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GLUT4 is Internalized by a Cholesterol-dependent Nystatin-sensitive Mechanism Inhibited by Insulin

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Journal EMBO J
Date 2006 Dec 2
PMID 17139247
Citations 55
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Insulin slows GLUT4 internalization by an unknown mechanism. Here we show that in unstimulated adipocytes, GLUT4 is internalized by two mechanisms. Approximately 80% of GLUT4 is internalized by a mechanism that is sensitive to the cholesterol-aggregating drug nystatin, and is independent of AP-2 clathrin adaptor and two putative GLUT4 endocytic motifs. The remaining GLUT4 is internalized by an AP-2-dependent, nystatin-resistant pathway that requires the FQQI GLUT4 motif. Insulin inhibits GLUT4 uptake by the nystatin-sensitive pathway and, consequently, GLUT4 is internalized by the AP-2-dependent pathway in stimulated adipocytes. The phenylalanine-based FQQI GLUT4 motif promotes AP-2-dependent internalization less rapidly than a tyrosine-based motif, the classic form of aromatic-based motifs. Thus, both a change in the predominant endocytosis pathway and the specific use of a suboptimal internalization motif contribute to the slowing of GLUT4 internalization in insulin-stimulated adipocytes. Insulin also inhibits the uptake of cholera-toxin B, indicating that insulin broadly regulates cholesterol-dependent uptake mechanisms rather than specially targeting GLUT4. Our work thus identifies cholesterol-dependent uptake as a novel target of insulin action in adipocytes.

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