Effect of oral treatment with a new hypoglycemic agent, AS-6, on the metabolic activities of adipocytes in db/db mice: a comparative study |
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Authors: | T Hosokawa K Ando G Tamura |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Metabolic Diseases, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China;2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Metabolic Disease and Qingdao Key Laboratory of Gout, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China |
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Abstract: | The mechanism of a new hypoglycemic agent, AS-6, was comparatively studied using the adipocytes from AS-6 treated and untreated genetically obese diabetic mice, db/db. the db/db mice were treated for 1 week with a diet admixture of AS-6 (0.1%). The treatment resulted in the following alterations in metabolic activities; AS-6 treatment increased 125I-insulin binding by 1.4-3.3 fold over the insulin range of 1-1000 microU/ml, the treatment increased the basal activities in 2-deoxyglucose uptake, and in CO2 generation and lipogenesis from U-(14C)-glucose compared with the db/db controls, the treatment partially restored insulin responsiveness in 2-DG uptake and CO2 generation, and 1 mU/ml of insulin greatly stimulated lipogenesis by 5.6 fold above the basal in the control adipocytes while AS-6 treatment changed the lipogenic response less stimulative to the insulin. The results suggest that AS-6 treatment significantly increases insulin binding to the adipocytes associating with an enhancement in glucose metabolism under basal and physiological concentrations of insulin. |
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