title: [Chains A and B, circulating fractions of insulin].
abstract: Experimental hyperthyroidism in the dog, and clinical hyperthyroidism in man, were studied as activation models of insulin catabolism. Plasma insulin and its A and B chains, were estimated by radioimmunoassay in 8 dogs, before and after daily administration of 1 mg of thyroxine per animal. A and B chains rose quite definitely under treatment, whereas the increase in blood insulin was only slight. Blood sugar did not vary. Glucose tolerance tests during treatment, showed that A and B chains did not follow a curve parallel to insulin were situated during the test, at a higher level in dogs treated with thyroxine than in controls. The estimations carried out in man, confirmed the high levels of the A and B chains in hyperthyroidism. The use of certain anti-insulin antisera for radioimmunoassay of insulin demonstrated cross reactions with A or B chains. This phenomenon may be the cause of excessive evaluation of plasma insulin in subjects with levels of circulating chains A and B. Chains A and B in the blood seem to be a sign of the level of metabolic destruction of the insulin and not that of secretion.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D007330:Insulin Antibodies; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007330:Insulin Antibodies; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D013974:Thyroxine
vernacular_title: Chaînes A et B, fractions circulantes de l'insuline