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. 1996 Oct 15;319(Pt 2):627–632. doi: 10.1042/bj3190627

Insulin-like growth factor I and insulin induce adipogenic-related gene expression in fetal brown adipocyte primary cultures.

T Teruel 1, A M Valverde 1, M Benito 1, M Lorenzo 1
PMCID: PMC1217813  PMID: 8912704

Abstract

Fetal rat brown adipocytes show high-affinity binding sites for both insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and insulin. Cell culture for 24 h in the presence of IGF-I or insulin, independently, up-regulated the mRNA expression of adipogenic-related genes, such as fatty acid synthase (FAS), glycerol-3-phosphate de-hydrogenase and insulin-regulated glucose transporter Glut4, and down-regulated the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase mRNA in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, both IGF-I and insulin increased the FAS gene transcription rate at 2 h, producing a time-dependent accumulation of FAS mRNA. Furthermore IGF-I or insulin increased glucose uptake and lipid content throughout the 24 h culture period. Our results suggest that both IGF-I and insulin are major signals involved in initiating and/or maintaining the expression of adipogenic-related genes in fetal rat brown adipocytes.

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