Insulin stimulation of phospholipid methylation in isolated rat adipocyte plasma membranes.

AUTOR(ES)

Kelly, K L

RESUMO

Partially purified plasma membranes prepared from rat adipocytes contain N-methyltransferase(s) that utilize(s) S-adenosyl-L-methionine to synthesize phosphatidylcholine from phosphatidylethanolamine. The incorporation of [3H]methyl from S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-3H]methionine into plasma membrane phospholipids was linear with incubation time and plasma membrane protein concentration and was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by both S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine and 3-deazadenosine. The addition of insulin to plasma membranes stimulated the methylation of endogenous phosphatidylethanolamine, as evidenced by an increase in the levels of phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine, phosphatidyl-N, N-dimethylethanolamine, and phosphatidylcholine. The effect of insulin was rapid and concentration-dependent, with 100 microunits/ml providing near maximal stimulation. The incorporation of [3H]methyl into phospholipids of control and insulin-stimulated plasma membranes was enhanced by the addition of exogenous methyltransferase substrates phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine, and phosphatidyl-N,N-dimethylethanolamine. The stimulatory effect of insulin on adipocyte plasma membrane phospholipid methylation may have a physiological role in insulin action.

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