1. Insulin increased glucose uptake and inhibited lipolysis in white adipocytes of the rat over the same concentration range of the hormone: the half-maximal effects were observed at approx. 10 microunits of insulin/ml. Thus, contrary to previous reports, no difference in sensitivity of the two processes to insulin could be found, which suggests that both these effects of insulin are important in increasing the rate of glucose utilization after a meal. 2. Adenosine deaminase, which lowers the concentration of adenosine in the incubation medium, decreased the sensitivity of both processes (lipolysis and glucose uptake) to insulin: this suggests that adenosine increases the sensitivity of both processes. Similarly, lactate and 3-hydroxybutyrate increased the sensitivity of both processes (to the same extent) to insulin. It is suggested that this increased sensitivity will improve the response (of adipose tissue) to insulin on refeeding after a prolonged period of starvation (when the hydroxybutyrate concentration is high), and after a short burst of exercise, when the blood lactate concentration is high and when large amounts of glucose are produced from lactate via gluconeogenesis in the liver.
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May 15 1979
Sensitivity of glucose uptake and lipolysis of white adipocytes of the rat to insulin and effects of some metabolites
Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 1979 London: The Biochemical Society
1979
Biochem J (1979) 180 (2): 365–370.
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A Green, E A Newsholme; Sensitivity of glucose uptake and lipolysis of white adipocytes of the rat to insulin and effects of some metabolites. Biochem J 15 May 1979; 180 (2): 365–370. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1800365
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