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Insulin regulates fusion of GLUT4 vesicles independent of Exo70-mediated tethering.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 20 Mar 2009
Lizunov Vladimir A, Lisinski Ivonne, Stenkula Karin, Zimmerberg Joshua, Cushman Samuel W
Abstract excerpt
Insulin regulates cellular glucose uptake by changing the amount of glucose transporter-4 (GLUT4) in the plasma membrane through stimulation of GLUT4 exocytosis. However, how the particular trafficking, tethering, and fusion steps are regulated by insulin is still debated. In a 3T3-L1 adipocyte cell line, the Exocyst complex and its Exo70 subunit were shown to critically affect GLUT4 exocytosis. Here we...
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