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. 2003 Feb 11;536(1-3):198-202.
doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00047-4.

Na+,K+-ATPase trafficking in skeletal muscle: insulin stimulates translocation of both alpha 1- and alpha 2-subunit isoforms

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Na+,K+-ATPase trafficking in skeletal muscle: insulin stimulates translocation of both alpha 1- and alpha 2-subunit isoforms

Lubna Al-Khalili et al. FEBS Lett. .
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Abstract

We determined insulin-stimulated Na(+),K(+)-ATPase isoform-specific translocation to the skeletal muscle plasma membrane. When rat muscle plasma membrane fractions were isolated by discontinuous sucrose gradients, insulin-stimulated translocation of alpha(2)- but not alpha(1)-subunits was detected. However, using cell surface biotinylation techniques, an insulin-induced membrane translocation of both alpha(1) and alpha(2)-subunits in rat epitrochlearis muscle and cultured human skeletal muscle cells was noted. Na(+),K(+)-ATPase alpha-subunit translocation was abolished by the phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin, as well as by the protein kinase C inhibitor GF109203X. Thus, insulin mediates Na(+),K(+)-ATPase alpha(1)- and alpha(2)-subunit translocation to the skeletal muscle plasma membrane via a PI 3-kinase-dependent mechanism.

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