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. 1968 Dec;110(3):529–532. doi: 10.1042/bj1100529

The metabolism of glucose in diaphragm muscle from normal rats, from streptozotocin-treated diabetic rats and from rats treated with anti-insulin serum

Anne Beloff-Chain 1, K A Rookledge 1
PMCID: PMC1187382  PMID: 5701683

Abstract

1. The metabolism of [U-14C]glucose by the isolated diaphragm muscle of normal rats, rats rendered diabetic with streptozotocin and rats with transitory insulin deficiency after an injection of anti-insulin serum was studied. 2. The incorporation of [14C]glucose into glycogen and oligosaccharides was significantly decreased in the diabetic diaphragm muscle and in the muscle from rats treated with anti-insulin serum. 3. Neither diabetes nor transitory insulin deficiency influenced the oxidation of glucose, or the formation of lactate and hexose phosphate esters from glucose. 4. Insulin fully restored the incorporation of glucose into glycogen and maltotetraose in the diabetic muscle, but the incorporation into oligosaccharides, although increased in the presence of insulin, was significantly lower than the values obtained with normal diaphragm in the presence of insulin.

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