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Ahn, Chai, Kim, and Kim: A Study of the Regulation of the Glucose Transporter in the Plasma Membranes of Hepatoma Cells Induced by 3'-Me DAB

Abstract

5'-nucelotidase and glucose-6-phosphatase are liver plasma and microsomal membranes markers and their respective activities were determined. In the liver homogenate, the activities of 5'-nucleotidase were 0.58±0.08 and 0.29±0.07 µmols/mg protein/10min in the control and 3'-methyl-4-dimethyl aminoazobenzene (3'-Me DAB) groups respectively. The enzyme activities in the partially purified plasma membranes were 2.15±0.25 and 1.31±0.23 µmols/mg protein/10min in the control and 3'-Me DAB groups respectively. The glucose-6-phosphatase activities in the homogenates of the control and 3'-Me DAB groups were 0.23±0.10, and 0.45±0.25 µmols/mg protein/10min, and in the microsomal fraction, 1.14±0.32, and 0.63±0.11 µmols/mg protein/10min, respectively, The concentrations of glucose carrier in the plasma membranes from the control and 3'-Me DAB group were 25, and 35 pmols/mg membrane protein, respectively, and the Ka values for cytochalsin B in each group were 5.20×109. and 5.14×109ml/mol, respectively. However in the microsomal fraction, no significant differences of glucose carrier were found between the control and 3'-Me DAB groups from the DEAE Sephadex A-50 ion exchange chromatography, fractions I and ll were obtained. Electrophoretic analysis of fraction I revealed a major protein band with a molecular weight of 45,000 and minor bands with MWs of 50,000, 55,000 and 15,000. Following AcA 34 gel filtration, a major protein band with a MW of 45,000 was obtained.
From these results, it can be concluded that the glucose carrier protein was increased on plasma membrane of hepatoma induced by 3'-Me DAB, and the carrier protein showed similar molecular weight to other glucose carrier found in the RBC, muscle cells and adipocyte.

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