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Endocrinology, Vol 136, 1459-1467, Copyright © 1995 by Endocrine Society

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Rat fibroblast cells overexpressing kinase-inactive human insulin receptors are insulin responsive: influence of growth conditions

EH Wong, CH Tan, HE Khoo, FH Ng, KL Lim and TP Ciaraldi
Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge.

The effects of insulin to stimulate metabolic and mitogenic responses were examined in Rat 1 fibroblast cells that overexpressed either normal (HIRc) or kinase-deficient human insulin receptors. When studied at the optimal growth stage for each cell line, insulin-stimulated responses measured in cells containing kinase-defective receptors with a Lys1018-Ala1018 substitution in the ATP-binding site of the kinase domain (A/K1018). Maximal insulin responsiveness for all these effects, measured as fold-increase over basal, was comparable in parental and HIRc cells (1.8- to 2.4-fold increases). Relative insulin responsiveness for all effects was greatest in A/K 1018 cells. One clone (AK-I) expressing a similar number of kinase-inactive receptors as in the HIRc cells displayed maximal responsiveness of 3.6- to 5.5- fold increases. A second A/K cell line containing 1/10 the number of kinase-inactive receptors displayed responsiveness intermediate between AK-I and parental or HIRc cells (1.5- to 4.8-fold increases). Both clones of kinase-deficient A/K1018 cells displayed impaired insulin sensitivity compared with HIRc cells. These findings suggest that expression of insulin receptor kinase activity is a determinant of insulin sensitivity but not necessarily of the final biological responsiveness of cells to insulin.


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