Glucose administration inhibits the hepatic activation of gluconeogenesis promoted by insulin-induced hypoglycemia

The activation of hepatic gluconeogenesis in male Wistar adult 6 h fasted rats during insulin-induced hypoglycemia (IIH) was previously demonstrated. In this study, the effects of intraperitoneal (ip) glucose (100 mg/kg) on the activation of liver gluconeogenesis during IIH was investigated. Thus, 6 h fasted rats that received ip regular insulin (1 U/kg) and 30 min later ip saline (Control group) or glucose (Experimental group) were compared. All the experiments were executed 60 min after insulin injection. The glycemia of Control and Experimental groups were not different (P > 0.05). To investigate gluconeogenesis, liver perfusion experiments were performed. The results demonstrated that excepting glycerol, livers from rats which received ip glucose showed lower (P < 0.05) gluconeogenesis from L-alanine, L-glutamine, L-lactate or L-alanine + L-glutamine + L-lactate + glycerol. Therefore, the absence of glucose recovery after the glucose administration was mediated, at least in part, by an inhibition of hepatic gluconeogenesis.

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Main Authors:	Galende,Sharize Betoni, Oliveira Neto,Oswaldo Custódio de, Santos,Leandro Freire dos, Peicher,Márcia Vardanega, Souza,Helenir Medri de, Bazotte,Roberto Barbosa
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar 2009
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000400008
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