title: Effect of dietary composition on insulin receptors in normal subjects.
abstract: Six normal subjects were placed on a high carbohydrate diet (80%) and a high fat diet (60%) for 2 weeks each. Glucose tolerance testing with plasma immunoreactive insulin levels was performed along with insulin receptor quantitation after a control period and after each of the dietary manipulations. Despite improved carbohydrate tolerance and decreased plasma immuno-reactive insulin after the high carbohydrate diet (evidence for increased insulin sensitivity) insulin receptor number and affinity were unchanged. These studies suggest that the increased insulin sensitivity induced by a high carbohydrate diet is due to some adaptive change in postreceptor activity. Manipulations of dietary composition fail to alter insulin binding to peripheral mononuclear cells.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D007328:Insulin; D011972:Receptor, Insulin