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We aimed to elucidate the putative role of GTP-binding proteins in the regulation of insulin biosynthesis. For this purpose, freshly isolated rat islets were incubated in the presence of liposomes containing GDP, guanosine 5'-[beta-thio]diphosphate (GDP[S]), GTP, guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]), guanosine 5'-[beta gamma-methylene]triphosphate (p[CH2]ppG), guanosine 5'[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate (p[NH]ppG) and ATP, and the effects of the liposomal delivery of these substances on rates of biosynthesis of insulin and total protein were determined. Insulin biosynthesis during a 1 h incubation at 1.67 mM-glucose was stimulated by ATP- and GTP[S]-containing liposomes as compared with control liposomes. At 16.7 mM-glucose, only the GTP[S]-containing liposomes stimulated insulin biosynthesis. No inhibition of islet protein and insulin synthesis was observed with GDP-, GDP[S]-, p[CH2]ppG- and p[NH]ppG-containing liposomes. By determining the subcellular distribution of insulin mRNA, it was found that the mRNA content associated with microsomes was increased and that associated with the cytosolic mono-/poly-somes decreased when the islets were incubated with GTP[S]-containing liposomes, resulting in an approximate doubling of the ratio of microsomal to polysomal-associated insulin mRNA. ATP-containing liposomes produced no effects on the association of insulin mRNA with microsomes. By using photoaffinity labelling and immunoprecipitation techniques, specific binding of GTP[35S] to the alpha-subunit of the signal-recognition particle (SRP) receptor in islet homogenates containing physiological concentrations of GTP and GDP was demonstrated. These findings suggest that the GTP-binding subunit(s) of the SRP receptor, and possibly also of other GTP-binding proteins involved in this process, may regulate insulin biosynthesis by stimulating the translocation of insulin mRNA to the endoplasmic reticulum and by increasing preproinsulin-peptide translocation into the lumen of the reticulum.

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GTP-binding proteins may stimulate insulin biosynthesis in rat pancreatic islets by enhancing the signal-recognition-particle-dependent translocation of the insulin mRNA poly-/mono-some complex to the endoplasmic reticulum