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In vivo imaging and quantitative analysis of insulin-receptor interaction in lean and obese Zucker rats.
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Diabetologia [Diabetologia] 1984 Mar; Vol. 26 (3), pp. 229-33. - Publication Year :
- 1984
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Abstract
- Imaging and quantitative analysis of insulin-receptor interaction was studied in vivo in lean and obese Zucker rats, using a recently developed technique in which purified Tyr A14 123I-monoiodoinsulin is intravenously injected and the tracer followed by scintillation scanning. The obese rats were 72% overweight, had near normal blood glucose concentrations and an 11-fold increase in plasma insulin concentration. In both groups of rats, the tracer was rapidly taken up by the liver (by a receptor mediated mechanism) and the kidneys (by a non-receptor mediated process). Past this maximum, radioactivity decreased in both organs as 123I-insulin was degraded and free 123I-iodide was released into the plasma compartment. Heart radioactivity (i.e. blood pool) mirrored that of the liver and kidneys. The rapid initial decrease of blood radioactivity was concomitant with liver and kidney uptake of 123I-insulin. Release of free iodide from these organs induced a slow secondary rise of blood radioactivity followed by a final decline corresponding to clearance of plasma iodide, mainly by urinary excretion. Liver radioactivity profiles of lean and obese rats were parallel. When expressed per g weight, liver radioactivity was significantly decreased in obese rats. However, due to hepatomegaly in obese rats, total liver radioactivity was significantly higher in homozygous fa/fa rats than in lean littermates. Furthermore, if the marked hyperinsulinaemia of the obese rats is taken into account, total bound insulin was enhanced in the liver of fa/fa rats whatever reference is used, either g weight or total liver.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Animals
Blood Glucose analysis
Computers
Female
Heart diagnostic imaging
Insulin blood
Kidney diagnostic imaging
Kidney metabolism
Liver diagnostic imaging
Liver metabolism
Myocardium metabolism
Obesity metabolism
Radionuclide Imaging
Rats
Insulin metabolism
Insulin Resistance
Rats, Mutant Strains metabolism
Rats, Zucker metabolism
Receptor, Insulin metabolism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0012-186X
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Diabetologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6370772
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252413