title: [Regulatory effect of insulin on glucocorticoid receptor in human peripheral leukocytes].
abstract: The regulatory effect of insulin on the specific binding power of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) of human leukocytes was assessed by the unoccupied receptor sites capable of combining with [3H] labelled dexamethasone measured at 3 and 24 h after incubation with various concentrations of insulin added to the medium. After 3 h incubation the specific binding power with [3H] Dex was decreased by 23.3 +/- 10.0, 32.2 +/- 13.2 and 54.3 +/- 9.2% (P greater than 0.05, P greater than 0.05 and P less than 0.01 as compared with the control value of 100 in the absence of insulin) respectively in the presence of 20 mU/L (physiological testing concentration), 200 mU/L (physiological upper limit) and 2,000 mU/L (pharmacological concentration) insulin in the incubation medium. After 24 h incubation the decrease of these values increased respectively to 43.5 +/- 19.0, 56.1 +/- 20.7 and 80.2 +/- 15.5 (P less than 0.05, P less than 0.01 and P less than 0.01 compared with control). Thus the inhibitory effect of insulin on the GR binding power is both dose- and time-dependent, which strongly suggests that GR is tonically controlled by insulin concentration change under physiological conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Chang Zheng Hospital, Shanghai.
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Q L
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid