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Reduction of hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) activity by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is due to decreased mRNA levels.
Toxicology 79, 81-95 (1993)
We have previously shown that the rate of hepatic gluconeogenesis is reduced in TCDD-treated rats and that this decrease in carbohydrate production is associated with a dose-dependent reduction of the activity of PEPCK, the rate limiting enzyme of gluconeogenesis. This derailment of glucose metabolism has been suggested to be the critical lesion in acute TCDD toxicity. To further elucidate the mechanism of decreased PEPCK activity we performed Northern blot analyses using a cDNA probe complementary to a portion of the mRNA coding for PEPCK. We have demonstrated that 4 and 8 days after TCDD treatment (125 μg/kg, p.o.) liver PEPCK mRNA in Sprague-Dawley rats was decreased to very low levels as compared to vehicle-treated and pair-fed control animals. This decline of PEPCK mRNA was paralleled by decreased levels of PEPCK protein, as revealed by Western blot analyses and was accompanied by a reduction in the enzymatic activity of PEPCK. These results indicate thatthe decrease of PEPCK activity by TCDD is most likely the result of decreased expression of the PEPCK gene. These together with previous results also suggest that many of the physiological responses occurring in TCDD-treated animals (reduced feed intake, decreased insulin, increased corticosterone, increased glucagon and cAMP levels) which would normally stimulate PEPCK gene expression, are ineffective. Furthermore tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TdO) activity, which is regulated in a very similar fashion to PEPCK activity, is also reduced after TCDD treatment, suggesting a common mechanism by which TCDD alters the regulation of these enzymes. P-450 1A1 mRNA and related EROD activity were maximally induced under the conditions of these experiments and represent a positive control for TCDD-related alterations of gene expression. However, because of differences in the dose-response characteristics of TCDD-induced reduction of PEPCK activity and induction of EROD activity an involvement of the Ah receptor in the reduction of PEPCK activity cannot be postulated.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin ; Enzyme Activity ; P-450 1a1 ; Pepck Mrna ; Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ; Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0300-483X
e-ISSN
0300-483X
Journal
Toxicology
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Volume: 79,
Issue: 1,
Pages: 81-95
Publisher
Elsevier
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Peer reviewed