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Rodrigues SG, van der Merwe S, Krag A, Wiest R. Gut-liver axis: Pathophysiological concepts and medical perspective in chronic liver diseases. Semin Immunol 2024; 71:101859. [PMID: 38219459 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2023.101859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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- Susana G Rodrigues
- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Centre for Liver Research, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Zhang Y, Fu Y, Jiang S, Qiao H, Xiong Y, Fu H, Zhang W, Gong Y, Jin S, Wu Y. Comparative metabolomics analysis of ovarian developmental stages in Macrobrachium nipponense. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2020; 34:100648. [PMID: 32078987 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2019.100648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rapid sexual maturity of female Macrobrachium nipponense is a severe problem for the aquaculture industry. To date, there have been only transcriptome studies investigating ovarian development, and studies using other tools, such as metabolomics are lacking. Metabolomics reveals changes in the level of metabolites in tissues in relation to current physiological characteristics, and can yield valuable insight into the growth and development of organisms. In this study, we systematically analyzed 15 samples from five different ovarian developmental stages in M. nipponense to learn more about how metabolites change over reproduction. Gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectroscopy revealed an array of different compounds and 83-162 pathways depending on the stage. Furthermore, 89 metabolites and 14 pathways were significantly different across stages. It is hypothesized that N-acetyl-N-formyl-5-methoxykynurenamine, ascorbate, fructose-2,6-bisphosphate, cortexolone and other metabolites that significantly differed by stage are regulated by hormones and are closely related to ovarian development. However, for other metabolites that changed with development, such as cytidine and xanthine, an association with ovarian development has yet to be revealed. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to correlate gene changes to metabolites in the pathway for biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites. We found that the TCA cycle rate may be the cause of female miniaturization during the reproductive period, and that the control of fatty acid content via aquaculture nutrition may be an exogenous tool for regulatory control of maturation. This study provides a systematic and comprehensive metabolomics analysis of ovarian development in M. nipponense and lays a foundation for addressing the problem of rapid sexual maturity.
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- Yuning Zhang
- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, CAS, Shanghai 200031, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, PR China; Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, PR China
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Role of the global transcriptional regulator PrrA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1: combined transcriptome and proteome analysis. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:4831-48. [PMID: 18487335 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00301-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The PrrBA two-component regulatory system is a major global regulator in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1. Here we have compared the transcriptome and proteome profiles of the wild-type (WT) and mutant PrrA2 cells grown anaerobically in the dark with dimethyl sulfoxide as an electron acceptor. Approximately 25% of the genes present in the PrrA2 genome are regulated by PrrA at the transcriptional level, either directly or indirectly, by twofold or more relative to the WT. The genes affected are widespread throughout all COG (cluster of orthologous group) functional categories, with previously unsuspected "metabolic" genes affected in PrrA2 cells. PrrA was found to act as both an activator and a repressor of transcription, with more genes being repressed in the presence of PrrA (9:5 ratio). An analysis of the genes encoding the 1,536 peptides detected through our chromatographic study, which corresponds to 36% coverage of the genome, revealed that approximately 20% of the genes encoding these proteins were positively regulated, whereas approximately 32% were negatively regulated by PrrA, which is in excellent agreement with the percentages obtained for the whole-genome transcriptome profile. In addition, comparison of the transcriptome and proteome mean parameter values for WT and PrrA2 cells showed good qualitative agreement, indicating that transcript regulation paralleled the corresponding protein abundance, although not one for one. The microarray analysis was validated by direct mRNA measurement of randomly selected genes that were both positively and negatively regulated. lacZ transcriptional and kan translational fusions enabled us to map putative PrrA binding sites and revealed potential gene targets for indirect regulation by PrrA.
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Kotoulas OB, Kalamidas SA, Kondomerkos DJ. Glycogen autophagy in glucose homeostasis. Pathol Res Pract 2006; 202:631-8. [PMID: 16781826 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 04/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Glycogen autophagy, the sequestration and degradation of cell glycogen in the autophagic vacuoles, is a selective, hormonally controlled and highly regulated process, representing a mechanism of glucose homeostasis under conditions of demand for the production of this sugar. In the newborn animals, this process is induced by glucagon secreted during the postnatal hypoglycemia and inhibited by insulin and parenteral glucose, which abolishes glucagon secretion. Hormonal action is mediated by the cAMP/protein kinase A (induction) and phosphoinositides/mTOR (inhibition) pathways that converge on common targets, such as the protein phosphatase 2A to regulate autophgosomal glycogen-hydrolyzing acid glucosidase and glycogen autophagy. Intralysosomal phosphate exchange reactions, which are affected by changes in the calcium levels and acid mannose 6- and acid glucose 6-phosphatase activities, can modify the intralysosomal composition in phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated glucose and promote the exit of free glucose through the lysosomal membrane. Glycogen autophagy-derived nonphosphorylated glucose assists the hyaloplasmic glycogen degradation-derived glucose 6-phosphate to combat postnatal hypoglycemia and participates in other metabolic pathways to secure the fine tuning of glucose homeostasis during the neonatal period.
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- O B Kotoulas
- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
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Wu C, Okar DA, Newgard CB, Lange AJ. Overexpression of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2, 6-bisphosphatase in mouse liver lowers blood glucose by suppressing hepatic glucose production. J Clin Invest 2001; 107:91-8. [PMID: 11134184 PMCID: PMC198549 DOI: 10.1172/jci11103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hepatic 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase is an important regulatory enzyme of glucose metabolism. By controlling the level of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate, an allosteric activator of the glycolytic enzyme 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase and an inhibitor of the gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase regulates hepatic glucose output. We studied the effects of adenovirus-mediated overexpression of this enzyme on hepatic glucose metabolism in normal or diabetic mice. These animals were treated with virus encoding either wild-type or bisphosphatase activity-deficient 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2, 6-bisphosphatase. Seven days after virus injection, hepatic fructose-2,6-bisphosphate levels increased significantly in both normal and diabetic mice, with larger increases observed in animals with overexpression of the mutant enzyme. Blood glucose levels in normal mice overexpressing either enzyme were lowered, accompanied by increased plasma lactate, triglycerides, and FFAs. Blood glucose levels were markedly reduced in diabetic mice overexpressing the wild-type enzyme, and still more so in mice overexpressing the mutant form of the enzyme. The lower blood glucose levels in diabetic mice were accompanied by partially normalized plasma triglycerides and FFAs, increased plasma lactate, and increased liver glycogen levels, relative to diabetic mice treated with a control adenovirus. Our findings underscore the critical role played by hepatic 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase in control of fuel homeostasis and suggest that this enzyme may be considered as a therapeutic target in diabetes.
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- C Wu
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Sawada M, Mitsui Y, Sugiya H, Furuyama S. Ribose 1,5-bisphosphate is a putative regulator of fructose 6-phosphate/fructose 1,6-bisphosphate cycle in liver. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2000; 32:447-54. [PMID: 10762070 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(99)00137-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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6-Phosphofructo-1-kinase and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase are rate-limiting enzymes for glycolysis and gluconeogenesis respectively, in the fructose 6-phosphate/fructose 1,6-bisphosphate cycle in the liver. The effect of ribose 1,5-bisphosphate on the enzymes was investigated. Ribose 1,5-bisphosphate synergistically relieved the ATP inhibition and increased the affinity of liver 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase for fructose 6-phosphate in the presence of AMP. Ribose 1,5-bisphosphate synergistically inhibited fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase in the presence of AMP. The activating effect on 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase and the inhibitory effect on fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase suggest ribose 1,5-bisphosphate is a potent regulator of the fructose 6-phosphate/fructose 1,6-bisphosphate cycle in the liver.
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- M Sawada
- Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
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Fructose-2,6-bisphosphate is an important intracellular biofactor in the control of carbohydrate metabolic fluxes in eukaryotes. It is generated from ATP and fructose-6-phosphate by 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase and degraded to fructose-6-phosphate and phosphate ion by fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase. In most organisms these enzymatic activities are contained in a single polypeptide. The reciprocal modulation of the kinase and bisphosphatase activities by post-translational modifications places the level of the biofactor under the control of extra-cellular signals. In general, these signals are generated in response to changing nutritional states, therefore, fructose-2,6-bisphosphate plays a role in the adaptation of organisms, and the tissues within them, to changes in environmental and metabolic states. Although the specific mechanism of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate action varies between species and between tissues, most involve the allosteric activation of 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase and inhibition of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. These highly conserved enzymes regulate the fructose-6-phosphate/fructose-1,6-bisphosphate cycle, and thereby, determine the carbon flux. It is by reciprocal modulation of these activities that fructose-2,6-bisphosphate plays a fundamental role in eukaryotic carbohydrate metabolism.
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- D A Okar
- University of Minnesota, Medical School, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Swenne I, Ewald U, Gustafsson J, Sandberg E, Ostenson CG. Inter-relationship between serum concentrations of glucose, glucagon and insulin during the first two days of life in healthy newborns. Acta Paediatr 1994; 83:915-9. [PMID: 7819685 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb13170.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The relationship between serum concentrations of glucose, insulin and glucagon during the first two days of life was studied in healthy newborns. The first capillary blood sample was obtained at 3-15 h of age (median 6 h; day 0) and a second sample approximately 24 h later (day 1). Serum glucose concentrations in the first sample averaged 2.1 +/- 0.07 mmol/l (mean +/- SEM; n = 60) and were positively correlated with postnatal age (p < 0.01). Serum glucagon concentrations in the first sample averaged 570 +/- 32 pg/ml and were inversely correlated with glucose concentrations (p < 0.0001). At the second sampling, serum glucose concentrations had increased to 2.9 +/- 0.07 mmol/l (p < 0.001; n = 57) and serum glucagon concentrations had decreased to 403 +/- 22 pg/ml (p < 0.001). Serum insulin concentrations were 11.7 +/- 0.3 microU/ml and 10.2 +/- 0.3 microU/ml at the two samplings and did not correlate with serum glucose concentrations. The relationship of serum glucose and hormone concentrations to maternal and infant characteristics was studied by stepwise regression analysis. Serum glucose concentration on day 0 was positively correlated with postnatal age (p < 0.01) and birth weight (p < 0.05) but inversely correlated with duration of labour (p < 0.05). Serum glucose concentration on day 1 was positively correlated with birth weight (p < 0.0001) and inversely correlated with maternal prep-pregnancy weight (p < 0.05). Similar analyses of serum hormone concentrations did not demonstrate any relationships with maternal or infant characteristics.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- I Swenne
- Department of Paediatrics, Uppsala University Children's Hospital, Sweden
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Sola M, Salto R, Oliver F, Gutiérrez M, Vargas A. Effects of AMP and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate on fluxes between glucose 6-phosphate and triose-phosphate in renal cortical extracts. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36521-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Insulin is a prominent modulator of the cytokine-stimulated expression of acute-phase plasma protein genes. Mol Cell Biol 1992. [PMID: 1372389 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.4.1789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several endocrine hormones which influence liver metabolism are known to increase in activity during the acute phase of injury or inflammation. We determined whether these hormones have the potential to influence acute-phase protein production in human and rat hepatoma cells. Catecholamines, glucagon, growth hormone, triiodothyronine, and cyclic nucleotides individually or in combination did not modulate the basal or the interleukin-1 (IL-1)-, IL-6-, and dexamethasone-stimulated levels of acute-phase plasma proteins. Insulin, however, was found to be a rapid, nonspecific, and dose-dependent inhibitor of the cytokine and glucocorticoid stimulation of acute-phase protein gene expression and to exert its effect at the transcriptional level. The insulin inhibition applied to all cytokines tested but to various degrees, depending upon the particular acute-phase gene. Insulin resulted in an early and prominent increase in the transcription of genes encoding the AP-1 components of JunA, JunB, and c-Fos, as has been observed for other growth factors. However, the effect of insulin on C/EBP beta was unexpected and paradoxical: while insulin completely inhibited the transcriptional activation of the C/EBP beta gene in cytokine- and dexamethasone-treated cells, the level of cytoplasmic C/EBP beta RNA was elevated. Quantitation of C/EBP beta mRNA by Northern (RNA) blot analysis and of C/EBP beta DNA binding activity by Southwestern (DNA-protein) blot analysis showed that insulin, when combined with cytokines and dexamethasone, stimulated both the mRNA and DNA binding activity by a factor of 1.6 compared with that of cells treated with cytokines and dexamethasone alone. Transient transfection of H-35 and HepG2 cells with a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene expression vector containing the C/EBP beta response element also resulted in a 1.5-fold increase of C/EBP beta-mediated transcription in insulin-treated cells. Transfection of CAT gene constructs containing increasing lengths of heptaglobin gene 5' flanking sequences indicated that insulin inhibition of IL-6 stimulation required the presence of the region from -4100 to -1030. These results suggest that insulin has the potential to control the transcription of acute-phase genes by at least two separate mechanisms.
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Campos SP, Baumann H. Insulin is a prominent modulator of the cytokine-stimulated expression of acute-phase plasma protein genes. Mol Cell Biol 1992; 12:1789-97. [PMID: 1372389 PMCID: PMC369622 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.4.1789-1797.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several endocrine hormones which influence liver metabolism are known to increase in activity during the acute phase of injury or inflammation. We determined whether these hormones have the potential to influence acute-phase protein production in human and rat hepatoma cells. Catecholamines, glucagon, growth hormone, triiodothyronine, and cyclic nucleotides individually or in combination did not modulate the basal or the interleukin-1 (IL-1)-, IL-6-, and dexamethasone-stimulated levels of acute-phase plasma proteins. Insulin, however, was found to be a rapid, nonspecific, and dose-dependent inhibitor of the cytokine and glucocorticoid stimulation of acute-phase protein gene expression and to exert its effect at the transcriptional level. The insulin inhibition applied to all cytokines tested but to various degrees, depending upon the particular acute-phase gene. Insulin resulted in an early and prominent increase in the transcription of genes encoding the AP-1 components of JunA, JunB, and c-Fos, as has been observed for other growth factors. However, the effect of insulin on C/EBP beta was unexpected and paradoxical: while insulin completely inhibited the transcriptional activation of the C/EBP beta gene in cytokine- and dexamethasone-treated cells, the level of cytoplasmic C/EBP beta RNA was elevated. Quantitation of C/EBP beta mRNA by Northern (RNA) blot analysis and of C/EBP beta DNA binding activity by Southwestern (DNA-protein) blot analysis showed that insulin, when combined with cytokines and dexamethasone, stimulated both the mRNA and DNA binding activity by a factor of 1.6 compared with that of cells treated with cytokines and dexamethasone alone. Transient transfection of H-35 and HepG2 cells with a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene expression vector containing the C/EBP beta response element also resulted in a 1.5-fold increase of C/EBP beta-mediated transcription in insulin-treated cells. Transfection of CAT gene constructs containing increasing lengths of heptaglobin gene 5' flanking sequences indicated that insulin inhibition of IL-6 stimulation required the presence of the region from -4100 to -1030. These results suggest that insulin has the potential to control the transcription of acute-phase genes by at least two separate mechanisms.
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- S P Campos
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263
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Sterniczuk A, Hreniuk S, Scaduto RC, LaNoue KF. The mechanism of Ca2(+)-related control of gluconeogenesis in perfused liver. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 196:143-50. [PMID: 1672108 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb15797.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A kinetic expression for rat-liver mitochondrial aspartate formation in situ was developed in order to determine whether hormonally induced decreases in 2-oxoglutarate levels can regulate hepatic gluconeogenesis from lactate via control of aspartate formation. Previous studies from this laboratory showed that 2-oxoglutarate can inhibit aspartate production by isolated mitochondria. These present studies were designed to probe the physiological significance of the decrease in 2-oxoglutarate levels observed when Ca2(+)-mobilizing gluconeogenic hormones are administered to isolate perfused rat livers. First, estimates were made of the kinetic constants which determine the rate of aspartate formation in isolated mitochondria. The concentrations of the substrates and products of this process were then measured in perfused livers. From these values, it was possible to estimate aspartate efflux from mitochondria in situ. The calculated rates of aspartate production were increased by decreases in 2-oxoglutarate levels which occurred when glucagon or phenylephrine was added to the perfused livers. Glucagon also effected an inhibition of pyruvate kinase, evidenced by the fact that the calculated rate of aspartate efflux equalled the rate of gluconeogenesis (the difference between the two is equivalent to the pyruvate-kinase flux). By contrast, in control livers and with phenylephrine stimulation, aspartate formation was higher than gluconeogenesis suggesting significant pyruvate-kinase flux in this condition. The calculations also show a correlating increase in flux through pyruvate carboxylase (30% with phenylephrine, 15% with glucagon, compared with approximately 50% increases in gluconeogenic flux). The mechanism of this increase is discussed.
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- A Sterniczuk
- Department of Physiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033
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Weber LW, Lebofsky M, Greim H, Rozman K. Key enzymes of gluconeogenesis are dose-dependently reduced in 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-treated rats. Arch Toxicol 1991; 65:119-23. [PMID: 2059151 DOI: 10.1007/bf02034937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Male Sprague-Dawley rats (240-245 g) were dosed ip with 5, 15, 25, or 125 micrograms/kg -,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in corn oil. Ad libitum-fed and pair-fed controls received vehicle (4 ml/kg) alone. Two or 8 days after dosing five rats of each group were sacrificed, their livers removed and assayed for the activities of three gluconeogenic enzymes [phosphoenol-pyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK; EC 4.1.1.32), pyruvate carboxylase (PC; EC 6.4.1.1), and glucose-6-phosphatase (G-6-Pase, EC 3.13.9)], and one glycolytic enzyme [pyruvate kinase (PK; EC 2.7.1.40)] by established procedures. The activity of PK was not affected by TCDD at either time point. The activity of G-6-Pase tended to be decreased in TCDD-treated animals, as compared to pair-fed controls, but the decrease was variable without an apparent dose-response. The activity of PEPCK was significantly decreased 2 days after dosing, but a clear dose-response was apparent only at the 8-day time point. Maximum loss of activity at the highest dose was 56% below pair-fed control levels. PC activity was slightly decreased 2 days after TCDD treatment and displayed statistically significant, dose-dependent reduction by 8 days after dosing with a 49% loss of enzyme activity after the highest dose. It is concluded that inhibition of gluconeogenesis by TCDD previously demonstrated in vivo is probably due to decreased activities of PEPCK and PC. The data also support the prevailing view that PEPCK and PC are rate-determining enzymes in gluconeogenesis.
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- L W Weber
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103
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Kummel L, Pilkis SJ. Multihormonal regulation of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase gene expression in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 169:406-13. [PMID: 1694072 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)90346-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In the absence of hormone, 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase mRNA rapidly declined to undetectable levels in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. Dexamethasone increased mRNA levels and this effect was blocked by actinomycin D or cycloheximide. Insulin or thyroxine had no effect but potentiated the dexamethasone induction. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP decreased the stimulatory effect of dexamethasone at early times but after 24 hours the cyclic nucleotide increased mRNA levels compared with dexamethasone alone. It was concluded that expression of the bifunctional enzyme gene in hepatocytes is under a complex multihormonal control. Glucocorticoids are the most important transcriptional factor and their effect requires ongoing protein synthesis.
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- L Kummel
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY, Stony Brook 11794-8661
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Bazan JF, Fletterick RJ, Pilkis SJ. Evolution of a bifunctional enzyme: 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:9642-6. [PMID: 2557623 PMCID: PMC298557 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.24.9642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The bifunctional rat liver enzyme 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase (ATP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 2-phosphotransferase/D-fructose-2,6-bisphosphate 2-phosphohydrolase, EC 2.7.1.105/EC 3.1.3.46) is constructed of two independent catalytic domains. We present evidence that the kinase and bisphosphatase halves of the bifunctional enzyme are, respectively, structurally similar to the glycolytic enzymes 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase and phosphoglycerate mutase. Computer-assisted modeling of the C-terminal bisphosphatase domain reveals a hydrophobic core and active site residue constellation equivalent to the yeast mutase structure; structural differences map to length-variable, surface-located loops. Sequence patterns derived from the structural alignment of mutases and the bisphosphatase further detect a significant similarity to a family of acid phosphatases. The N-terminal kinase domain, in turn, is predicted to form a nucleotide-binding fold that is analogous to a segment of 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase, suggesting that these unrelated enzymes bind fructose 6-phosphate and ATP substrates in a similar geometry. This analysis indicates that the bifunctional enzyme is the likely product of gene fusion of kinase and mutase/phosphatase catalytic units.
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- J F Bazan
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Lange AJ, Kummel L, el-Maghrabi MR, Tauler A, Colosia A, Marker A, Pilkis SJ. Sequence of the 5'-flanking region of the rat 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase gene: regulation by glucocorticoids. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1989; 162:753-60. [PMID: 2547373 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(89)92374-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Dexamethasone addition to cultured hepatocytes caused a 90-fold increase in mRNA for 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase. Glucocorticoid administration in vivo also increased the enzyme's mRNA in skeletal muscle by 3-4-fold. The sequence of the 5'-flanking region of the enzyme's gene revealed at least one consensus glucocorticoid response element. The amino acid sequence derived from a partial cDNA clone for the rat skeletal muscle bifunctional enzyme was identical to that of the liver isozyme except for an undetermined amount of N-terminal sequence. It is concluded that the rat muscle and liver isozymes, which are postulated to be identical except for the N-terminal region, are both regulated by glucocorticoids.
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- A J Lange
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794
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Marker AJ, Colosia AD, Tauler A, Solomon DH, Cayre Y, Lange AJ, el-Maghrabi MR, Pilkis SJ. Glucocorticoid Regulation of Hepatic 6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase/Fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase Gene Expression. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)83531-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Colosia AD, Marker AJ, Lange AJ, el-Maghrabi MR, Granner DK, Tauler A, Pilkis J, Pilkis SJ. Induction of rat liver 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase mRNA by refeeding and insulin. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)37337-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Insulin-like effects of vanadate on glucokinase activity and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate levels in the liver of diabetic rats. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)77957-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The effects of actinomycin D on newborn rat liver were studied by using biochemical assays, electron microscopy, and quantitative morphometry. Actinomycin prevented the normal postnatal rise in acid a 1,4 glucosidase (maltase) activity and the breakdown of lysosomal glycogen. The results suggest that the postnasal increase in acid glucosidase activity is protein synthesis dependent. This enzyme is critical for the catabolism of the lysosomal glycogen in newborn rat hepatocytes.
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- O B Kotoulas
- Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece
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Colosia AD, Lively M, el-Maghrabi MR, Pilkis SJ. Isolation of a cDNA clone for rat liver 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1987; 143:1092-8. [PMID: 3032183 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(87)90364-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A cDNA clone for rat liver 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase was isolated from a lambda gt11 rat liver expression library by antibody screening. The clone was approximately 1100 bases in length and the derived amino acid sequence contained 303 residues at the carboxyl end of the subunit. This derived amino acid sequence corresponded exactly with the actual amino acid sequence of the enzyme determined by direct sequencing of the protein.
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