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Insulin reduces norepinephrine transporter mRNA in vivo in rat locus coeruleus

  • Dianne P. Figlewicz
  • , Patricia Szot
  • , Paige A. Israel
  • , Christopher Payne
  • , Daniel M. Dorsa

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Abstract

Acute and chronic in vitro insulin treatment can inhibit the uptake of norepinephrine (NE) by adult rat brain synaptosomes and slices, fetal neuronal cultures, and PC12 cells. In the present study we tested whether chronic in vivo insulin treatment could alter the biosynthetic capacity of rat locus coeruleus neurons for the NE transporter protein (NET). Chronic third ventricular insulin treatment resulted in a suppression of NET mRNA to about one third of the level of vehicle-treated controls. Our findings suggests that insulin may play a regulatory role in the synthesis of this transporter, thereby modulating activity in CNS noradrenergic pathways.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)161-164
Number of pages4
JournalBrain Research
Volume602
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 29 1993
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the superb technical support of Sylvia White and we thank Dr. James N. Bicknell for his helpful support. Porcine insulin was the generous gift of Eli Lilly Corp., Indianapolis, IN. Funding for this research was provided by NIH grants DK-40963 (D.P.F.) and NS-20311 (D.M.D.); and the Research Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

FundersFunder number
Author National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health The Bev Hartig Huntington's Disease Foundation National Institutes of HealthDK-40963
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeR01NS020311
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

    Keywords

    • Catecholamine
    • Insulin
    • Locus ceruleus
    • Norepinephrine transporter

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Neuroscience
    • Molecular Biology
    • Clinical Neurology
    • Developmental Biology

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