SEASONAL-CHANGES IN PANCREATIC B-CELL FUNCTION IN EUTHERMIC YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOTS
SEASONAL-CHANGES IN PANCREATIC B-CELL FUNCTION IN EUTHERMIC YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOTS
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpregu.1985.249.2.r159
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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BAUMAN, WA
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FLORANT, GL;LAWRENCE, AK;BAUMAN, WA
Fasting plasma insulin (PI) and glucose (PG) concentrations were measured throughout the body weight cycle of marmots. Animals gained weight during summer, and in late fall body weight peaked, after which they ceased feeding. Each month euthermic animals were injected intraarterially with either dextrose (500 mg/kg) or porcine insulin (0.1 U/kg), and blood samples were collected over the subsequent 2 h. During weight gain fasting PI concentration and pancreatic B-cell response to injected dextrose increased markedly. Maximal insulin release to a dextrose challenge was measured during peak body weight or when body weight initially began to decline. The PG concentration after exogenous insulin administration was slight (< 10%) in the fall but increased .apprx. 25% in the spring after marmots lost weight. Basal PG levels were not significantly different throughout the year. Basal fasting PI concentrations were significantly higher during the fall (P < 0.01). In the fall, when marmots are obese, hyperinsulinemia and peripheral insulin resistance appear. Furthermore, in 2 animals with an increase in body weight of .apprx. 30% or less over the summer, peripheral resistance was demonstrable, albeit not as marked as in animals that appropriately doubled their body weights when given food ad libitum. Factors other than adiposity, i.e., food intake, central nervous system input to the pancreatic B-cell, and/or changes in B-cell sensitivity to PG, may contribute to the observed peripheral insulin resistance and may be involved in body weight regulation.