scholarly journals Stimulation by 6-N,2′-O-dibutyryladenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate and glucocorticoids of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in the isolated perfused rat liver (Short Communication)

1974 ◽  
Vol 142 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wieland B. Huttner ◽  
Wilhelm Krone ◽  
Hans J. Seitz ◽  
Wolfgang Tarnowski
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Cyclic Nucleotide ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Isolated Perfused Rat Liver ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Low Protein ◽  
Additive Increase

Dibutyryl cyclic AMP stimulated the activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in perfused livers of rats, fed on a low-protein diet, linearly over a 6h period. The enzyme activity was also significantly elevated by dexamethasone, the effect being considerably lower than that of the cyclic nucleotide. Since the time-course of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity in response to dibutyryl cyclic AMP resembled that observed after dibutyryl cyclic AMP injection into intact animals, it is suggested that induction of the enzyme in vivo is due to a direct action of the cyclic nucleotide on the liver. Combined administration of dibutyryl cyclic AMP and glucocorticoids did not lead to an additive increase of liver phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity, either in vivo or in the perfused organ.

scholarly journals Influence of glucagon, 6-N,2′-O-dibutyryladenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate and triamcinolone on the arginine synthetase system in perinatal rat liver

1972 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
A L. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Cyclic Nucleotide ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
System Activity ◽  
Cyclic Monophosphate ◽  
Foetal Rat ◽  
Postnatal Rats

1. The administration of triamcinolone (19–190μg/animal) to postnatal rats increased the arginine synthetase system activity 1.2–2.5-fold above control values 24h after exposure to the hormone. Cortisol (hydrocortisone), however, increased the arginine synthetase system activity only when larger (190μg/animal) or repeated daily doses were given. Glucagon (100μg/animal) stimulated arginine synthetase system activity only after the second postnatal day. None of these agents increased the activity in 19.5–21.5-day foetuses after intrauterine administration. 2. The viability of foetal rat liver explants maintained in organ culture for up to 54h was validated both by ultramicroscopic examination and by incorporation of radioactive leucine and orotic acid. 3. In organ cultures of foetal rat liver explants (18.5 days to term), triamcinolone (20μg/ml of medium) evoked a 2.8–4.3-fold increase after 24h of incubation. This increase was completely inhibited by actinomycin D (25μg/ml) or cycloheximide (10μg/ml). Cortisol (5–50μg/ml) or glucagon (0.067–67μg/ml) also increased the arginine synthetase system activity above the respective control values, but there was no increase in activity with insulin (0.05–0.25i.u./ml). 4. Maximum concentrations of glucagon (67μg/ml), dibutyryl cyclic AMP (6-N,2′-O-dibutyryladenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate) (0.1mm) and triamcinolone (20μg/ml) incubated for 24h with foetal rat liver explants each produced between a two-and three-fold increase in the activity of the arginine synthetase system. Combinations of maximum amounts of glucagon and the cyclic nucleotide did not produce a greater effect than either agent alone. However, the combination of dibutyryl cyclic AMP with triamcinolone appeared to produce somewhat less than additive effects. 5. The effects of the cyclic nucleotide and triamcinolone were evident after 12h of incubation and increased steadily throughout the 24h of observation. This time-course of increased enzyme activity is very much slower than that reported for the induction of other enzymes in explant cultures of foetal rat liver.

scholarly journals Glucose metabolism in the newborn rat. Hormonal effects in vivo

1973 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 899-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Snell ◽  
Deryck G. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Intraperitoneal Injection ◽  
Actinomycin D ◽  
Specific Radioactivity ◽  
Liver Glycogen ◽  
Newborn Rats ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Lactate Formation ◽  
Glucose Formation

1. The concentrations of liver glycogen and plasma d-glucose were measured in caesarian-delivered newborn rats at time-intervals up to 3h after delivery after treatment of the neonatal rats with glucagon, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, cortisol or cortisol+dibutyryl cyclic AMP. Glycogenolysis was promoted by glucagon or dibutyryl cyclic AMP in the third hour after birth but not at earlier times. Cortisol and dibutyryl cyclic AMP together (but neither agent alone) promoted glycogenolysis in the second hour after birth, but no hormone combination was effective in the first postnatal hour. 2. The specific radioactivity of plasma d-glucose was measured as a function of time for up to 75 min after the intraperitoneal injection of d-[6-14C]glucose and d-[6-3H]glucose into newborn rats at delivery and after treatment with glucagon or actinomycin D. Glucagon-mediated hyperglycaemia at this time was due to an increased rate of glucose formation and a decreased rate of glucose utilization. Actinomycin D prevented glucose formation and accelerated the rate of postnatal hypoglycaemia. 3. The specific radioactivity of plasma l-lactate and the incorporation of 14C into plasma d-glucose was measured as a function of time after the intraperitoneal injection of l-[U-14C]lactate into glucagon- or actinomycin D-treated rats immediately after delivery. The calculated rates of lactate formation were unchanged by either treatment, but lactate utilization was stimulated by glucagon administration. Glucagon stimulated and actinomycin D diminished 14C incorporation into plasma d-glucose. 4. The factors involved in the initiation of glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis in the rat immediately after birth are discussed.

scholarly journals Properties of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (guanosine triphosphate) synthesized in hepatoma cells in the presence of amino acid analogues

1975 ◽  
Vol 146 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
S E Knowles ◽  
J M Gunn ◽  
L Reshef ◽  
R W Hanson ◽  
F J Ballard
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ◽  
Hepatoma Cells ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Enzyme Degradation ◽  
Amino Acid Analogues ◽  
Enzyme Molecules ◽  
Natural Amino Acids

1. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) was induced by a combination of dibutyryl cyclic AMP, theophyline and dexamethasone in Reuber H35 hepatoma cells under conditions where an amino acid in the medium was replaced by an appropriate analogue. 2. With canavanine replacing arginine or with 5-fluorotryptophan or 6-fluorotryptophan replacing tryptophan the induced enzyme had a lower catalytic activity-relative to antibody reactivity. 3. These aberrant enzyme molecules were heat-labile in vitro. 4. Measurements of enzyme degradation in vivo indicated that the canavanine-containing enzyme and the 6-fluorotryptophan-containing enzyme were degraded more rapidly than the enzyme containing all natural amino acids.

scholarly journals Measurement of the dynamics of stimulation and inhibition of steroidogenesis in isolated rat adrenal cells by using column perfusion

1974 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Lowry ◽  
Colin McMartin
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Acth Stimulation ◽  
Duration Of Action ◽  
Adrenal Cells ◽  
Small Column ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Full Effect ◽  
Rapid Fall

Isolated adrenal cells were perfused in a small column by using Bio-Gel polyacrylamide beads as an inert supporting matrix, and the time-course of the response to various stimuli was observed by measuring fluorogenic 11-hydroxycorticosteroids in the effluent. A small but significant response was observed 1 min after stimulation with physiological concentrations of ACTH (adrenocorticotrophin), but the response did not start to build up rapidly for 3–4min and eventually reached a plateau after 9–10min. A similar pattern of events was observed for the decay of the steroid output on removal of ACTH. ACTH analogues, including one with a long duration of action in vivo, were found to produce responses with similar kinetics. However, cyclic AMP caused a more rapid increase in steroidogenesis and its effects were more short-lived after withdrawal. If, as present evidence suggests, cyclic AMP is produced rapidly after ACTH stimulation the delayed build-up of the steroidogenic response to ACTH would indicate that cyclic AMP may not be the intracellular mediator. When inhibitors were applied during ACTH stimulation, aminoglutethimide, which blocks mitochondrial conversion of cholesterol into pregnenolone (3β-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-one), caused a rapid fall in steroid output (1 min), whereas cycloheximide took longer to achieve its full effect. Nevertheless, the response had fallen by 50% in 2 min, indicating a much shorter half-life than that previously reported for the labile protein implicated in steroidogenesis. In addition the rapid response to cyclic AMP makes it unlikely that steroid production is induced as a result of initiation of protein synthesis. This suggests that the labile protein plays an obligatory but permissive role in the development of the response. Column perfusion has proved to be a simple technique which can readily yield accurate data on responses of cells to stimulants and inhibitors.

scholarly journals Effect of thyroid state on cyclic AMP-mediated induction of hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase

1985 ◽  
Vol 226 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Höppner ◽  
W Süssmuth ◽  
H J Seitz
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
Perfused Liver ◽  
Thyroid State ◽  
Fed State ◽  
Isolated Perfused Liver ◽  
Translatable Mrna

Hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) is significantly increased in the hyperthyroid starved rat, and moderately decreased in the hypothyroid starved rat. As tri-iodothyronine by itself has only a small and sustained effect on the induction of this enzyme, as was previously shown in the isolated perfused organ, the effect of hypo- and hyper-thyroidism on the increase in cytosolic PEPCK provoked by dibutyryl cyclic AMP (Bt2cAMP) was investigated in vivo and in the isolated perfused liver. Compared with euthyroid fed controls, in hypothyroid fed rats Bt2cAMP provoked in 2 h only a small increase in translatable mRNA coding for PEPCK. In contrast, in hyperthyroid animals PEPCK mRNA as measured by translation in vitro was already increased in the fed state, and further enhanced by Bt2cAMP injection to values as in euthyroid controls. Under all thyroid states a close correlation between PEPCK mRNA activity and PEPCK synthesis was observed. In the isolated perfused liver from the hyperthyroid fed rat, the increase in PEPCK provoked by Bt2cAMP or Bt2cAMP + isobutylmethylxanthine was considerably enhanced compared with those obtained in livers of hypothyroid rats. Also, adrenaline provoked a stimulated induction of PEPCK in hyperthyroid rats compared with hypothyroid rats. To summarize, our data indicate that the primary action of thyroid hormones on the synthesis of hepatic cytosolic PEPCK is to accelerate the cyclic AMP- or adrenaline-induction of the enzyme, acting primarily at a pretranslational level.

scholarly journals Activation of rat liver branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase in vivo by glucagon and adrenaline

1985 ◽  
Vol 232 (2) ◽  
pp. 593-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
K P Block ◽  
B W Heywood ◽  
M G Buse ◽  
A E Harper
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Amino Acid Uptake ◽  
Acid Uptake ◽  
Acid Dehydrogenase ◽  
Low Protein ◽  
Branched Chain ◽  
Protein Diets ◽  
In Vivo Administration

The activity of liver branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complex was measured in rats fed on low-protein diets and given adrenaline, glucagon, insulin or dibutyryl cyclic AMP in vivo. Administration of glucagon or adrenaline (200 micrograms/100 g body wt.) resulted in a 4-fold increase in the percentage of active complex. As with glucagon and adrenaline, treatment of rats with cyclic AMP (5 mg/100 g body wt.) resulted in marked activation of branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase. Insulin administration (1 unit/100 g body wt.) also resulted in activation of enzyme; however, these effects were less than those observed with glucagon and adrenaline. In contrast with the results obtained with low-protein-fed rats, administration of adrenaline (200 micrograms/100 g body wt.) to rats fed with an adequate amount of protein resulted in only a modest (14%) increase in the activity of the complex. The extent to which these hormones activate branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase appears to be correlated with their ability to stimulate amino acid uptake into liver.

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