Lipogenesis was determined at two times (07.00 and 16.00 h) during a 14-h daily photoperiod (08.00–22.00 h) in freshly prepared hamster hepatocytes with or without addition of insulin. The hamsters were pretreated for 5 days with bromocriptine (to inhibit prolactin secretion), bromocriptine and prolactin replacement, or control saline injections. Lipogenesis was determined by incorporation of [14C]acetate into total cell lipids over a 30-min interval. Lipogenesis was three times greater at 07.00 than at 16.00 h and insulin was effective in stimulating further lipogenesis only at 07.00 h. Bromocriptine pretreatment severely reduced incorporation of radiolabel at 07.00 h to levels comparable with controls at 16.00 h and completely inhibited the stimulatory effect of insulin at 07.00 h. Prolactin replacement in bromocriptine-treated hamsters reversed the inhibitory effect of bromocriptine on hepatocyte lipogenesis and promoted dramatic lipogenic responses to insulin at 07.00 h. These results indicate that insulin stimulates hepatic lipogenesis only during some portion of a day and that prolactin facilitates the lipogenic response.
J. Endocr. (1985) 106, 173–176
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