Biomedical subjects

S P Katkova

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[Hypoglycemic activity of bicyclic diterpenoids of the clerodane series as compared to adebit and maninil].

Biocyclic diterpenoids--salvin, salvicin and salvifolin, administered per os to rats at a dose of 50 mg/kg show marked hypoglycemic activity in intact animals as well as in animals with experimental hyperglycemia developing against a background of GTT (3000 mg/kg intraperitoneally) or alloxan (150 mg/kg subcutaneously). They are superior to adebit but inferior to maninil. Prophylactic and therapeutic administration of these compounds ensure the preservation of islet beta-cells in animals with alloxan diabetes.

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[Glucose tolerance disorders in patients with hypothyroidism].

Altogether 42 patients with hypothyrosis of different etiology (aged 17 to 57) were investigated. According to the results of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) all the patients were divided into 3 groups: normal OGTT, disturbed OGTT and a flat type of glycemic curves. High levels of cortisol and free fatty acids (FFA) were detected in persons with disturbed OGTT. A lowered reaction to insulin was found in 15 patients with high levels of cortisol and FFA. Persons with unchanged sensitivity to insulin demonstrated a normal type of OGTT and normal blood levels of cortisol and FFA, and among patients with a low reaction to insulin there were persons with disturbed OGTT and high blood levels of cortisol and OGTT. Positive correlation was found between OGTT disturbances, on the one hand, and lowered sensitivity to insulin, increased blood levels of cortisol and FFA, on the other hand. A conclusion has been made that one of the causes of GTT disturbance in patients with hypothyrosis is an increase in the blood levels of cortisol and FFA and a decrease of sensitivity to insulin.

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[Causes of development of the diabetic syndrome in patients with diffuse toxic goiter].

Altogether 41 patients with thyrotoxicosis of mean severity at the stage of decompensation were observed. By glucose tolerance they were divided into 3 groups: with normal, flat and disturbed curves. The third group vs. the first group demonstrated higher levels of the thyroid hormones, cortisol and insulin. C-peptide/insulin ratio values were significantly lower than in the first group before and in 120 min. after glucose loading. The second group showed average indices. Evaluation of sensitivity to insulin in 35 patients showed a decreased reaction to insulin in 17 patients, belonging mainly to the third and second groups. The blood levels of thyroxine and cortisol in these 17 patients were raised. The authors have arrived at a conclusion that the development of insulin resistance rather than the disturbed insular apparatus is likely to cause disorders in glucose tolerance in some patients with thyrotoxicosis.

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[The effect of nerobol and ecdysterone on insulin-dependent processes linked normally and in insulin resistance].

The effect of substances with anabolic activity (metandienone and ecdysterone phytoecdysteroid) on the manifestation of insulin effects was studied on a model of insulin resistance in rats induced by injections of hydrocortisone or by insulin insufficiency caused by alloxan. The sensitivity of the body to i. v. infusion of insulin and the reactivity of isolated fatty tissue to the hormone were increased after administration of these substances to test animals. The above effects of steroids were determined by nonspecific synthesis of total proteins in cells rather than by an increase in insulin secretion.

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[Insulin resistance in experimental hypo- and hyperthyroidism].

The effect of thyroid hormones on the realization of body insulin function was investigated on the models of hypo- and hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism resulting from thyroidectomy, caused the development of insulin resistance, expressed in a lowered body reaction to i. v. insulin infusion, a decrease in tissue sensitivity and reactivity to insulin. Insulin resistance in hypothyroidism was accountable for by a decrease in the serum total activity of insulin-like growth factors. Insulin resistance in hyperthyroidism was less notable and observed only in 10-day administration of thyroiodine; more prolonged administration of the drug (up to 30 days) restored insulin sensitivity. This effect can be accounted for by enhanced insulin independent glucose consumption caused by thyroid hormones.

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[Mechanisms of insulin resistance in pregnancy].

The causes of insulin resistance were studied in rats at late terms of pregnancy. A decrease in the sensitivity to insulin dependent incorporation of glucose in total lipids and CO2 of isolated fatty tissue of pregnant rats was shown. The maximum tissue reaction to insulin (reactivity) did not lessen indicating together with hyperinsulinemia after a glucose tolerance test and a rise of the activity of blood serum insulin-like growth factors the absence of postreceptor defects. An increase in the pregnant rats blood levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and lipoprotein atherogenic fractions was revealed. The latter in physiological concentrations made an inhibitory effect on respiration of liver and thyroid sections of intact rats. Together with the action of hormones of the fetoplacental system it was considered as one of the mechanisms of development of insulin resistance at late terms of pregnancy.

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[Effects of insulin in vitro in the fatty tissue of rats with alloxan diabetes after insulin treatment or administration of insulin-like growth factors from human serum].

Insulin insufficiency in rats caused by alloxan, results in a decrease in the sensitivity of the fatty tissue to insulin determined by glucose oxidation and synthesis of lipids manifested in a decrease in a maximum response of the tissue to insulin. Multiple injection of insulin as well as of partially purified total fraction of insulinoid growth factors causes an increase in a maximum response of the fatty tissue to insulin and a right-hand shift of dose-response curves. The total effect of the injection of insulin or partially purified growth factors is expressed in elevated sensitivity of the fatty tissue to insulin.

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[Characteristics of disorders of carbohydrate metabolism in rats with stress].

The purpose was to study the effect of stress caused by cavitary operation (the 1st group) and stress resulting from suspending animals at the neck skin fold for 2, 4, 12 and 24 h (the 2nd group) on the development of metabolic diabetic shifts in rats. Postoperative stress was accompanied by a decrease in motor activity of rats and sispension caused intense muscular activity aimed at getting free. All elements of the diabetic syndrome expressed in glucose intolerance, reduction of sensitivity to insulin, reduced insulin action on glucose oxidation in adipose tissue, hyperinsulinemia and a rise of basal glycemia, were revealed in rats with postoperative stress; in rats of the 2nd group they were undetectable. It could be accounted for by muscular activity of animals in these groups.

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[Causes of hyperinsulinemia and decreased sensitivity to insulin in liver damage].

Chronic contamination of rats with heliotrin causing the development of hepatitis or hepatocirrhosis and partial hepatectomy to decrease the amount of liver cellular elements resulted in intolerance to glucose, a decrease in the sensitivity of the body to insulin, hyperinsulinemia after a glucose-tolerance test. The content of glycogen in the liver of the heliotrin contaminated rats was much lower than that in the controls and after glucose-tolerance an absolute increment of glycogen in the controls was 8.8-fold higher than in the heliotrin-contaminated rats. It was concluded that a decrease in glucose-tolerance and hyperinsulinemia in patients with chronic hepatitis and hepatocirrhosis were determined by a decrease in the amount of functionally active liver cellular elements and the development of insulin resistance.

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