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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
The activity of the insulin-degrading enzyme neutral cysteine proteinase (EC 3.4.22.11, insulinase) was studied in adipose tissue and in liver of nondiabetic, streptozotocin-diabetic, and insulin-treated diabetic rats. Proteinase activity was found to be significantly decreased during diabetes and was restored to near normal levels in both tissues following insulin treatment. The insulin-mediated increase of proteinase activity in both tissues was partially or completely blocked by actinomycin D (an inhibitor of RNA synthesis) and by cyclohexamide (an inhibitor of protein synthesis). Kinetic analysis showed that the changes in proteinase activity of both liver and adipose tissues were accompanied by a change in Vmax (i.e., maximal enzyme activity) without a change in Km (i.e., substrate affinity). These data indicate that insulin functions as an inducer for neutral cysteine proteinase in both tissues. These alterations in the proteinase activity paralleled the alterations in the activity of a second insulin-degrading enzyme, glutathione-insulin transhydrogenase in adipose tissue (this paper) and in liver (previously published papers) under the same physiological conditions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
254
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Insulin-degrading neutral cysteine proteinase activity of adipose tissue and liver of nondiabetic, streptozotocin-diabetic, and insulin-treated diabetic rats.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.