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Table 2 Insulin-induced time-dependent changes in intact denuded Rana pipiens Oocytes 1

From: Plasma membrane events associated with the meiotic divisions in the amphibian oocyte: insights into the evolution of insulin transduction systems and cell signaling

Additions

Fluid phase exchange

Membrane potential

Membrane conductance

2-Deoxy-glucose uptake

pHi

Na+

 

nl/h/oocyte

mV

μS

nmols/h/oocyte

 

Electrode2

None

+Na+

23.4 ± 1.23 (5)

−42.6 ± 1.6 (8)

5.2 ± 0.3 (14)

1.05 ± 0.19(3)

7.38 ± 0.035 (7)

44.2 ± 2.4 (3)

 

-Na+

7.68 ± 1.8 (3)

−75.0 ± 4.2 (4)

 

0.12 ± 0.07 (3)

7.24 ± 0.040 (3)

 

Insulin, 10 μM

+Na+

65.5 ± 2.4 (3)

−59.2 ± 1.7 (6)

1.8 ± 0.4 (4)

3.05 ± 0.29 (3)

7.65 ± 0.017 (3)

19.0 ± 2.0 (3)

 

-Na+

7.94 ± 0.65 (3)

−69.0 ± 3.2 (4)

 

0.17 ± 0.06 (3)

7.26 ± 0.021 (3)

 

Progesterone +Na+,1.65 μM

18.8 ± 0.29 (3)

−52.0 ± 4.5 (4)

6.4 ± 0.5 (8)

1.03 ± 0.16 (3)

7.69 ± 0.34 (4)

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Insulin, 10 μM + Na+ +PMSF, 1.0 mM3

13.8 ± 1.7 (3)

−38.0 ± 1.5 (6)

5.0 ± 0.4 (4)

1.11 ± 0.23 (3)

7.24 ± 0.26 (3)

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  1. 1All values are means ± SD (N = number of frogs); 60–90 min incubation period in 114 mM Na+ or Na+-free Ringer’s solution at 20–22°C.
  2. 2Na+-selective microelectrode [66]. Measured 1 h after exposure to Ringer’s solution containing 10 μM insulin.
  3. 315 min pretreatment with 1.0 mM PMSF (see Methods).