title: Effect of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I on expression of glucose transporters, GLUT 2 and GLUT 4, in streptozotocin-diabetic rat.
abstract: We investigated the effect of recombinant insulin-like growth factor-I (rhIGF-I) on the expression of glucose transporters, GLUT 2 in the liver and GLUT 4 in the heart, in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats by the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry. GLUT 2 and its mRNA in the liver was elevated, whereas GLUT 4 and its mRNA in the heart were decreased in STZ-diabetic rats. A two-week treatment with rhIGF-I mostly restored the expression of GLUT 2 and GLUT 4 to normal rat level. We demonstrated that the effect of IGF-I on the expressions of GLUTs was almost the same as that of insulin.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biological Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D051273:Glucose Transporter Type 2; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D051273:Glucose Transporter Type 2; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C495694:Slc2a4 protein, rat; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I