Endocrinology, Vol 100, 1384-1390, Copyright © 1977 by Endocrine Society

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Effects of fasting and refeeding of insulin receptors and glucose metabolism in rat adipocytes

M Kasuga, Y Akanuma, Y Iwamoto and K Kosaka

To investigate the mechanism of insulin insensitivity during fasting and hyperresponsiveness to insulin after refeeding, insulin binding, 2- deoxyglucose uptake and glucose oxidation were measured in adipocytes from three groups of rats: control, 48 h fasted, and 48 h refed after 48 h fasting. In 48 h fasted rats, fat cell diameters were decreased to five-sixths of that of the controls and plasma insulin levels were decrease to less than half of the controls; however, after 48 h refeeding, these parameters were restored to normal. In adipocytes from fasted rats, insulin binding was increased but insulin-stimulated 2- deoxyglucose uptake glucose oxidation were significantly decreased as compared to that of the controls. In adipocytes of refed rats, insulin bindings was slightly increased as compared to the controls, accompanied by a slightly decreased 2-deoxyglucose uptake and completely restored glucose oxidation. Conclusions from these studies are that both disorders in coupling of insulin-receptor complexes to glucose transport systems and intracellular glucose metabolism play major roles in the insulin insensitivity of adipocytes from fasted rats, whereas, in adipocytes from refed rats, intracellular glucose metabolism, rather than glucose transport, is mainly involved in restoring insulin sensitivity.

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