title: Acute effects of oral and intravenous ethanol on rat hepatic enzyme activities.
abstract: 1. Oral administration of ethanol (3 ml) of 95% in 12 ml total volume over a two day period) significantly decrease plasma glucose and insulin levels and the activities of two key gluconeogenic enzymes, pyruvate carboxylase (pyruvate: CO2 ligase (ADP), EC 6.4.1.1) and fructose diphosphatase, (D-Fru-1,6-P2 1-phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.11), and one glycolytic enzyme, fructose-1,6-P2 aldolase (Fru-1,6-P2 D-glyceraldehyde-3-P lyase, EC 4.1.2.13). In each instance, the administration of 2400 mug daily of oral folate in conjuction with the ethanol prevented these alterations in carbohydrate metabolism. 2. Intravenous injection of ethanol produced a rapid decrease (within 10--15 min) in the activities of hepatic phosphofructokinase, (ATP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.11), pyruvate kinase, (ATP:pyruvate phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.40), fructose diphosphatase and fructose-1,6-P2 aldolase. 3. Intravenous ethanol significantly increased hepatic cyclic AMP concentration approximately 60% within 10 min, while oral ethanol did not alter hepatic cyclic AMP concentrations. 4. These data confirm the known antagonism ethanol and folate and suggest that oral folate might offer a protective effect against hypoglycemia in rats receiving ethanol.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000378:metabolism; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D000431:Ethanol; D005492:Folic Acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase