title: Effect of insulin on glucose and glycogen metabolism and leucine incorporation into protein in cultured mouse astrocytes.
abstract: Insulin, following binding to its receptor, produces a dose- and time-dependent stimulation of entry of 2-deoxy-D-[U-14C] glucose and glycogen synthesis from D-[U-14C] glucose in cultured mouse astrocytes following differentiation. Maximal stimulation of both glucose entry (217% above basal) and of glycogen synthesis (209% above basal) was observed at an insulin concentration of 1.7 x 10(-8) M. Insulin also stimulates the incorporation of leucine into astrocytic proteins with maximal stimulation (156% above basal) at an insulin concentration of 1.7 x 10(-7) M, but no effect on leucine uptake was observed at an insulin concentration of 1.7 x 10(-6) M. These results, together with a previous demonstration that insulin and certain insulin analogues stimulate pyrimidine nucleoside incorporation into nucleic acid, indicate that insulin has diverse actions on biomacromolecular metabolism in cultured mouse astrocytes.
authors: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Kum
authors: S Q
authors: SQ
authors: Zhu
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Ho
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Young
authors: C S
authors: CS
authors: Cockram
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D006003:Glycogen; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D007930:Leucine; D005947:Glucose