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  • Title: Kinases and phosphatases of hepatic glycogen metabolism during fasted to refed transition in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
    Author: Pugazhenthi S, Khandelwal RL.
    Journal: Biochem Int; 1991 Feb; 23(3):515-24. PubMed ID: 1652246.
    Abstract:
    Normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were fasted for 24 hours and refed for 4 hours. Changes in the activities of glycogen metabolizing enzymes in liver were followed during this period. In normal rats, hepatic glycogen content increased gradually after the onset of food intake. The percent of active glycogen synthase increased to a peak value at 1h which coincided with a significant (P less than 0.02) increase in synthase phosphatase activity. Phosphorylase alpha and the percent of alpha increased significantly (P less than 0.01) after the meal which correlated with similar increases in cAMP-dependent protein kinase and phosphorylase kinase activities. Activation of enzymes involved in both synthesis and degradation of glycogen during fasted to refed transition indicate a probable substrate cycling. In diabetic livers, there was marked decrease in the activities of glycogen metabolizing enzymes and their levels did not alter significantly in response to the meal indicating a poor turnover of glycogen.
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