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Saturable transport of insulin from plasma into the central nervous system of dogs in vivo. A mechanism for regulated insulin delivery to the brain.

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Baura, G D, Foster, D M, Porte, D, Kahn, S E, Bergman, R N, Cobelli, C, Schwartz, M W·1993·Journal of Clinical Investigation

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By acting in the central nervous system, circulating insulin may regulate food intake and body weight. We have previously shown that the kinetics of insulin uptake from plasma into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can best be explained by passage through an intermediate compartment. To determine if transport kinetics into this compartment were consistent with an insulin receptor-mediated transport process, we subjected overnight fasted, anesthetized dogs to euglycemic intravenous insulin infusions for 90 min over a wide range of plasma insulin levels (69-5,064 microU/ml) (n = 10). Plasma and CSF samples were collected over 8 h for determination of immunoreactive insulin levels, and the kinetics of insulin uptake from plasma into CSF were analyzed using a compartmental model with three components (plasma-->intermediate compartment-->CSF). By sampling frequently during rapid changes of plasma and CSF insulin levels, we were able to precisely estimate three parameters (average standard deviation 14%) characterizing the uptake of insulin from plasma, through the intermediate compartment and into CSF (k1k2); insulin entry into CSF and insulin clearance from the intermediate compartment (k2 + k3); and insulin clearance from CSF (k4). At physiologic plasma insulin levels (80 +/- 7.4 microU/ml), k1k2 was determined to be 10.7 x 10(-6) +/- 1.3 x 10(-6) min-2. With increasing plasma levels, however, k1k2 decreased progressively, being reduced sevenfold at supraphysiologic levels (5,064 microU/ml). The apparent KM of this saturation curve was 742 microU/ml (approximately 5 nM). In contrast, the rate constants for insulin removal from the intermediate compartment and from CSF did not vary with plasma insulin (k2 + k3 = 0.011 +/- 0.0019 min-1 and k4 = 0.046 +/- 0.021 min-1). We conclude that delivery of plasma insulin into the central nervous system is saturable, and is likely facilitated by an insulin-receptor mediated transport process.

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  • Insulin transport from brain blood to brain mass or to CSF follows the Michaelis-Menten equation mathematically.

    “Like that of glucose, insulin transport from brain blood to brain mass or to CSF also follows the Michaelis-Menten equation mathematically, on account of the analogous blood-brain barrier transport systems existing for glucose, amino acids, plasma proteins, as well as the circulating insulin [29].”

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    The section on estimating KM fits the saturable component of insulin uptake from plasma toward CSF with a variation of the Michaelis–Menten equation. It also identifies a separate, linear nonspecific component. The Discussion describes uptake into an intermediate compartment, hypothesized to occur across the blood–brain barrier, but does not establish that transport into brain mass itself follows that equation. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  1. Gilman, A. G., T. W. Rall, A. S. Nies, and P. Taylor, editors. 1990. Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis ofTherapeutics. 8th edition. Pergamon Press, New York. 21.
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Authors
Baura, G. D., Foster, D. M., Porte, D., Kahn, S. E., Bergman, R. N., Cobelli, C., & Schwartz, M. W.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • University of Southern California (US)
Venue
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Published
1993-10-01
Volume
92
Issue
4
Pages
1824-1830
ISSN
0021-9738 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2135456335
Cited by
489
References
36
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • National Institutes of Health (2r01dk012829-36, 5p41rr002176-11)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK 12829, DK-17047, R01DK029867, P30DK017047)
  • National Center for Research Resources (RRO2176)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
insulin, cerebrospinal fluid, saturable transport, compartmental model, insulin clearance, dogs, food intake regulation
MeSH terms
Animals, Biological Transport, Brain, Dogs, Insulin, Kinetics, Male, Mathematics, Models, Biological, Time Factors

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