Treatment of hepatocytes with either NH4Cl (10mM) or fructose (10mM) blocks insulin's activation of the ‘dense-vesicle’ cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. The ability of insulin (10 nM) to decrease intracellular cyclic AMP concentrations raised by glucagon (10 nM) was unaffected by pre-treatment with either NH4Cl (10 mM) or fructose (10 mM). It is concluded that the ‘dense-vesicle’ enzyme does not play a significant role in this action of insulin and that as yet unidentified cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase(s) must be activated by insulin. Treatment of hepatocytes with either NH4Cl or fructose appeared to increase, reversibly, cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity. When N6-(phenylisopropyl)adenosine was used to prevent glucagon from blocking insulin's activation of the plasma-membrane cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity, insulin's ability to decrease intracellular cyclic AMP concentrations in glucagon-treated hepatocytes was increased markedly. Insulin's activation of the plasma-membrane cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity can exert a potent effect in decreasing intracellular cyclic AMP concentrations elevated by glucagon.
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August 15 1984
An assessment of the ability of insulin-stimulated cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase to decrease hepatocyte intracellular cyclic AMP concentrations
Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 1984 London: The Biochemical Society
1984
Biochem J (1984) 222 (1): 183–187.
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C M Heyworth, A V Wallace, S R Wilson, M D Houslay; An assessment of the ability of insulin-stimulated cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase to decrease hepatocyte intracellular cyclic AMP concentrations. Biochem J 15 August 1984; 222 (1): 183–187. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2220183
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