{"id":{"repo_id":"soton","oai_identifier":"oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:192489"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/soton/oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:192489","repository":{"repo_id":"soton","name":"University of Southampton","base_url":"https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2"},"display":{"title":"Aspects of hormonal regulation of hepatic carbohydrate and lipid metabolism","abstract":"The liver is a major site in the rat for conversion of dietary carbohydrate<br/>into glycogen and triglyceride. Hepatic rates of fatty acid and<br/>glycogen synthesis were measured y vivo in response to meal-feeding<br/>(2h/day) by the incorporation of from 3H20. This technique has not<br/>been applied previously to glycogen synthesis and was validated in control<br/>and streptozotocin diabetic rats* Hepatic glycogen recycling was low in<br/>fed adult rats but was apparently greater in foetal rats. The precursor<br/>source for glycogen synthesis in vivo could not be determined from the<br/>distribution pattern of 3H incorporation. Hepatic glycogen synthesis was<br/>elevated in control rats for 5h after feeding. During this phase,<br/>glycogen could not have been a net precursor for other synthetic pathways®<br/><br/>Hepatic fatty acid synthesis in control rats increased 20-fold 2h after<br/>feeding. This response was impaired and delayed, but not abolished, by<br/>streptozotocin diabetes (55mg/kg). Insulin pretreatment (30 P.Z.I.)<br/>restored the low diabetic rate of lipogenesis to normal by 8h after<br/>feeding. Streptozotocin reduced the hepatic Vmax activities of glucokinase,<br/>ATP-citrate lyase and total acetyl CoA carboxylase. None of these<br/>enzyme activities increased when hepatic fatty acid synthesis was stimulated<br/>by feeding in control rats or by feeding and insulin in diabetic<br/>rats. Feeding stimulated active acetyl CoA carboxylase in control, but<br/>not diabetic, rats. The regulation of hepatic fatty acid synthesis by<br/>both acetyl CoA carboxylase and increased substrate concentration is<br/>discussed.<br/><br/>In control rats for the first 5h after feeding, hepatic glycogen could<br/>not have been a net fatty acid precursor. Thus the inhibition of hepatic<br/>fatty acid synthesis in this period by glucagon (Img/kg) could not have<br/>been directly due to depletion of glycogen® The glucagon inhibition of<br/>lipogenesis was abolished by adrenalectomy but not potentiated by<br/>corticotropin-treatment, suggesting a permissive role for glucocorticoid<br/>hormones. Adrenalectomy also impaired the inhibition of hepatic pyruvate<br/>kinase by glucagon but did not abolish the inactivation of pyruvate<br/>kinase by 10 )jM-cyclic AMP in vitro« The involvement of L-type pyruvate<br/>kinase in the regulation of hepatic fatty acid synthesis is discussed.<br/>The integrated regulation of the hepatic pathways of lipogenesis,<br/>glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis is considered.","abstract_html":"The liver is a major site in the rat for conversion of dietary carbohydrate&lt;br/&gt;into glycogen and triglyceride. Hepatic rates of fatty acid and&lt;br/&gt;glycogen synthesis were measured y vivo in response to meal-feeding&lt;br/&gt;(2h/day) by the incorporation of from 3H20. This technique has not&lt;br/&gt;been applied previously to glycogen synthesis and was validated in control&lt;br/&gt;and streptozotocin diabetic rats* Hepatic glycogen recycling was low in&lt;br/&gt;fed adult rats but was apparently greater in foetal rats. The precursor&lt;br/&gt;source for glycogen synthesis in vivo could not be determined from the&lt;br/&gt;distribution pattern of 3H incorporation. Hepatic glycogen synthesis was&lt;br/&gt;elevated in control rats for 5h after feeding. During this phase,&lt;br/&gt;glycogen could not have been a net precursor for other synthetic pathways®&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hepatic fatty acid synthesis in control rats increased 20-fold 2h after&lt;br/&gt;feeding. This response was impaired and delayed, but not abolished, by&lt;br/&gt;streptozotocin diabetes (55mg/kg). Insulin pretreatment (30 P.Z.I.)&lt;br/&gt;restored the low diabetic rate of lipogenesis to normal by 8h after&lt;br/&gt;feeding. Streptozotocin reduced the hepatic Vmax activities of glucokinase,&lt;br/&gt;ATP-citrate lyase and total acetyl CoA carboxylase. None of these&lt;br/&gt;enzyme activities increased when hepatic fatty acid synthesis was stimulated&lt;br/&gt;by feeding in control rats or by feeding and insulin in diabetic&lt;br/&gt;rats. Feeding stimulated active acetyl CoA carboxylase in control, but&lt;br/&gt;not diabetic, rats. The regulation of hepatic fatty acid synthesis by&lt;br/&gt;both acetyl CoA carboxylase and increased substrate concentration is&lt;br/&gt;discussed.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In control rats for the first 5h after feeding, hepatic glycogen could&lt;br/&gt;not have been a net fatty acid precursor. Thus the inhibition of hepatic&lt;br/&gt;fatty acid synthesis in this period by glucagon (Img/kg) could not have&lt;br/&gt;been directly due to depletion of glycogen® The glucagon inhibition of&lt;br/&gt;lipogenesis was abolished by adrenalectomy but not potentiated by&lt;br/&gt;corticotropin-treatment, suggesting a permissive role for glucocorticoid&lt;br/&gt;hormones. Adrenalectomy also impaired the inhibition of hepatic pyruvate&lt;br/&gt;kinase by glucagon but did not abolish the inactivation of pyruvate&lt;br/&gt;kinase by 10 )jM-cyclic AMP in vitro« The involvement of L-type pyruvate&lt;br/&gt;kinase in the regulation of hepatic fatty acid synthesis is discussed.&lt;br/&gt;The integrated regulation of the hepatic pathways of lipogenesis,&lt;br/&gt;glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis is considered.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Postle, Anthony Douglas"],"institution":"University of Southampton","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"doctoral","degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Bloxham, D.P.","Alberti, K.G.M.M."],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1981,"date_issued":"1981","date_published":"1981","updated_at":"2026-07-24T04:36:28Z","subjects":[],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":null,"outbound_label":null,"outbound_source":null},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Bloxham, D.P.","Alberti, K.G.M.M."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Postle, Anthony Douglas"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["1981"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1981"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.department","label":"Dc Publisher Department","values":["Medicine (pre 2011 reorg)","Department of Child Health"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["University of Southampton"]},{"key":"dc:relation.isreferencedby","label":"Dc Relation Isreferencedby","values":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/192489/"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationlevel","label":"Dc Type Qualificationlevel","values":["doctoral"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationname","label":"Dc Type Qualificationname","values":["Ph.D."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/192489/1/80159777.pdf"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["The liver is a major site in the rat for conversion of dietary carbohydrate<br/>into glycogen and triglyceride. Hepatic rates of fatty acid and<br/>glycogen synthesis were measured y vivo in response to meal-feeding<br/>(2h/day) by the incorporation of from 3H20. This technique has not<br/>been applied previously to glycogen synthesis and was validated in control<br/>and streptozotocin diabetic rats* Hepatic glycogen recycling was low in<br/>fed adult rats but was apparently greater in foetal rats. The precursor<br/>source for glycogen synthesis in vivo could not be determined from the<br/>distribution pattern of 3H incorporation. Hepatic glycogen synthesis was<br/>elevated in control rats for 5h after feeding. During this phase,<br/>glycogen could not have been a net precursor for other synthetic pathways®<br/><br/>Hepatic fatty acid synthesis in control rats increased 20-fold 2h after<br/>feeding. This response was impaired and delayed, but not abolished, by<br/>streptozotocin diabetes (55mg/kg). Insulin pretreatment (30 P.Z.I.)<br/>restored the low diabetic rate of lipogenesis to normal by 8h after<br/>feeding. Streptozotocin reduced the hepatic Vmax activities of glucokinase,<br/>ATP-citrate lyase and total acetyl CoA carboxylase. None of these<br/>enzyme activities increased when hepatic fatty acid synthesis was stimulated<br/>by feeding in control rats or by feeding and insulin in diabetic<br/>rats. Feeding stimulated active acetyl CoA carboxylase in control, but<br/>not diabetic, rats. The regulation of hepatic fatty acid synthesis by<br/>both acetyl CoA carboxylase and increased substrate concentration is<br/>discussed.<br/><br/>In control rats for the first 5h after feeding, hepatic glycogen could<br/>not have been a net fatty acid precursor. Thus the inhibition of hepatic<br/>fatty acid synthesis in this period by glucagon (Img/kg) could not have<br/>been directly due to depletion of glycogen® The glucagon inhibition of<br/>lipogenesis was abolished by adrenalectomy but not potentiated by<br/>corticotropin-treatment, suggesting a permissive role for glucocorticoid<br/>hormones. 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Thus the inhibition of hepatic<br/>fatty acid synthesis in this period by glucagon (Img/kg) could not have<br/>been directly due to depletion of glycogen® The glucagon inhibition of<br/>lipogenesis was abolished by adrenalectomy but not potentiated by<br/>corticotropin-treatment, suggesting a permissive role for glucocorticoid<br/>hormones. Adrenalectomy also impaired the inhibition of hepatic pyruvate<br/>kinase by glucagon but did not abolish the inactivation of pyruvate<br/>kinase by 10 )jM-cyclic AMP in vitro« The involvement of L-type pyruvate<br/>kinase in the regulation of hepatic fatty acid synthesis is discussed.<br/>The integrated regulation of the hepatic pathways of lipogenesis,<br/>glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis is considered."],"dc:format":["text"],"dc:identifier.uri":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/192489/1/80159777.pdf"],"dc:publisher.department":["Medicine (pre 2011 reorg)","Department of Child Health"],"dc:publisher.institution":["University of Southampton"],"dc:relation.isreferencedby":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/192489/"],"dc:title":["Aspects of hormonal regulation of hepatic carbohydrate and lipid metabolism"],"dc:type":["Thesis"],"dc:type.qualificationlevel":["doctoral"],"dc:type.qualificationname":["Ph.D."]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T04:36:28Z"}