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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
We evaluated the relative role of different regulatory mechanisms, particularly 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase (PFK2/FBPase-2), in liver glucokinase (GK) activity in intact animals with fructose-induced insulin resistance and impaired glucose and lipid metabolism. We measured blood glucose, triglyceride and insulin concentration, glucose tolerance, liver triglyceride content, GK activity, and GK and PFK2 protein and gene expression in fructose-rich diet (FRD) and control rats. After 3 weeks, FRD rats had significantly higher blood glucose, insulin and triglyceride levels, and liver triglyceride content, insulin resistance, and impaired glucose tolerance. FRD rats also had significantly higher GK activity in the cytosolic fraction (18.3 +/- 0.35 vs. 11.27 +/- 0.34 mU/mg protein). Differences in GK protein concentration (116% and 100%) were not significant, suggesting a potentially impaired GK translocation in FRD rats. Although GK transcription level was similar, PFK2 gene expression and protein concentration were 4- and 5-fold higher in the cytosolic fraction of FRD animals. PFK2 immunological blockage significantly decreased GK activity in control and FRD rats; in the latter, this blockage decreased GK activity to control levels. Results suggest that increased liver GK activity might participate in the adaptative response to fructose overload to maintain glucose/triglyceride homeostasis in intact animals. Under these conditions, PFK2 increase would be the main enhancer of GK activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1205-7541
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
702-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Fructose, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Glucokinase, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Glucose Tolerance Test, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Insulin Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Phosphofructokinase-2, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19794521-Triglycerides
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of liver glucokinase activity in rats with fructose-induced insulin resistance and impaired glucose and lipid metabolism.
pubmed:affiliation
CENEXA / Center for Experimental and Applied Endocrinology (UNLP-CONICET, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Diabetes), National University of La Plata, School of Medicine, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. f_francini@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't