Cell Volume Regulation and Signaling in 3T3-L1 Pre-adipocytes and Adipocytes: on the Possible Roles of Caveolae, Insulin Receptors, FAK and ERK1/2

Kathrine Eduardsen; Susanne Larsen; Ivana Novak; Ian H Lambert; Else K Hoffmann; Stine Helene Falsig Pedersen

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Cell Volume Regulation and Signaling in 3T3-L1 Pre-adipocytes and Adipocytes: on the Possible Roles of Caveolae, Insulin Receptors, FAK and ERK1/2

Kathrine Eduardsen, Susanne Larsen, Ivana Novak, Ian H Lambert, Else K Hoffmann, Stine Helene Falsig Pedersen

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Abstract

Caveolae have been implicated in sensing of cell volume perturbations, yet evidence is still limited and findings contradictory. Here, we investigated the possible role of caveolae in cell volume regulation and volume sensitive signaling in an adipocyte system with high (3T3-L1 adipocytes); intermediate (3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes); and low (cholesterol-depleted 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes) caveolae levels. Using large-angle light scattering, we show that compared to pre-adipocytes, differentiated adipocytes exhibit several-fold increased rates of volume restoration following osmotic cell swelling (RVD) and osmotic cell shrinkage (RVI), accompanied by increased swelling-activated taurine efflux. However, caveolin-1 distribution was not detectably altered after osmotic swelling or shrinkage, and caveolae integrity, as studied by cholesterol depletion or expression of dominant negative Cav-1, was not required for either RVD or RVI in pre-adipocytes. The insulin receptor (InsR) localizes to caveolae and its expression dramatically increases upon adipocyte differentiation. In pre-adipocytes, InsR and its effectors focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK1/2) localized to focal adhesions and were activated by a 5 min exposure to insulin (100 nM). Osmotic shrinkage transiently inhibited InsR Y(146)-phosphorylation, followed by an increase at t=15 min; a similar pattern was seen for ERK1/2 and FAK, in a manner unaffected by cholesterol depletion. In contrast, cell swelling had no detectable effect on InsR, yet increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation. In conclusion, differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes exhibit greatly accelerated RVD and RVI responses and increased swelling-activated taurine efflux compared to pre-adipocytes. Furthermore, in pre-adipocytes, Cav-1/caveolae integrity is not required for volume regulation. Given the relationship between hyperosmotic stress and insulin signaling, the finding that cell volume regulation is dramatically altered upon adipocyte differentiation may be relevant for the understanding of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.

Original language	English
Journal	Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
Volume	28
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	1231-46
Number of pages	16
ISSN	1015-8987
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000335855
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Cell Volume Regulation and Signaling in 3T3-L1 Pre-adipocytes and Adipocytes : on the Possible Roles of Caveolae, Insulin Receptors, FAK and ERK1/2. / Eduardsen, Kathrine; Larsen, Susanne; Novak, Ivana et al.

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Cell Volume Regulation and Signaling in 3T3-L1 Pre-adipocytes and Adipocytes: on the Possible Roles of Caveolae, Insulin Receptors, FAK and ERK1/2

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