GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND REGULATION OF PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE ACTIVITY IN RAT BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE
GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND REGULATION OF PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE ACTIVITY IN RAT BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1978.235.2.e197
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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HIRST, M
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作者:
FELDMAN, D;HIRST, M
Comparison was made to white adipose tissue (WAT) where [phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase] (PEPCK) activity is known to be glucocorticoid regulated. PEPCK activity in rat brown adipose tissue (BAT) did not respond to adrenalectomy or dexamethasone, whereas WAT activity was increased and decreased, respectively, by these maneuvers. Three conditions were found in which BAT PEPCK activity was stimulated: fasting (1), feeding a high fat/low carbohydrate diet (2) and during the neonatal period. In each case glucocorticoid treatment prevented the stimulation in PEPCK activity and restored the enzyme to base-line levels. In conditions 1 and 2, enzyme activity was also stimulated in WAT, but in contradistinction to BAT, glucocorticoid administration reduced activity to low levels significantly below base-line activity. Two conditions were found which suppressed PEPCK activity in BAT: exposure to a cold environment and feeding a high protein/low fat diet. WAT PEPCK was unaltered by exposure to cold. Differences in PEPCK regulation between BAT and WAT were demonstrated and the response to glucocorticoids was unique in BAT.