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Dominant negative protein kinase Cbeta improves 1alpha, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D3-induced insulin resistance.
Endocrine research - 1 Nov 2003
Natsume Yoshiyuki, Ishizuka Tatsuo, Yamamoto Yoritsuna, Miura Atsushi, Kajita Kazuo, Ishizawa Masayoshi, Kawai Yasunori, Huang Yannan, Morita Hiroyuki, Uno Yoshihiro, Yasuda Keigo
Abstract excerpt
1alpha,25-Dihydroxy vitamin D3 (1,25D3) activates conventional PKC and may subsequently lead to insulin resistance. Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that pretreatment with 10 nM-10 microM 1,25D3 dose-responsively suppressed insulin-induced glucose. To assess PKC(beta)-mediated inhibition of insulin-induced glucose uptake in rat adipocytes, we preincubated with Go6976 and LY379196, conventional PKC...
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