Insulin Stimulates Turnover of Phosphatidylcholine in Rat Adipocytes

Overview

Journal Mol Cell Biochem

Publisher Springer

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1994 Jul 13

PMID 7854328

Authors

S L Macaulay

R G Larkins

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Abstract

The present study investigated the effect of insulin on phosphatidylcholine turnover in rat adipocytes labelled to equilibrium with [14C]-choline. Insulin induced a rapid turnover of this major phospholipid that was maximal by 1 min and transient in nature. Following a 1 min stimulation of the cells with insulin at a maximally effective concentration (7 nM), a 4-6% decrease in the percentage of total cellular choline associated with this phospholipid was observed. This reflected a significant transient increase in the percentage of total cellular choline associated with phosphorylcholine, which together with diacylglycerol are the phospholipase C cleavage products of phosphatidylcholine. These effects were observed over a physiological range of insulin concentrations. No effect of insulin on any other choline phospholipid or metabolite (sphingomyelin, lysophophatidylcholine, glycerophosphocholine or choline) was seen. These results suggest that insulin stimulates a phospholipase C-mediated turnover of phosphatidylcholine in rat adipocytes. The rapid nature of this turnover suggests a potential role in signal transduction.

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