title: Effect of hydrocortisone and glucagon on glycogen metabolism in the fetal rat liver.
abstract: 1. Hydrocortisone increases in vivo incorporation of [14C] glucose into fetal liver glycogen in the last days of gestation, whereas in glucagon-treated fetuses, a slight decrease in the incorporation rate was found. 2. Hydrocortisone increases total synthetase activity as that of synthetase a but was without effect on fetal liver glycogen phosphorylase. 3. Glucagon causes a slight increase in phosphorylase a activity on days 19-21, and was without effect on the activities of synthetase a and total synthetase. 4. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP had no effect on the key enzymes of glycogen metabolism 1 h after injection in utero, whereas after 6 h an increase in phosphorylase a activity was found without any change in synthetase a activity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005865:Gestational Age; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006006:Glycogen Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D006007:Glycogen-Synthase-D Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D008112:Liver Glycogen; D003994:Bucladesine; D005934:Glucagon; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006005:Phosphorylases; D006006:Glycogen Synthase; D006007:Glycogen-Synthase-D Phosphatase; D005947:Glucose; D006854:Hydrocortisone