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. 1983 Apr 15;212(1):189–195. doi: 10.1042/bj2120189

Glucagon inhibition of insulin-stimulated 2-deoxyglucose uptake by rat adipocytes in the presence of adenosine deaminase.

A Green
PMCID: PMC1152028  PMID: 6347192

Abstract

Effects of adenosine deaminase and glucagon on insulin-stimulated 2-deoxyglucose uptake by rat adipocytes are reported. (1) Adenosine deaminase (10 micrograms/ml) caused a rightward shift in the dose-response curve for the stimulation by insulin of 2-deoxyglucose uptake, but the enzyme did not alter either the basal or the maximally insulin-stimulated uptake rate. (2) In adipocytes obtained from 24 h-starved rats, glucagon inhibited the effect of insulin on 2-deoxyglucose uptake in the presence (but not in the absence) of adenosine deaminase. Basal uptake rates were unaffected. (3) Glucagon inhibited insulin-stimulated 2-deoxyglucose uptake to a greater extent in cells isolated from starved rats than in cells from fed rats. (4) Adipocytes isolated from fed and from starved rats did not differ in their capacity for degradation of 125I-labelled glucagon. The results suggest that adenosine and glucagon are regulators of insulin action in adipose tissue.

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