Acetylcholine exerts additive and permissive but not synergistic effects with insulin on glycogen synthesis in hepatocytes

Parasympathetic (cholinergic) innervation is implicated in the stimulation of hepatic glucose uptake by portal vein hyperglycaemia. We determined the direct effects of acetylcholine on hepatocytes. Acute exposure to acetylcholine mimicked insulin action on inactivation of phosphorylase, stimulation of glycogen synthesis and suppression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase mRNA levels but with lower efficacy and without synergy. Pre‐exposure to acetylcholine had a permissive effect on insulin action similar to glucocorticoids and associated with increased glucokinase activity. It is concluded that acetylcholine has a permissive effect on insulin action but cannot fully account for the rapid stimulation of glucose uptake by the portal signal.

• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  FEBS Letters

• Publication date

  2007-08-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.07.026PMID 17662981
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