Effects of insulin and protein synthesis inhibitors on phospholipid metabolism, diacylglycerol levels, and pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in BC3H-1 cultured myocytes

R. V. Farese, D. E. Barnes, J. S. Davis, M. L. Standaert, R. J. Pollet

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Abstract

BC3H-1 myocytes were cultured with 32PO4 for 3 days to label phospholipids to constant specific activity. Subsequent treatment with physiological concentrations of insulin provoked 40-70% increases in 32PO4 levels (reflecting increases in mass) in phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylinositol, and polyphosphoinositides, and, lesser, 20-25% increases in phosphatidylserine and the combined chromatographic area containing phosphatidylethanolamine plus phosphatidylcholine plus phosphatidylcholine. Insulin-induced increases in phospholipids were significant within 5 min and near-maximal at 15-30 min. Comparable rapid insulin-induced increases in [3H]phosphatidylinositol were observed in myocytes prelabeled with [3H]inositol. These insulin effects (as per prolonged pulse-chase experiments) were due to increased phospholipid synthesis rather than decreased phospholipid degradation. Cycloheximide (and puromycin) pretreatment prevented insulin-induced increases in phospholipids and rapidly reversed ongoing insulin effects on phospholipids and pyruvate dehydrogenase activity. Insulin also rapidly increased diacylglycerol levels. These findings suggest that: (a) insulin provokes rapid increases in de novo synthesis of phosphatidic acid and its derivatives, e.g. phosphoinositides and diacylglycerol; (b) protein synthesis inhibitors diminish phospholipid levels in insulin-treated (but not control) tissues by increasing phospholipid degradation (?phospholipase(s) activation); and (c) changes in phospholipids and diacylglycerol may be important for changes in pyruvate dehydrogenase and other enzymatic activities during treatment with insulin and/or protein synthesis inhibitors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7094-7100
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume259
Issue number11
StatePublished - 1984
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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