PMID: 488537Nov 1, 1979Paper

Studies of insulin binding in children using human erythrocytes in small amounts of blood

Diabetes
M S Kappy, L Plotnick

Abstract

We have demonstrated specific insulin binding by the erythrocytes (RBCs) of children. Complete binding studies were done using as little as 5 ml of blood. The receptors exhibited competition-inhibition curves and nonlinear Scatchard plots similar to those reported for insulin target tissues, such as the hepatocyte and the adipocyte. Compared with those from adults, the RBCs from children had significantly greater numbers of insulin receptors per cell (P less than 0.05). The total insulin bound by the RBCs from both children and adults, however, was not different over the physiologic range of insulin concentrations. Cord blood RBCs showed greater numbers of receptors per cell than did those from either children or adults; however, the affinity for insulin was similar in both groups. The total amount of insulin bound by cord blood was significantly greater than that in either children (P less than 0.01) or adults (P less than 0.05) over the physiologic range of insulin concentrations. The method used to measure insulin binding by erythrocytes and relatively little intra- and interassay variability, and there was little diurnal variation in binding. Storage of heparinized blood at 4 degree C for 24--36 h had no effect on insulin b...Continue Reading

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