Quantitative ultrastructural analysis of receptor-mediated insulin uptake into adipocytes

Journal of Cellular Physiology
R M Smith, L Jarett

Abstract

Monomeric ferritin-insulin was used as an ultrastructural marker to determine by quantitative electron microscopy the time course and route of insulin uptake in rat adipocytes. To approximate steady state membrane binding conditions prior to any internalization, adipocytes were prefixed with glutaraldehyde and incubated for 30 min with 70 nM monomeric ferritin-insulin. Electron micrographs of these cells showed that the ferritin-insulin particles were predominantly in small groups of receptor sites on the plasma membrane and in pinocytotic-like invaginations of the plasma membrane. Significant amounts of ferritin-insulin were observed in cytoplasmic vesicles of unfixed cells as early as 2 min and in multivesicular bodies and lysosome-like structures within 5 to 10 min after the addition of the ligand. Ferritin-insulin accumulation reached steady state levels in the cytoplasmic vesicles in 5 to 10 min and in the lysosome-like structures in 15 min. Little ferritin-insulin was bound to coated pits, and the relative paucity of coated pits found in adipocytes suggested that these specialized endocytotic structures have a relatively insignificant role in insulin uptake in fat cells. Quantitative analysis of the uptake process suggest...Continue Reading

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