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An indirect two-site immunoradiometric assay for rat and mouse proinsulin using a rabbit antibody to synthetic rat C-peptide has been developed. The sensitivity of the assay is 0.006 pmol/ml. Proinsulin was 4.95% of the total proinsulin and insulin in extracts of rat pancreas and 5.45% in extracts of isolated rat islets. The mean fasting rat insulin and proinsulin concentrations were 0.13±0.09 pmol/ml (n=5) and 0.008±0.002 pmol/ml (n=5) respectively. The mean fasting mouse proinsulin concentration was 0.019±0.006 pmol/ml (n=8). In rats intravenous glucose produced a biphasic insulin response but proinsulin rose progressively to 0.021±0.011 pmol/ml at 45 min. In mouse oral glucose increased the proinsulin concentration to 0.13 pmol/ ml at 30 min. Proinsulin release from isolated rat islets was studied during intermittent or continuous high glucose (20 mmol/l) stimulation in static incubation. Significant increases in proinsulin release were only observed 90 min after initial exposure to high glucose whether glucose stimulation was continuous or intermittent. Both in vivo and in vitro glucose stimulation led initially to a fall in the proinsulin/ insulin molar ratio but later upon prolonged stimulation this progessively increased to above the basal value.
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Yue, D.K., Gibby, O.M., Luzio, S.D. et al. Indirect two-site immunoradiometric assay of rat and mouse proinsulin. Diabetologia 17, 235–242 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01235860
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