| Literature DB >> 22015655 |
Jianguo Wang1, Xiaoyan Zhu, Chengzhen Chen, Xiaobing Li, Yan Gao, Peng Li, Yi Zhang, Miao Long, Zhe Wang, Guowen Liu.
Abstract
The major role of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the liver is to mediate glucose uptake in hepatocytes to synthesize glycogen and maintain blood glucose homeostasis. In this study, to evaluate the role of IGF-1 on gluconeogenesis and nutrient metabolism in dairy cattle, pyruvate carboxylase (PC) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) expression and enzyme activity were evaluated in primary cultures of bovine hepatocytes treated with different concentrations of IGF-1 by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and spectrophotometry, respectively. The results showed that expression of PC and PEPCK were significantly lower in bovine hepatocytes by IGF-1 treatment in test group compare to the control group (P < 0.01). As IGF-1 concentration increased, PC and PEPCK enzyme activity in bovine hepatocytes decreased. Evaluating PC and PEPCK mRNA levels and enzyme activity may thus be useful to monitor subclinical ketosis in dairy cows.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 22015655 DOI： 10.1007/s11010-011-1130-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Biochem ISSN： 0300-8177 Impact factor: 3.396