Effects of insulin-like growth factor I on glucose metabolism in rats with liver cirrhosis

The American Journal of Physiology
K F PetersenGerald I Shulman

Abstract

To determine the effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on glucose metabolism in cirrhosis, a 2-h euglycemic clamp with IGF-I (0.65 nmol.kg-1.min-1) or insulin (12 pmol.kg-1.min-1) was performed in awake rats with carbon tetrachloride-induced liver cirrhosis. Rates of [3-3H]glucose-determined whole body glucose turnover were similar in the fasting state in cirrhotic and control rats (36.4 +/- 2.6 and 37.7 +/- 2.8 mumol.kg-1.min-1, respectively). In the control group, IGF-I and insulin had similar effects on turnover (81.6 +/- 27.0 and 76.1 +/- 9.9 mumol.kg-1.min-1), muscle glycogen synthesis (47.5 +/- 12.3 and 37.5 +/- 2.5 nmol.g muscle-1.min-1), and suppression of endogenous glucose production (EGP; -54 +/- 14 and -60 +/- 12%). Cirrhotic rats were markedly insulin resistant, reflected by a 43% reduction of turnover (43.8 +/- 9.4 mumol.g muscle-1.min-1; P = 0.03), a 73% reduction in muscle glycogen synthesis (10.2 +/- 3.4 nmol.g muscle-1.min-1; P < 0.0001), and a diminished suppression of EGP (-32 +/- 17% vs. control: -56 +/- 14%; P < 0.05). In contrast, during the IGF-I clamps, turnover increased threefold in the cirrhotic rats (P = 0.001), rates of muscle glycogen synthesis were 7.4 times higher than during the insuli...Continue Reading

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