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  • Title: Schedule of protein ingestion and circadian variations of glycogen phosphorylase, glycogen synthetase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in rat liver.
    Author: Peret J, Chanez M, Bois B.
    Journal: J Nutr; 1978 Feb; 108(2):265-72. PubMed ID: 413891.
    Abstract:
    The circadian rhythms of liver glycogen and hepatic activity of glycogen synthetase (GS), glycogen phosphorylase (GP) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) were studied in adult male rats. The rats either received a mixed diet ad libitum (10% protein) or a protein meal (1.85 g protein) given at 09:00 or 21:00 hours, with free access to a protein-free diet (separately-fed). When the protein meal was ingested at 09:00 hours it was followed by a drop in liver glycogen and a persistent daylight increase in GP and PEPCK activities, this phenomenon being attenuated when proteins were ingested during darkness (21:00 hours). Moreover in the latter case, the circadian rhythm of liver glycogen was modified (glycogen accumulation occurring later) and the protein meal ingestion was followed after a transient decrease by a high and sustained GS activity during a long period (12 hours). The drop in the hepatic glycogen level and the unusually long daylight period of sustained GP and PEPCK activities in separately-fed rats consuming the protein meal at 09:00 hours suggests that, in this case, part of the ingested nitrogen could have been catabolized and used for gluconeogenesis, thus explaining our previous observation of lower nitrogen retention observed in this group of rats.
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