Insulin receptors in rat brain cortex. Kinetic evidence for a receptor subtype in the central nervous system |
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Authors: | S. Gammeltoft P. Staun-Olsen B. Ottesen J. Fahrenkrug |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Clinical Chemistry CL, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark;2. Institute of Medical Physiology B, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark;3. Department of Clinical Chemistry, Bispebjerg Hospital, DK-2400, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Abstract: | Binding kinetics of porcine 125I-insulin were studied in synaptosomal and microsomal fractions of rat brain cortex. Receptor binding was temperature- and pH-dependent with optimum at 4°C and pH 8.0–8.3. At 15°C, steady state binding was heterogenous, and Scatchard analysis revealed two classes of receptors with Kd of 2 nmol/l and 40 nmol/l in amounts of 50 pmol/g and 200 pmol/g of membrane protein. Dissociation kinetics were biexponential with of about 5 min and 180 min, and in contrast to other cell-types, not influenced by negative cooperativity. No receptor-mediated insulin degradation was detectable at 37°C in the presence of bacitracin. Insulin analogues inhibited 125I-insulin binding with potencies relative to porcine insulin (%): human insulin 100, rat insulin (I+II) 71, coypu insulin 47, rat multiplication stimulating activity 8, porcine proinsulin 5, among which the three last values were significantly higher than in rat liver and fat cells. No competition was observed with porcine relaxin and mouse nerve growth factor up to about 1 μmol/l. Receptors were present in all regions of central nervous system with highest concentrations in the cerebral cortex, cerebellum and olfactory bulb, and lowest in the pons, medulla oblongata and spinal cord. In conclusion, insulin receptors in rat brain cortex are functionally different from other tissues regarding the insulin specificity and the absence of negative cooperativity. It is suggested that an insulin receptor subtype in rat brain mediates the growth activity of insulin on nerve cells. |
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Keywords: | Insulin Central nervous system Receptor binding kinetics Insulin receptor subtype Nerve cell growth |
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