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Fasting leads to an increase in insulin binding to isolated rat hepatocytes from 12 to 17%. This increase was accounted for by changes in the affinity of insulin receptors without alteration in their number. In contrast, the responsiveness of hepatocytes to insulin was markedly diminished in fasted rats. Both basal and insulin-stimulated rates of 14C-glucose incorporation into glycogen were significantly decreased in fasted animals. When insulin-induced 14C-glucose incorporation into glycogen was expressed as a percent above the basal rate, hepatocytes isolated both from control and fasted animals showed the same magnitude of maximal response (66 ± 13% in fed and 59 ± 12% in fasted animals, respectively). However, more insulin must be bound to hepatocytes isolated from fasted animals in order to elicit the same percent of insulin's maximal effect.
Incubation of ‘fed’ hepatocytes in the serum obtained from fasted rats significantly diminished their responsiveness to insulin. An addition of insulin (100 ng/ml), glucose (10 mM) and antibodies to glucagon (1:100) eliminated the inhibitory effect of ‘fasted’ serum on ‘fed’ hepatocytes.
A 48-hour fast increased significantly the microviscosity (decreased fluidity) of hepatocyte plasma membranes and altered membrane phospholipid composition. These changes correlated with enhanced insulin binding to isolated membranes. Moreover, in response to insulin, plasma membranes isolated from ‘fasted’ hepatocytes generated only one half the amount of the second messenger (PDH activator) observed in membranes of fed animals. The amount of PDH activator generated by incubation of plasma membranes with insulin correlated inversely with both insulin binding and membrane microviscosity.
We conclude that 1) fasting induces both coupling defect and post-receptor changes in insulin's action; 2) both extracellular and intracellular factors contribute to fasting-induced dissociation of insulin binding from insulin action; 3) insulin/ glucagon ratio may influence hepatocyte responsiveness to insulin; 4) alterations in plasma membrane fluidity and phospholipid composition may alter insulin binding and contribute to its dissociation from the subsequent action; 5) membranes isolated from ‘fasted’ hepatocytes generate less mediator of insulin action than do membranes isolated from ‘fed’ hepatocytes.
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Trowbridge, M., Sussman, A., Ferguson, L. et al. Mechanisms of the fasting-induced dissociation of insulin binding from its action in isolated rat hepatocytes. Mol Cell Biochem 62, 25–36 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00230074
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