INSULIN AND OR DEXAMETHASONE REGULATION OF LACTATE PRODUCTION AND ITSRELATIONSHIP TO GLUCOSE-UTILIZATION BY OVINE AND BOVINE ADIPOSE-TISSUE EXPLANTS INCUBATED FOR 7 DAYS/
Y. Faulconnier et al., INSULIN AND OR DEXAMETHASONE REGULATION OF LACTATE PRODUCTION AND ITSRELATIONSHIP TO GLUCOSE-UTILIZATION BY OVINE AND BOVINE ADIPOSE-TISSUE EXPLANTS INCUBATED FOR 7 DAYS/, Reproduction, nutrition, development, 37(4), 1997, pp. 401-410
This study investigated the hormonal regulation of lactate production
and the lactate production/glucose utilization ratio in sheep and cow
adipose tissue (AT) explants. The effects of insulin (2 mU/mL) and/or
dexamethasone (DEX, 100 nM) were measured in perirenal AT of adult non
-lactating non-pregnant cows (n = 5) or ewes (it = 5) given a restrict
ed diet followed by overfeeding. The AT explants were incubated for 7
days. Under basal conditions, the lactate production was two times gre
ater in sheep than in cow AT. Insulin increased lactate production in
the two species, whereas DEX decreased it. DEX, in the presence of ins
ulin, increased lactate production from day 3 to day 7. The lactate pr
oduction/glucose utilization ratio was about two times greater in shee
p than in cow AT. The presence of insulin increased, and that of DEX d
ecreased this ratio in sheep AT, whereas it was not changed in cow AT.
DEX, in the presence of insulin, increased this ratio in the two spec
ies after 4 or 5 days.