Premature Appearance of Hepatic Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Fetal Rats, Not Mediated by Adenosine 3′: 5′‐Monophosphate
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 102 (2), 489-496
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb04264.x
Abstract
Injection of streptozotocin in utero to fetuses elicited a premature appearance of cytosolic hepatic activity of phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase. This was due to a precocious initiation of the synthesis of the enzyme. The streptozotocin‐induced appearance of enzyme activity was not mediated by adenosine 3′:5′‐monophosphate since the concentration of the cyclic nucleotide in the liver was unaffected by the antibiotic, the administration of dibutyryladenosine 3′:5′‐monophosphate to streptozotocin‐treated fetuses elicited an additive increase in enzyme activity, and insulin administration in utero repressed the streptozotocin effect while the effect due to dibutyryladenosine 3′:5′‐monophosphate was not inhibited by simultaneous insulin injection. Streptozotocin treatment also caused a small but consistent retardation of fetal growth and a marked reduction of liver wet weight. Histological analysis of the liver demonstrated a premature loss of some hematopoietic elements, while hepatocytes appeared normal. Hepatic protein synthesis was unaffected by the streptozotocin treatment. Streptozotocin treatment had no effect on fetal renal phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase activity or kidney wet weight.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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