Structural differences between liver- and muscle-derived insulin receptors in rats
Autor: | C. F. Burant, Maria G. Buse, N. E. Block, Mary K. Treutelaar |
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Rok vydání: | 1986 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology Insulin medicine.medical_treatment Disuccinimidyl suberate Skeletal muscle Cell Biology Biochemistry Molecular biology Sialic acid chemistry.chemical_compound Endoglycosidase H Insulin receptor Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Internal medicine medicine biology.protein Receptor Molecular Biology G alpha subunit |
Zdroj: | Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261:14361-14364 |
ISSN: | 0021-9258 |
DOI: | 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)66876-0 |
Popis: | The structure of insulin receptors, solubilized from rat skeletal muscle and liver, was studied. The alpha subunit was identified by specific cross-linking to A14 125I-insulin with disuccinimidyl suberate. Muscle- and liver-derived alpha subunits migrated on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) with a Mr of 131,000 and 135,000, respectively. There was no significant difference in insulin binding affinity. Treatment of cross-linked, immunoprecipitated receptors with either neuraminidase or endoglycosidase H decreased the Mr of muscle- and liver-derived alpha subunits but did not affect the difference in Mr. Autophosphorylated beta subunits migrated with a Mr of 98,000 for muscle and 101,000 for liver. After partial V8 digestion of autophosphorylated, immunoprecipitated receptors the major phosphopeptide fragment migrated on SDS-PAGE at Mr 57,000 from muscle and 60,000 from liver. Glycosidase digestion of autophosphorylated receptors suggested that Mr heterogeneity was due in part to differences in the sialic acid content of beta subunits. Muscle and liver are the major target organs of insulin; the apparent heterogeneity of insulin receptor structure may be relevant to tissue-specific differences in insulin action. |
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