Altered Transcriptional Regulation of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Rats Following Endotoxin Treatment

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Journal J Clin Invest

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1991 Sep 1

PMID 1653277

Citations 12

Authors

M Hill

R McCallum

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Abstract

The molecular mechanism involved in altered regulation of the rate-limiting enzyme in hepatic gluconeogenesis, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), during endotoxemia is not completely understood. We examined, therefore, the effect of a nonlethal dose of Escherichia coli endotoxin on PEPCK gene expression in fasted rats. 5 h after endotoxin treatment, the PEPCK transcription rate and the amount of mRNA(PEPCK) were significantly decreased at a time when the insulin/glucagon (I/G) molar ratio and plasma corticosterone levels were significantly increased. Similar results were observed in a time course study, in which altered cAMP induction of PEPCK gene expression paralleled changes in the I/G molar ratio. In diabetic rats treated with endotoxin, PEPCK gene expression was decreased in the absence, however, of an increased I/G molar ratio. This finding indicates that other factors, such as inflammatory mediators or cytokines, alter PEPCK gene transcription during endotoxemia. IL-6, a putative mediator of endotoxin action in the liver, had no effect on PEPCK gene expression in fasted rats, but did decrease cAMP induction of PEPCK gene expression. These results indicate that, during endotoxemia, regulation of PEPCK gene expression is influenced by inflammatory mediators in addition to the classical endocrine hormones. IL-6, however, does not appear to be involved directly in the altered regulation of the PEPCK gene during endotoxemia.

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