Hepatic carbohydrate metabolism in the spontaneously diabetic Bio-Breeding Worcester rat
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vol. 240 (2), E83-E87
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.1981.240.2.e83
Abstract
The effects of diabetes on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism were investigated in spontaneously diabetic Bio-Breeding Worcester (BB/W) rats. The juvenile-onset-type syndrome displayed by these animals is characterized by beta-cell destruction with subsequent ketosis-prone insulinopenia. Livers from diabetic animals demonstrated increased adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate levels but subnormal total protein and glycogen content. Isolated perfused livers of diabetic BB/W rats demonstrated an increased rate of glucose production from [14C]lactate and an impaired rate of glycogen synthesis. These data were consonant with hepatic enzyme studies demonstrating markedly increased activities of component gluconeogenic (glucose-6-phosphatase, fructose-1,6-diphosphatase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase) and glycogenolytic (glycogen phosphorylase) enzymes with decreased activities of glycolytic (hexokinase, pyruvate kinase) and glycogenic (glycogen synthase) enzymes. These findings agree with previous studies using alloxan- and streptozotocin-induced diabetic animals and suggest that accelerated hepatic gluconeogenesis and impaired glucose utilization are pathognomonic of all insulin-deficient diabetic syndromes.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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