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C J Rhodes, C A Lucas, P A Halban.
Abstract
The effects of glucose on insulin biosynthesis were studied by measuring the incorporation of radiolabelled amino acids into proinsulin/insulin in isolated rat islets. The islets were pulse labelled for 15 min with [3H]leucine (present in rat insulin I and II) or [35S]methionine (unique to rat insulin II) and then incubated for a 165 min post-label (chase) period during which the majority of labelled proinsulin was converted to insulin but under conditions whereby greater than 95% of radiolabelled proinsulin or insulin was retained in the islets. The newly synthesized, labelled, insulin was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. Rat I and II insulin biosynthesis was stimulated by 16.7 mM glucose to the same extent.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3552733 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80137-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124