title: Effects of progesterone on some enzymes of fat and carbohydrate metabolism in rat liver.
abstract: The known effect of progesterone on carbohydrate metabolism prompted a study of some of the hepatic "lipogenic" and "gluconeogenic" enzymes in rats treated with progesterone. Several enzymes providing lipid precursors (phosphofructokinase, malic enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and citrate cleavage enzyme) showed increased specific activity. These changes may represent insulin effects. Specific activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, usually associated with control of gluconeogenesis, was also increased. The latter is compatible with increased capability for glycogenesis, which is recognized as a progesterone effect.
mesh_terms: D001275:ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D005943:Gluconeogenesis; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP) / Q000378:metabolism; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases; D001275:ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP); D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase