Reed B C, Lane M D
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Jan;77(1):285-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.1.285.
A density-shift method is described for analyzing insulin receptor synthesis and turnover in cultured cells labeled with "heavy" amino acids (2H, 13C, and 15N). Solubilized newly synthesized heavy and old "light" receptors are separated by isopycnic banding on CsCl gradients and then quantitated. Insulin receptor synthesis and turnover were studied by this technique in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes which undergo an increase in insulin binding capacity during differentiation. The results indicate that the increase in insulin binding capacity is a consequence of new receptor synthesis, that the insulin receptor has a relatively short half-life (6.7 hr), and that an increased rate of receptor synthesis contributes to the increase of insulin receptor level during differentiation.
描述了一种密度转移方法,用于分析用“重”氨基酸(2H、13C和15N)标记的培养细胞中胰岛素受体的合成和周转。通过在CsCl梯度上进行等密度沉降分离溶解的新合成的重受体和旧的“轻”受体,然后进行定量。利用该技术在3T3-L1前脂肪细胞中研究了胰岛素受体的合成和周转,这些细胞在分化过程中胰岛素结合能力增加。结果表明,胰岛素结合能力的增加是新受体合成的结果,胰岛素受体具有相对较短的半衰期(6.7小时),并且受体合成速率的增加有助于分化过程中胰岛素受体水平的增加。