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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 277: E572-E578, 1999;
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Vol. 277, Issue 3, E572-E578, September 1999

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GLUT-4myc ectopic expression in L6 myoblasts generates a GLUT-4-specific pool conferring insulin sensitivity

Atsunori Ueyama1, Karen L. Yaworsky1,2, Qinghua Wang1, Yousuke Ebina3, and Amira Klip1,2

1 Programme in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8; 2 Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada; 3 Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan

Insulin stimulates glucose uptake into muscle and fat cells via recruitment of the glucose transporter 4 (GLUT-4) from intracellular store(s) to the cell surface. Robust stimulation of glucose uptake by insulin coincides with the expression of GLUT-4 during differentiation of muscle and fat cells, but it is not known if GLUT-4 expression suffices to confer insulin sensitivity to glucose uptake. We have therefore examined the effect of expression of a myc epitope-tagged GLUT-4 (GLUT-4myc) into L6 myoblasts, which do not express endogenous GLUT-4 until differentiated into myotubes. Ectopic expression of GLUT-4myc markedly improved insulin sensitivity of glucose uptake in L6 myoblasts. The GLUT-4myc protein distributed equally to the cell surface and intracellular compartments in myoblasts, and the intracellular fraction of GLUT-4myc further increased in myotubes. In myoblasts, the intracellular GLUT-4myc compartment contained the majority of the insulin-regulatable amino peptidase (IRAP) but less than half of the GLUT-1, suggesting segregation of GLUT-4myc and IRAP to a specific cellular locus. Insulin stimulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and protein kinase B-alpha activities was similar for L6-GLUT-4myc myoblasts and myotubes. At both stages, GLUT-4myc responded to insulin by translocating to the cell surface. These results suggest that GLUT-4myc segregates into a specific compartment in L6 myoblasts and confers insulin sensitivity to these cells. L6-GLUT-4myc myoblasts, which are easily transfectable with various constructs, are a useful resource to study insulin action.

GLUT-4 translocation; GLUT-4 vesicles; insulin action; muscle cells


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