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Endocrinology, Vol 106, 619-625, Copyright © 1980 by Endocrine Society

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Stimulation of ornithine decarboxylase activity by insulin in developing rat brain

LJ Roger and RE Fellows

Insulin administered ip or intracisternally (ic) increased the activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in whole brains and brain parts of neonatal rats. Maximal stimulation of activity occurred 4-5 h after ip administration. At the highest doses, insulin stimulated ODC activity by up to 5- and 8-fold after ip and ic injection, respectively. The same amount of insulin given ic caused greater increases in activity than when given ip. Insulin stimulated ODC activity in 2-day-old and in 17- to 60-day-old rats but not in 5- or 9-day old neonates or 80-day- old adults. When insulin-induced hypoglycemia was prevented by giving dextrose, the stimulation of ODC activity was approximately the same as that in animals receiving insulin without dextrose. This indicates that insulin-induced stimulation of brain ODC activity was not caused by insulin-induced hypoglycemia or physiological responses to hypoglycemia. Since ODC is considered an indicator of growth stimulation, these results suggest that insulin or insulin-like peptides have a role in the regulation of brain development.


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