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L C Harrison

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The effects of mazindol and 46-034 (Sandoz) on glucose oxidation and insulin binding by rat isolated fat cells.

1. The anorexic agent mazindol and its major metabolite 46-034 (Sandoz) in high concentrations ( greater than 0-4 mM) abolished basal and insulin-stimulated conversion of 1-14C-glucose to 14CO2 by rat isolated fat cells. 2. High concentrations (1mM) also inhibited specific binding of 125 I-insulin to fat cells. 3. The observed effects appeared to be due in part to perturbation of the plasma membrane since there was a rise in the lactate dehydrogenase content of the incubation medium, increased 125I-insulin degradation and a reduction in cellular tritiated water space. 4. These effects are unlikely to be relevant to the therapeutic action of mazindol.

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Circadian rhythmicity of interferon-gamma production in antigen-stimulated whole blood.

Recently, assessment of T cell function has been refined by the ability to measure cytokines produced by activated T cells. We developed a whole blood assay to detect antigen-activated T cells that produce IFN-gamma. With this assay we have found a large circadian variation in tetanus- (acrophase 00(00) p < 0.001) and PPD- (acrophase 00(08) p < 0.001) stimulated IFN-gamma production. IFN-gamma production is inversely correlated with plasma cortisol (r = -0.5), suggesting that variation in IFN-gamma production may be secondary to circadian variation in plasma cortisol levels (acrophase 11(06)). The demonstration of circadian rhythmicity in antigen-stimulated IFN-gamma production is relevant to the diagnostic use of whole blood assays and, in addition, may have implications for the therapy of immuno-inflammatory diseases.

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