Purified human insulin receptors were inserted into placental plasma-membrane vesicles by fusion of membranes with receptor-lysophosphatidylcholine micelles. Scatchard analysis of insulin binding showed that about 10-15% of the added receptors became inserted into the membrane. The receptor number could be increased about 3-fold, corresponding to approx. 5 pmol of receptor/mg of membrane protein. The receptors became firmly bound to the membrane, as they could not be removed by extensive wash. The insertion of exogenous receptors could be demonstrated by immunoblotting. The inserted insulin receptor had the same insulin-binding affinity as the isolated receptor and the endogenous receptor of the membrane. Insulin binding in the presence or absence of Triton X-100 revealed that more than 80% of the exogenous receptors had a right-side-out orientation. Function of the inserted receptors, as observed by insulin-stimulated autophosphorylation, could be demonstrated. About 80% of the added lysophospholipid, corresponding to approx. 160 nmol of lysophospholipid/mg of membrane protein, became integrated into the membrane and was partly metabolized to phospholipid and to non-esterified fatty acid. The method of insertion of isolated insulin receptors using the natural detergent, lysophospholipid, may be a method for insertion of receptors into intact cells, where the lysophospholipid, as in the plasma-membrane vesicles, will be acylated to phospholipid.
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January 15 1992
Insertion of isolated insulin receptors into placental membrane vesicles
K Christiansen;
K Christiansen
1Department of Biochemistry C, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3c, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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J Carlsen
J Carlsen
1Department of Biochemistry C, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3c, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 1992 The Biochemical Society, London
1992
Biochem J (1992) 281 (2): 425–430.
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K Christiansen, J Carlsen; Insertion of isolated insulin receptors into placental membrane vesicles. Biochem J 15 January 1992; 281 (2): 425–430. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2810425
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