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. 1978 Oct 15;176(1):31–37. doi: 10.1042/bj1760031

Stimulation of proinsulin biosynthesis and insulin release by pyruvate and lactate.

K Jain, S Asina, J Logothetopoulos
PMCID: PMC1186201  PMID: 365176

Abstract

Increasing concentrations of pyruvate failed to stimulate proinsulin biosynthesis and insulin release in freshly isolated islets. Glycolytic flux (3H2O from [5-3H]glucose) decreased by 80-85%, but decarboxylation of [1(-14)C]pyruvate was unaffected in islets tested immediately after alloxan exposure. This strongly suggested that in freshly isolated islets, beta-cells, in relation to other islet cells, hardly contribute to the decarboxylation of pyruvate. Non-alloxan-treated cultured islets decarboxylated 2-2.5 times as much pyruvate as did alloxan-treated islets cultured for 15-18h. Thus the contribution of beta-cells to the metabolism of pyruvate after culturing markedly increased. Concomitantly beta-cells became responsive to pyruvate. At 20mM-pyruvate, release of prelabelled proinsulin and insulin and incorporation of [3H]leucine into proinsulin reached values approximately half of those obtained with 20mM-glucose. Lactate was as effective as pyruvate in inducing responses in cultured islets. The experiments indicate that a critical degree of substrate utilization is necessary for the generation of signals for insulin release and proinsulin biosynthesis.

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