 1978 Jun;75(6):2593–2597. doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.6.2593

Insulin binding to solubilized material from fat cell membranes: Evidence for two binding species

Michael N Krupp 1,2,*, James N Livingston 1,2,†
PMCID: PMC392608  PMID: 275828

Abstract

The components of fat cell membranes responsible for the binding of insulin were solubilized by treatment with the nonionic detergent Triton X-100. By using a polyethylene glycol precipitation method to assay specific insulin binding, the soluble preparation was shown to have insulin-binding characteristics similar to those of intact fat cells. Further studies of this preparation by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of 125I-labeled insulin demonstrated two distinct insulin binding activities, designated species I and II. The two species were separated by electrophoresis in the absence of iodo-labeled hormone and eluted from the gel. Scatchard analysis of the insulin binding data for species I showed a curvilinear plot with the initial portion having a Kd of 1.3 × 10-10 M. The Scatchard plot for species II was linear with a Kd of 6.0 × 10-9 M. Desoctapeptide insulin and glucagon failed to compete for the insulin-binding sites in both species whereas desalanine insulin was an effective competitor. High concentrations of proinsulin competed with the iodo-labeled hormone for binding to species I but not to species II. In the presence of a low concentration of 125I-labeled insulin (0.3 nM) some species I activity appeared to be converted to species II activity; there was no evidence of interconversion between the two species in the absence of insulin. Neither species degraded insulin as measured by trichloroacetic acid precipitation or rebinding to intact fat cells. These findings indicate the existence in the adipocyte plasma membrane of two insulin-binding species that have distinct physicochemical properties.

Keywords: insulin receptor, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, adipocyte

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