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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 264, Issue 12, 6741-6747, 04, 1989

Effects of growth and insulin treatment on the levels of insulin receptors and their mRNA in Hep G2 cells

EN Hatada, DA McClain, E Potter, A Ullrich and JM Olefsky
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.

We have studied the variations in the number of insulin receptor and insulin receptor mRNA levels in (Hep G2) cells in response to growth and insulin treatment. The levels of insulin receptors are relatively low in growing cells. After approximately 5 days in culture, if cells are not refed they cease to divide and the number of receptors/cell increases, reaching 4 times the initial values by the 9th day. Refeeding the cells completely prevented both growth arrest and the increase in insulin receptor number. Insulin added daily to cells at 0.33 microM caused receptor down-regulation but did not prevent a 3- fold increase in binding with growth arrest. Pulse-chase studies of metabolically labeled ([35S]methionine) cells showed that the receptor degradation rate (apparent t 1/2, 18-20 h) was comparable in rapidly growing versus growth-arrested cells. The increased receptor level in non-refed cells is not due to generation of a soluble factor by confluent cells, nor is it caused by depletion of insulin, glucose, or insulin-like growth factor I from the culture medium. The levels of insulin receptor mRNA measured on Northern blots increased in growth- arrested cells in parallel to the increase in receptor number. The mRNA value begins to increase from the 3rd day in culture and by the 9th day reaches a level 6.0 times that on the 3rd day. Chronic insulin-induced receptor down-regulation did not alter insulin receptor mRNA levels at any time point studied. These data demonstrate that the increase in insulin receptor number/cell in growth-arrested cells is paralleled by an increase in insulin receptor mRNA content with no change in the receptor degradation rates. This suggests that the increase in the number of insulin receptors is due to enhanced receptor synthesis due to increased receptor mRNA content. Conversely, down-regulation of the insulin receptor does not affect the level of insulin receptor mRNA and thus must be due to increased receptor degradation.
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