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Adipose tissue and liver from vitamin B6-deficient rats have an increased lipogenic capacity. Whether this phenomenon is accompanied by changes in the activities of certain enzymes involved in the metabolism of carbohydrate and lipid, or by altered transport of glucose into adipocytes, has been studied. Five glycolytic enzymes (hexokinase, phosphoglucose isomerase, phosphofructokinase, aldolase, and pyruvate kinase), two pentose phosphate pathway enzymes (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase), malic enzyme, and ATP citrate lyase were measured in the epididymal adipose tissue, livers and kidneys of vitamin B6-deficient and control rats. Vitamin B6 deficiency did not significantly affect the glycolytic enzyme levels in the tissues studied, or the dehydrogenases measured in adipose tissue and kidneys. Liver glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and adipose tissue and liver malic enzyme were significantly lowered in deficient rats compared to ad libitum and pair-fed controls. Adipose tissue and liver ATP citrate lyase activities were also significantly decreased by vitamin B6 deficiency. In the presence of insulin, the uptake of glucose and 3-O-methyl glucose, a non-metabolizable sugar, by fat pads from deficient rats was greater than uptake by fat pads from control rats. These observations suggest that the increased glucose utilization by adipose tissue and liver of vitamin B6-deficient rats is not directly related to changes in the enzymes studied, but in the case of adipose tissue, may be explained, at least in part, by enhanced glucose uptake.
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PMID:Effects of vitamin B6 deficiency on liver, kidney, and adipose tissue enzymes associated with carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and on glucose uptake by rat epididymal adipose tissue. 13 63

Six patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophy are described. They had generalized paucity of fat tissue, acanthosis nigricans, prominent superficial veins and muscle hypertrophy. They were mentally retarded. Three had corneal opacities. They had normal external genitalia and none was tall for age. Their bone age was advanced and some had minor skeletal anomalies and nephromegaly. The muscle histology on light microscopy was normal. The majority had elevated serum aldolase and to a lesser degree serum lactic dehydrogenase and creatinine phosphokinase. Four of five examined had a myopathic electromyogram. They had normal or deranged liver function tests. The fatty liver infiltration in one seems to be progressive. Four had a normal and two an abnormal metyrapone test. They had an age-dependent abnormality of growth hormone, insulin and carbohydrate homeostasis.
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PMID:Congenital generalized lipodystrophy. 16 54

The activities of jejunal carbohydrate-metabolizing enzymes show adaptive drugs, and sex hormones. To learn whether insulin, tolbutamide, and glucagon had effects on these enzymes, we performed serial peroral jejunal biopsies in normal young men and in obese patients, before and after treatment with these agents. Jejunal mucosa was assayed for glycolytic enzyme activities, pyruvate kinase (PK), hexokinase (HK), and fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase (FDPA), and the nonglycolytic enzyme activity, fructose diphosphatase (FDPase). Insulin significantly increased the activity of jejunal PK (+48% change from control) and HK (+6%), decreased the activity of FDPase (-36%),and had no effect on FDPA. Glucagon had opposite effects; the activity of PK was decreased (-33%) and FDPase was increased (+50%). Tolbutamide significantly increased the activities of PK (+47%), HK (+14%), and FDPA (+7%), and decreased the activities of FDPase (-36%). The results of tolbutamide on glycolytic enzyme activities were independent of endogenous insulin. The data support the concept that jejunal carbohydrate-metabolizing enzymes in man respond to hormones and drugs similar to responses observed in rat liver. This is important because it now gives us a means of studying the actions of these hormones directly in human tissue.
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PMID:Effects of insulin, tolbutamide, and glucagon on activities of jejunal carbohydrate-metabolizing enzymes in humans. 16 65

1. Oral administration of ethanol (3 ml) of 95% in 12 ml total volume over a two day period) significantly decrease plasma glucose and insulin levels and the activities of two key gluconeogenic enzymes, pyruvate carboxylase (pyruvate: CO2 ligase (ADP), EC 6.4.1.1) and fructose diphosphatase, (D-Fru-1,6-P2 1-phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.11), and one glycolytic enzyme, fructose-1,6-P2 aldolase (Fru-1,6-P2 D-glyceraldehyde-3-P lyase, EC 4.1.2.13). In each instance, the administration of 2400 mug daily of oral folate in conjuction with the ethanol prevented these alterations in carbohydrate metabolism. 2. Intravenous injection of ethanol produced a rapid decrease (within 10--15 min) in the activities of hepatic phosphofructokinase, (ATP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.11), pyruvate kinase, (ATP:pyruvate phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.40), fructose diphosphatase and fructose-1,6-P2 aldolase. 3. Intravenous ethanol significantly increased hepatic cyclic AMP concentration approximately 60% within 10 min, while oral ethanol did not alter hepatic cyclic AMP concentrations. 4. These data confirm the known antagonism ethanol and folate and suggest that oral folate might offer a protective effect against hypoglycemia in rats receiving ethanol.
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PMID:Acute effects of oral and intravenous ethanol on rat hepatic enzyme activities. 17 81

The adaptive responses of gastrointestinal enzymes, glucose tolerance, and plasma insulin to diet, folic acid, and insulin of five obese adult-onset diabetic patients were studied before and after a 30-day fast. Their data were compared to the adaptive responses of gastrointestinal enzymes to diet, folic acid, and insulin of 15 normal male volunteer subjects, ages 18 to 24. Each group during each testing period received a carbohydrate diet (50% calories as carbohydrate consisting of 1/2 glucose and 1/2 fructose) and a noncarbohydrate diet (70% of calories as corn oil and 30% as sodium caseinate) each without and with folic acid (5 mg three times per day). The effect of insulin was studied only on the carbohydrate diet plus folic acid. Our data demonstrate that obese adult-onset diabetic patients have an impaired adaptive response of jejunal carbohydrate-metabolizing enzyme activities (hexokinase, pyruvate kinase, fructose-1-6-diphosphate aldolase, fructosediphosphatase) to dietary carbohydrate, oral folic acid, and insulin when compared to normal subjects and nondiabetic obese patients. Following a 30-day fast, the obese diabetic patients showed an improvement in glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, and the adaptive response of the jejunal carbohydrate-metabolizing enzyme activities to dietary carbohydrate, folic acid, and insulin. The greatest improvement in the adaptive response of the jejunal enzyme activities occurred on the carbohydrate diet.
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PMID:Improvement in jejunal enzyme adaptation in obese adult-onset diabetic patients following a 30-day fast. 18 94

Parenchymal cells from adult rat liver, isolated by a collagenase perfusion technique, have been maintained in primary culture and a detailed study on carbohydrate metabolism carried out over the initial 48-hour culture period. The glucose concentration of the medium exerts a major influence on glycogen accumulation by the cells. Insulin, particularly at high glucose concentrations, stimulates glycogen biosynthesis, whereas glucagon prevents glycogen accumulation. Dexamethasone was without effect on glycogen metabolism. Glucose appears to stimulate glycogen accumulation by activation of glycogen synthetase enzyme. However, there is a gradual loss of synthetase activity throughout the culture period. Similar decreases in activity were noted for pyruvate kinase, aldolase and hexokinase. Glucose, insulin and dexamethasone were unable to prevent these decreases in enzyme activity. Foetal bovine serum contains fructose and this hexose appears to be the factor in serum which is responsible for the activation of glycogen accumulation in the presence of physiological glucose concentrations. The lactic acid content of the serum may also stimulate glycogen accumulation. In general, there is a gradual loss of the pattern of carbohydrate metabolism typical of differentiated hepatocytes during the culture period.
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PMID:Effects of hormones and serum on glycogen metabolism in adult rat liver parenchymal cell primary cultures. 40 98

The hydrophobic nature of proteins is characterized by a degree of 2-p-toluidinonaphthalene-6-sulphonate (TNS) affinity to them and is pronounced quantitatively in the semi-saturated (C1/2) concentrations. This index correlates directly with the position of TNS emission maximum after the binding with proteins and reversely with the yield of fluorescence. The preparations of phosphofructokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, xantinoxidase, glyceratekinase, lysozyme, RNase during the long (1-2 h) contact with TNS change the values C1/2, that evidences for interaction with the hydrophobic indicator of new structures of protein molecule or for a change in the nature of its linkage itself. An attempt is made to characterize the accessible for TNS hydrophobic nature of individual proteins by a coefficient of molar hydrophobic nature which unites three mentioned characteristics. Serum albumin, insulin, glucogon, alpha chemotrypsin, DNase are most hydrophobic, pyruvate kinase, aldolase, urease, RNase--least hydrophobic, Glycerate kinase, pyruvate decarboxylase, phosphofructokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase, xanthinoxidase, trypsin, lysozyme are in intermediate position.
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PMID:[Comparative characteristics of hydrophobic nature of certain proteins by their interaction with 2-p-toluidinonaphthalene-6-sulfonates]. 120 4

The leg muscle of Calotes versicolor consists mainly of white fibers. They can be classified into small, intermediate and broad fibers according to their diameter and staining reaction. The histochemical study of some of the glycolytic enzymes such as aldolase, phosphorylase, lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (alpha-GPDH) is described in the muscle of normal, pancreactomized and insulin injected animals. Highest activity of all enzymes was observed in the small fibers, though they occur in negligiable amount (3%). The intermediate and broad fibers exhibited medial and lowest activities respectively. 24 h after the extirpation of the pancreas a considerable inhibition is noted in the activities of phosphorylase, LDH and alpha-GPDH. Induced inanition for 21 days ensued insignificant but gradual decrease and increase in the alpha-GPDH and phosphorylase activities respectively in both unoperated and operated animals. The aldolase shows its mere presence in normal and trace activity in pancreatectomized animals. The injection of insulin (40 i.u./kg) at the interval of 30 min, 60 min, 4 h, 12 h and 24 h is given. The activities of all enzymes is stimulated at 30 min and depleted 4 h after the injection. The level of activity was remaintained at 12 h to 24 h stage. The possible physiological role and significance of enzymes in the synthesis and breakdown of glycogen is discussed.
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PMID:The influence of fasting and pancreatectomy on some glycolytic enzymes in the muscle of garden lizard, Calotes versicolor. 122 55

The experiments in rabbits and guinea-pigs showed that the use of reserpine, 0.1 and 0.25 mg/kg body weight a day, led to a 2-2.8-fold increase in thyroid hormones and 25-45% enhancement in cortisol in the blood. At the same time cAMP concentrations increased by 87% and almost by 5 times in the thyroid and adrenals, respectively. The pancreas exhibited a 5-fold increase in cAMP, 2.5- and 2.3-fold decrease in insulin in rabbit peripheral blood and in the activity of pancreatic aldolase and dehydrogenases, respectively. Blood levels of glucose reduced by 15-17%.
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PMID:[The mechanism of the effect of reserpine on endocrine system function]. 133 66

1. Time-curves of insulin effects on energy-producing systems in different cellular compartments of rat diaphragm muscle have revealed: (a) a rapid (within minutes) and transient stimulatory effect of insulin on cytoskeletal phosphofructokinase and aldolase and mitochondrial hexokinase. (b) A slower and consistent stimulatory effect on glucose 1,6-bisphosphate level, with concomitant gradual activation of cytosolic phosphofructokinase. Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate levels were not changed by insulin. (c) Lactate concentration correlated with the stimulation of cytoskeletal and cytosolic glycolysis. 2. Calmodulin antagonists, trifluoperazine or CGS 9343B, prevented all these effects of insulin. 3. These results suggest that cytoskeletal glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidation are the source of ATP for the rapid actions of insulin, whereas cytosolic glycolysis is the source of ATP for the slow actions of insulin. Calmodulin is involved in all these effects of insulin.
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PMID:Sequence of insulin effects on cytoskeletal and cytosolic phosphofructokinase, mitochondrial hexokinase, glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate levels, and the antagonistic action of calmodulin inhibitors, in diaphragm muscle. 139 93


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