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标题：A C-peptide complex with albumin and Zn 2 increases measurable GLUT1 levels in membranes of human red blood cells
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作者：M. Geiger ; T. Janes ; H. Keshavarz 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2020
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：1-9
DOI：10.1038/s41598-020-74527-6
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：People with type 1 diabetes (T1D) require exogenous administration of insulin, which stimulates the translocation of the GLUT4 glucose transporter to cell membranes. However, most bloodstream cells contain GLUT1 and are not directly affected by insulin. Here, we report that C-peptide, the 31-amino acid peptide secreted in equal amounts with insulin in vivo, is part of a 3-component complex that affects red blood cell (RBC) membranes. Multiple techniques were used to demonstrate saturable and specific C-peptide binding to RBCs when delivered as part of a complex with albumin. Importantly, when the complex also included Zn2 , a significant increase in cell membrane GLUT1 was measured, thus providing a cellular effect similar to insulin, but on a transporter on which insulin has no effect.
其他摘要：Abstract People with type 1 diabetes (T1D) require exogenous administration of insulin, which stimulates the translocation of the GLUT4 glucose transporter to cell membranes. However, most bloodstream cells contain GLUT1 and are not directly affected by insulin. Here, we report that C-peptide, the 31-amino acid peptide secreted in equal amounts with insulin in vivo, is part of a 3-component complex that affects red blood cell (RBC) membranes. Multiple techniques were used to demonstrate saturable and specific C-peptide binding to RBCs when delivered as part of a complex with albumin. Importantly, when the complex also included Zn 2 , a significant increase in cell membrane GLUT1 was measured, thus providing a cellular effect similar to insulin, but on a transporter on which insulin has no effect.