Isoproterenol (ISO), at concentrations of up to 10(-5) mol/L, caused a dose-dependent stimulation of cyclic AMP (cAMP) production in rat cardiomyocytes. At higher ISO concentrations, relative inhibition was seen. Insulin augmented ISO-stimulated cAMP production and appeared to mitigate the toxic effects of high ISO concentrations. This synergy between insulin and ISO observed in cardiomyocytes was not observed in adipocytes. Streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetes abolished the stimulatory effects of insulin on ISO-induced cAMP production in cardiomyocytes.
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