Hearts from normal and alloxan diabetic rats were perfused in vitro with a bicarbonate-buffered medium containing glucose. Transport of glucose through the cell membrane was stimulated with insulin or by induction of anaerobiosis. The organs were rapidly fixed and examined by electron microscopy. Transport stimulation was not associated with any increase in the number of sarcolemmal invaginatio...

Rabbit lenses incubated in vitro in potassium-free Tyrode's solution for 4 hours accinnulated trace amounts of Rb-86 to a concentration averaging 18 times that of the incubation medium. The uptake of Rb-86 was temperature dependent and required calcium. In the presence of glucose it was inhibited by iodoacetate, ouabain, or digoxin, but not by dinitrophenol, fluoroacetate, or anaerobiosis. The ...