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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 20, 12470-12474, Oct, 1984

Insulin regulation of glycogen synthase phosphatase in primary cultures of hepatocytes

TB Miller Jr, A Garnache and J Cruz

Activation of glycogen synthase in the perfused rat liver is defective in severely diabetic rats. In the present study, activation of glycogen synthase by glucose and increased incorporation of [14C]glucose into glycogen by insulin are defective in hepatocytes isolated from alloxan diabetic rats. Acute activation of glycogen synthase in hepatocytes isolated from diabetic rats was restored by treatment of the rats with insulin in vivo. Restoration of synthase activation was not achieved by incubation of hepatocytes in the presence of insulin in vitro for up to 12 h. When isolated hepatocytes from diabetic rats were placed in primary culture in a serum-free defined medium over a 3-day period, glycogen synthesis was partially restored by cortisol and triiodothyronine and dramatically increased by insulin. Concomitant with restoration of [14C]glycogen synthesis was an insulin-mediated increase in glycogen synthase I and synthase phosphatase activity. Restoration of regulation of glycogen synthesis in primary cultures of hepatocytes from diabetic rats by insulin required the presence of cortisol and triiodothyronine. Primary cultures of hepatocytes from normal rats did not require triiodothyronine for insulin to effect glycogenesis over a 3-day period. These data demonstrate that insulin acts in a chronic manner in concert with other hormones to control synthase phosphatase activity, an effect which may be influencing acute control of hepatic glycogen synthesis.
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