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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
Administration of a sucrose-rich diet (SRD) to normal hamsters induces an insulin-resistant state and a significant increase of insulin secretion and beta-cell mass. Islets isolated from these animals had a marked increase in glucose metabolism and glucose-induced insulin secretion, at both low and high glucose concentrations. They also presented increased hexokinase (HK) activity, without measurable changes in glucokinase (GK) activity. In this study we measured HK and GK activity in homogenates of islets isolated from normal control and SRD-fed hamsters, as well as in their particulate and cytosolic fractions. We also measured transcription rate (mRNA by reverse transcriptase PCR) and expression levels (Western blotting) of both enzymes in these islets. We found an increase in HK activity and expression levels, without measurable changes in HK mRNA level in SRD-fed animals. Whereas a similar GK activity was measured in homogenates of islets isolated from both groups, such activity was significantly higher in the cytosolic fraction of SRD islets. On the other hand, GK transcription rate and expression level were similar in both experimental groups. Our results suggest that the increased beta-cell secretory response to low glucose can be partly ascribed to an increased activity of islet HK consecutive to an enhanced expression of the enzyme, while the enhanced response to high glucose could be due to changes in GK compartmentalization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-0795
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
189
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
311-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Glucokinase, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Hexokinase, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Insulin-Secreting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Mesocricetus, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Sucrose, pubmed-meshheading:16648298-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhanced expression of hexokinase I in pancreatic islets induced by sucrose administration.
pubmed:affiliation
CENEXA-Center of Experimental and Applied Endocrinology (UNLP-CONICET, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center), National University of La Plata School of Medicine, 60 y 120 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't