Abstract
When administered to alloxan-diabetic rats, cortisone elicits the same early hepatic
responses which are observed in normal rats: increase of tyrosine transaminase and
tryptophane oxygenase activities, increased incorporation of radioactive precursors
into RNA, enhanced glycogen deposition. It is therefore likely that the Cortisol action
upon liver is not dependent on the presence of insulin.
Key words
Insulin - Cortison - Liver - Alloxan-Diabetes - Glycogen.
1 Chargé de Recherches à l'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
2 Chargée de Recherches au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
3 Institute d'Université, Group U15 de I'lnstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche
Médicale, Laboratoire associé au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
