Diabetes, Vol 37, Issue 11 1583-1586, Copyright © 1988 by American Diabetes Association

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Regulation of glucose-transporter gene expression by insulin in cultured human fibroblasts

A Kosaki, H Kuzuya, Y Yoshimasa, K Yamada, M Okamoto, H Nishimura, T Kakehi, J Takeda, Y Seino and H Imura
Department of Medicine, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Japan.

To clarify the effect of insulin on glucose-transporter (GT) biosynthesis, we determined GT mRNA levels in human cultured skin fibroblasts, using HepG2 GT cDNA as a probe. Insulin specifically increased the GT mRNA level in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Time-course study demonstrated that the mRNA level peaked within 3 h of insulin (1 x 10(-7) M) addition. After remaining elevated for several hours, mRNA decreased and returned to the basal level after 24 h. In the cell strains from seven normal subjects, the mean (+/- SE) GT mRNA level determined after 3 h of treatment with 1 x 10(-7) M insulin was 164.3 +/- 8.5% of the level found in untreated control cells. The insulin dose-response curve of GT mRNA levels showed that the maximum stimulation was elicited at 1 x 10(-7) M, and the half-maximum stimulation occurred at approximately 5 x 10(-10) M. Degradation rates of GT mRNA determined in the presence of actinomycin D were not different between insulin-treated and untreated cells. These results suggest that insulin increases GT gene expression in cultured human fibroblasts.
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