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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
To examine the cellular mechanism of the antihyperglycemic action of metformin, we studied its effect on various functional and molecular parameters involved in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. Isolated rat adipocytes were incubated with or without metformin (1-100 micrograms/ml) for 2 h at 37 degrees C followed by an incubation with or without insulin (1.72 nM). Metformin treatment had no significant effect on basal 3-O-methylglucose uptake. In contrast, metformin increased insulin-stimulated glucose transport in a dose-dependent manner up to 43 +/- 7%. This effect was neither associated with a significant effect of metformin on trace insulin binding (1.74 +/- 0.20% without metformin vs. 1.89 +/- 0.30% with metformin; P greater than 0.05) nor with an effect of metformin on insulin-receptor kinase activity as measured by 32P incorporation into the 95,000-Mr beta-subunit of the insulin receptor and an exogenous substrate, histone 2B.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0012-1797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
850-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of Metformin's effect to increase insulin-stimulated glucose transport with potentiation of insulin-induced translocation of glucose transporters from intracellular pool to plasma membrane in rat adipocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University-Hospital of Hamburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't