Hormone and Metabolic Research · 1973 · 10 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesEndocrinologyPhysiologyCellular MetabolismMetabolic PhysiologyMetabolismAdipose TissueCarbohydrate MetabolismGlucose HomeostasisGrowth HormoneHormonal Control Of MetabolismHormone MetabolismAdipose Tissue Glucose MetabolismGlucose Metabolism EffectsGrowth Hormone ActionGrowth Hormone MetabolismGrowth Hormone SignalingInsulin-regulated Glucose Metabolism
Intraperitoneal GH administration of 15 days duration to the post weanling rat leads to: (1) a depletion of epididymal fat stores, exclusively the result of a reduction in fat cell size since fat cell number is unaltered; (2) no change in glucose conversion to CO2 or triglyceride in the fat cell preparation when results are expressed on a per mg TG basis; but (3) depressed basal and insulin stimulated glucose conversion into CO2 and TG when results are expressed on a cellular basis.