Molecular cloning of hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit from gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata): response of its mRNA levels and glucokinase expression to refeeding and diet composition

Author(s):  
Isidoro Metón ◽  
Anna Caseras ◽  
Felipe Fernández ◽  
Isabel V. Baanante
2002 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 607-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Caseras ◽  
I. Metón ◽  
C. Vives ◽  
M. Egea ◽  
F. Fernández ◽  
...  

To examine the role of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) in glucose homeostasis in the diabetes-like experimental model of carnivorous fish, we analysed postprandial variations and the effect of starvation, ration size and diet composition on the regulation of G6Pase expression at the enzyme activity and mRNA level in the liver of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). G6Pase expression increased in long-term starved or energy-restricted fish. In contrast to data reported for other fish species, short-term regulation of G6Pase expression was found in regularly fedS. aurata. G6Pase mRNA levels were lowest between 4 and 15 h after food intake, whereas minimal enzyme activity was observed 10–15 h postprandially. Alterations of plasma glucose levels affect G6Pase in mammals. However, the carbohydrate content of the diet did not affect hepatic expression of G6Pase inS. aurata, suggesting that a different molecular mechanism is involved in the control of G6Pase expression in fish. Although G6Pase was unaffected, high-carbohydrate low-protein diets increased glucokinase (GK) expression and thus allowed a metabolic adaptation favouring glycolysis over gluconeogenesis. Interestingly, only the nutritional conditions that promoted variations in the blood glucose levels resulted in changes in the hepatic expression of G6Pase. These findings indicate a concerted regulation of G6Pase and GK expression and suggest that the direction and rate of the glucose–glucose-6-phosphate substrate cycle flux is finely regulated in the liver ofS. aurata, challenging the role attributed to deficient regulation of G6Pase or GK expression in the low ability of carnivorous fish to metabolize glucose.


2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruria Funkenstein ◽  
Yanai Rebhan ◽  
Tal Skopal

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e75349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Salmerón ◽  
Daniel García de la serrana ◽  
Vanesa Jiménez-Amilburu ◽  
Ramón Fontanillas ◽  
Isabel Navarro ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-168
Author(s):  
Samah A. Mokbel ◽  
Hassanen G. D.I. ◽  
Nesreen K. Ibrahim ◽  
Salem M.

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2182
Author(s):  
Miquel Perelló-Amorós ◽  
Isabel García-Pérez ◽  
Albert Sánchez-Moya ◽  
Arnau Innamorati ◽  
Emilio J. Vélez ◽  
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The physiological and endocrine benefits of sustained exercise in fish were largely demonstrated, and this work examines how the swimming activity can modify the effects of two diets (high-protein, HP: 54% proteins, 15% lipids; high-energy, HE: 50% proteins, 20% lipids) on different growth performance markers in gilthead sea bream juveniles. After 6 weeks of experimentation, fish under voluntary swimming and fed with HP showed significantly higher circulating growth hormone (GH) levels and plasma GH/insulin-like growth-1 (IGF-1) ratio than fish fed with HE, but under exercise, differences disappeared. The transcriptional profile of the GH-IGFs axis molecules and myogenic regulatory factors in liver and muscle was barely affected by diet and swimming conditions. Under voluntary swimming, fish fed with HE showed significantly increased mRNA levels of capn1, capn2, capn3, capns1a, n3, and ub, decreased gene and protein expression of Ctsl and Mafbx and lower muscle texture than fish fed with HP. When fish were exposed to sustained exercise, diet-induced differences in proteases’ expression and muscle texture almost disappeared. Overall, these results suggest that exercise might be a useful tool to minimize nutrient imbalances and that proteolytic genes could be good markers of the culture conditions and dietary treatments in fish.


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