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1907743

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
Liver glycogen content decreased in golden hamsters experimentally infected with plerocercoids of Spirometra erinacei. The activity of glycogen synthase a decreased significantly in infected animals, whereas that of glycogen phosphorylase a was not significantly affected. These observations suggest that changes in glycogen content were not attributable to increased glycogenolysis, but rather resulted from suppressed glycogenesis. Plasma immunoreactive insulin (IRI) concentrations in infected animals were slightly lower than those in controls, but the differences were not statistically significant. Plasma glucagon concentrations were significantly higher in infected animals. These results suggest that the suppression of glycogen synthase activity in S. erinacei-infected hamsters was attributable to enhanced levels of glucagon and that enhanced secretion of glucagon was caused by parasite-induced hypoglycemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0932-0113
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
320-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Decrease of liver glycogen content in golden hamsters infected with plerocercoids of Spirometra erinacei.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article