D. Russo et al., DIFFERENT MOLECULAR MECHANISMS ARE INVOLVED IN THE MULTIHORMONAL CONTROL OF GLUCOSE-TRANSPORT IN FRTL5 RAT-THYROID CELLS, Journal of endocrinological investigation, 17(5), 1994, pp. 323-327
We investigated the molecular mechanisms by which TSH, insulin and IGF
-1 modulate the glucose transport system in FRTL5 cells. We found that
TSH, insulin and IGF-1 increased the glucose transporter Glut-1 speci
fic mRNA levels 6, 8 and 5 fold over control, respectively. The effect
on Glut-1 mRNA was evident after 2 hours, followed by an increased Gl
ut-1 protein expression in whole cells, as judged by western blot anal
ysis, after 5 hours of stimulation with all the hormones studied. In c
ontrast, plasma membrane Glut-1 increased (300-400% over control) afte
r 2 hours of stimulation with TSH (10 mU/ml), dibutyrryl-cAMP (1 mM),
IGF-1 (10 ng/ml) and insulin (10 nM). These data indicate that the glu
cose transport system is under multihormonal control in FRTL5 cells. T
wo different mechanisms are involved in TSH, IGF-1 and insulin stimula
tion of the glucose transport: a) neosynthesis of Glut-1 by activation
of gene expression; b) recruitment of carriers from the intracellular
pool to the plasma membrane.