title: The effects of a polychlorinated biphenyl mixture (Aroclor 1254) on liver gluconeogenic enzymes of normal and alloxan-diabetic rats.
abstract: Normal and alloxan-diabetic rats were fed ground Purina Laboratory Chow with or without 500 ppm of Aroclor 1254 (AR) ad lib for 2 weeks. In both normal and diabetic rats, AR administration decreased food consumption, weight gain and blood glucose concentration, and increased liver weight, liver:body weight ratio, total liver lipid, liver protein and malic enzyme (ME) activity. In the normal rat, AR increased the concentrations of acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyrate in blood, but in the diabetic rat the concentrations were markedly reduced. AR administration decreased the activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPck) in normal liver and the activities of pyruvate carboxylase (PC), PEPck and glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) in diabetic liver.
mesh_terms: D000090:Acetoacetates / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001140:Aroclors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP) / Q000378:metabolism; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000090:Acetoacetates; D001140:Aroclors; D001786:Blood Glucose; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP)