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. 1989 Jul 1;261(1):83–88. doi: 10.1042/bj2610083

Insulin effects on apolipoprotein B production by normal, diabetic and treated-diabetic rat liver and cultured rat hepatocytes.

J D Sparks 1, C E Sparks 1, L L Miller 1
PMCID: PMC1138784  PMID: 2673217

Abstract

1. The effect of insulin on apolipoprotein (apo B) secretion was studied in 24 h recirculating liver perfusions of isolated normal, diabetic and insulin-treated diabetic rats. In single perfusions from each group apo B accumulated in the media in a linear fashion. 2 In perfusions of normal rat livers, when the medium contained insulin plus cortisol, apo B production was significantly inhibited (by 35.8%), demonstrating a hormone effect on apo B secretion. 3. In perfusions of diabetic-rat livers, apo B production was decreased to 11.8% of normal when the medium contained no hormones, and was not significantly changed by the addition of insulin plus cortisol to the medium, suggesting that the hormone effect on apo B secretion is missing in long-term hypoinsulinaemic states. 4. Treatment of diabetic rats with daily insulin injection restored apo B production and restored the effect of insulin plus cortisol in the medium to inhibit apo B secretion during perfusion. 5. Parallel studies of apo B secretion with insulin alone, cortisol alone and insulin plus cortisol in the medium were performed in primary cultures of hepatocytes to compare results from liver perfusions. 6. Apo B secretion by hepatocytes from normal, diabetic and treated-diabetic rats was inhibited (by 36.8%, 57.1% and 57.9% respectively) when insulin alone was added to the medium. 7. Insulin plus cortisol inhibited apo B secretion by hepatocytes from normal and treated diabetic rats (by 30.2% and 47.2% respectively), but failed to inhibit apo B secretion by hepatocytes from diabetic rats.

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