INSULIN ALTERS THE TARGET SIZE OF THE PERIPHERAL CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE BUT NOT THE INTEGRAL CYCLIC GMP-STIMULATED CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE IN LIVER PLASMA-MEMBRANES

Radiation inactivation of the two high affinity cyclic AMP phosphodiesterases (PDE) found in liver plasma membranes afforded an estimation of their molecular target sizes in situ. The activity of the peripheral plasma membrane PDE decayed as a single exponential with a target size corresponding to a monomer of circa 54 kDa. The integral, cyclic GMP-stimulated PDE decayed as a dimer of circa 125 kDa. Preincubation of plasma membranes with insulin (10nM), prior to irradiation, caused the target size of only the peripheral plasma membrane PDE to increase. We suggest that insulin addition causes the peripheral plasma membrane PDE to alter its coupling to an integral plasma membrane protein with a target size of circa 90 kDa. © 1990.