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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 13, 6101-6108, 05, 1988

Intracellular insulin-receptor dissociation and segregation in a rat fibroblast cell line transfected with a human insulin receptor gene

JR Levy and JM Olefsky
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.

The cellular processing of insulin and insulin receptors was studied using a rat fibroblast cell line that had been transfected with a normal human insulin receptor gene, expressing approximately 500 times the normal number of native fibroblast insulin receptors. These cells bind and internalize insulin normally. Biochemical assays based on the selective precipitation by polyethylene glycol of intact insulin- receptor complexes but not of free intracellular insulin were developed to study the time course of intracellular insulin-receptor dissociation. Fibroblasts were incubated with radiolabeled insulin at 4 degrees C, and internalization of insulin-receptor complexes was initiated by warming the cells to 37 degrees C. Within 2 min, 90% of the internalized radioactivity was composed of intact insulin-receptor complexes. The total number of complexes reached a maximum by 5 min and decreased rapidly thereafter with a t 1/2 of approximately 10 min. There was a distinct delay in the appearance, rate of rise, and peak of intracellular free and degraded insulin. The dissociation of insulin from internalized insulin-receptor complexes was markedly inhibited by monensin and chloroquine. Furthermore, chloroquine markedly increased the number of cross-linkable intracellular insulin-receptor complexes, as analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis autoradiography. These findings suggest that acidification of intracellular vesicles is responsible for insulin- receptor dissociation. Physical segregation of dissociated intracellular insulin from its receptor was monitored, based on the ability of dissociated insulin to rebind to receptor upon neutralization of acidic intracellular vesicles with monensin. The results are consistent with the view that segregation of insulin and receptor occurs 5-10 min after initiation of dissociation. These studies demonstrate the intracellular itinerary of insulin-receptor complexes, including internalization, dissociation of insulin from the internalized receptor within an acidified compartment, segregation of insulin from the receptor, and subsequent ligand degradation.
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