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. 1977 Nov;74(11):4876-80.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.74.11.4876.

Alterations in insulin binding accompanying differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes

B C Reed, S H Kaufmann, J C Mackall, A K Student, M D Lane

Alterations in insulin binding accompanying differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes

B C Reed et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1977 Nov.

Abstract

Expression of the adipocyte phenotype by differentiating 3T3-L1 preadipocytes occurs upon exposure of the cells to insulin. Differentiation-linked changes in 125I-labeled insulin binding to 3T3-L1 cells were monitored and compared with those in nondifferentiating 3T3-C2 controls treated similarly. Without chronic insulin treatment, 3T3-L1 cells failed to express the adipocyte phenotype but maintained a level of 25,000-35,000 insulin-binding sites per cell. Treatment of 3T3-L1 cells with insulin resulted in an initial suppression of insulin binding followed by a 12-fold increase that paralleled the appearance of differentiated cells. A maximum of 170,000 insulin-binding sites per cell was attained for a population in which greater than 75% of the cells had differentiated. The increase of insulin receptor level appears to be differentiation-dependent and is not a general response of cells to the culture conditions. 3T3-C2 cells maintained in the presence of insulin for 30 days exhibited the undifferentiated phenotype and suppressed levels of insulin binding (35,000 sites per cell). The binding capacity of 3T3-L1 cells for epidermal growth factor remained unchanged between 25,000 and 40;000 sites per cell and was independent of the state of differentiation. Thus, induction by insulin in receptor-specific changes. Insulin receptors increase in number but epidermal growth factor receptors remain constant.

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