title: Kupffer cells play a major role in insulin-mediated hepatic glucose uptake in vivo.
abstract: The effect of insulin on the in vivo glucose utilization by different hepatic cells was investigated using the euglycemic, hyperinsulinemic clamp, combined with the 2-deoxyglucose tracer technique. Rats were infused with insulin at a rate of 2.8 or 9.0 mU/min/kg for 220 min, resulting in plasma concentrations of the hormone of about 80 microU/ml and 340 microU/ml, respectively. Glucose use by the whole liver was elevated by more than 200% following insulin. However, glucose uptake by the parenchymal cells was only elevated by 50-60%. By contrast nonparenchymal cells were more responsive to insulin. Glucose uptake by endothelial cells was increased 100% and Kupffer cells displayed the most marked response to insulin showing a 3- to 6-fold increase in glucose uptake. These data indicate that the sinusoidal nonparenchymal cells are the major sites of the insulin-mediated increased glucose utilization by the liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Spolarics
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ottlakán
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Spitzer
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D015309:Glucose Clamp Technique; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011865:Radioisotope Dilution Technique; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D007328:Insulin; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose