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  • Title: Chronic insulin treatment, but not chronic ACTH administration increases plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels in adolescent male rats.
    Author: Remer T, Pietrzik K.
    Journal: Exp Clin Endocrinol; 1993; 101(4):222-9. PubMed ID: 8307110.
    Abstract:
    The chronic effect of daily i. m. administration of ACTH (1 U/kg bodyweight (BW), group A) and of insulin (15/kg BW, group B) on circulating dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) and testosterone was investigated in postpubertal male Wistar rats. NaCl-injected animals served as controls (group C). After at least 8 days under the respective hormone or NaCl treatment "basally" circulating testosterone levels were slightly suppressed in insulin- (1.56 +/- 0.86 ng/ml) and markedly reduced (0.54 +/- 0.21 ng/ml) in ACTH-treated rats vs. controls (2.33 +/- 0.69 ng/ml). DHEA-S levels, however, nearly doubled under chronic insulin administration (0.4 +/- 0.18 ng/ml) in comparison to the groups A (0.22 +/- 0.11 ng/ml) and C (0.23 +/- 0.09 ng/ml). Food intake and weight gain were also elevated (vs. groups A and C) as were the basal plasma corticosterone levels (vs. group C) in insulin treated rats. Following an acute ACTH stimulation test (12 U/kg BW i.m.) performed in all three treatment groups, plasma DHEA-S showed a further increase in the animals receiving insulin (0.75 +/- 0.32 ng/ml), whereas no response was detectable in rats from group A (0.27 +/- 0.13 ng/ml) or C (0.24 +/- 0.11 ng/ml). Further measurements of corticosterone or testosterone responses following endocrinological stimulation tests with supraphysiological doses of either ACTH or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) indicated that a lowering in the catabolism (metabolic clearance) of corticosteroids or androgens could not be the cause for the elevated DHEA-S levels seen after daily insulin injections.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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