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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 245: C125-C132, 1983;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 245, Issue 1 125-C132, Copyright © 1983 by American Physiological Society

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K+-stimulated sugar uptake in skeletal muscle: role of cytoplasmic Ca2+

P. Valant and D. Erlij

We have compared the effects of insulin with those of elevated external K+ concentration ([K+]o) on sugar uptake and protein synthesis by frog skeletal muscle. When [K+]o was between 0.5 and 15 mM there were no effects on uptake; however, when 20 mM was used a significant increase was observed. Further increases in [K+]o caused larger stimulations of uptake. The stimulation persisted for 2.5 h after washing the high [K+]o. The stimulations caused by both insulin and high K+ were markedly inhibited by cytochalasin B. Dantrolene nearly abolished the response to high K+, whereas it had only minor effects on the resting sugar uptake and on the stimulations caused by either insulin or epinephrine. These results suggest that while both insulin and high K+ activate the cytochalasin-sensitive transport system of sugar transport, each agent must act through a different pathway, because only the effects of high K+ were dantrolene sensitive. The effect of dantrolene suggests that the enhancement of sugar transport caused by high K+ is due to an increase of cytoplasmic Ca2+. In contrast to insulin, high K+ did not modify the rate of protein synthesis.


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