Action of Insulin on Vascular and Intestinal Smooth Muscle. Effects on Amino Acid Transport, Protein Synthesis and Accumulation of Glucose Carbon

1974 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans J. Arnqvist
1992 ◽  
Vol 282 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Gunn ◽  
M R Brancheau

We have examined the clonal variation in rates of amino acid transport, protein synthesis, protein degradation, growth and proliferation for CHO cells with mutations in the purine and pyrimidine salvage pathways. First we compared three clonal cell lines, each with a different mutation, with the heterozygous parental line AT3-2. Overall, the correlation between rates of protein turnover, growth and proliferation was excellent. The slower growth and proliferation of one mutant, AB3 (TK-, APRT-), is explained by a low intrinsic rate of protein synthesis coupled with a smaller response in rates of amino acid transport, protein synthesis and protein degradation to insulin, serum and dexamethasone. Secondly, we compared seven aza-adenine-resistant and 14 thioguanine-resistant mutants of AT3-2 and found significant differences in control and insulin-stimulated rates of protein turnover both within and between mutant populations. A significant difference between the populations was unexpected because each individual cell line was cloned from a spontaneous pre-existing mutation in AT3-2, and each population should have the same average rate. Remarkably, all 24 mutants had lower rates of protein synthesis than AT3-2. We cannot explain the data solely in terms of mutations in the salvage pathways. Rather, we propose that the mutant survivors have randomly down-regulated the intrinsically fixed growth factor-regulated pathways of protein turnover, resulting in a broad spectrum of lower metabolic rates.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Hyde ◽  
Eric Hajduch ◽  
Darren J. Powell ◽  
Peter M. Taylor ◽  
Harinder S. Hundal

1982 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
Nila Oza ◽  
Sarah J. Meanock ◽  
A. G. Davies

Abstract. Groups of immature mice were injected sc with radiocarbon-labelled alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (AIB) after being given a single sc injection of hFSH or of 0.9% saline. As an index of the transport of AIB, the specific activity of isotope was measured in homogenates of testis and of liver. FSH treatment caused statistically significant increases in the specific activity of isotope in the testes and in the ratio of testicular to liver specific activity. The effect was greatest in 9-day-old mice injected with FSH 16 h before removal of the testes. Uptake of labelled AIB was not stimulated after administration of hCG or testosterone. Doses of cycloheximide sufficient to reduce the rate of protein synthesis by over 99% did not impair testicular uptake of labelled AIB or the influence of FSH on AIB uptake. These results suggest that FSH stimulates amino acid transport into cells of the immature testis and that this action is independent of the stimulatory effect of FSH on testicular protein synthesis.


1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (5) ◽  
pp. E864-E871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arny A. Ferrando ◽  
Kevin D. Tipton ◽  
David Doyle ◽  
Stuart M. Phillips ◽  
Joaquin Cortiella ◽  
...  

Testosterone administration (T) increases lean body mass and muscle protein synthesis. We investigated the effects of short-term T on leg muscle protein kinetics and transport of selected amino acids by use of a model based on arteriovenous sampling and muscle biopsy. Fractional synthesis (FSR) and breakdown (FBR) rates of skeletal muscle protein were also directly calculated. Seven healthy men were studied before and 5 days after intramuscular injection of 200 mg of testosterone enanthate. Protein synthesis increased twofold after injection ( P < 0.05), whereas protein breakdown was unchanged. FSR and FBR calculations were in accordance, because FSR increased twofold ( P < 0.05) without a concomitant change in FBR. Net balance between synthesis and breakdown became more positive with both methodologies ( P< 0.05) and was not different from zero. T injection increased arteriovenous essential and nonessential nitrogen balance across the leg ( P < 0.05) in the fasted state, without increasing amino acid transport. Thus T administration leads to an increased net protein synthesis and reutilization of intracellular amino acids in skeletal muscle.


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