title: Effect of prostaglandins on glycogenesis and glycogenolysis in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes--a role of prostaglandin D2 in the liver.
abstract: 16,16-Dimethylprostaglandin E2 (dimethylPGE2) increased the incorporation of glucose into glycogen in rat hepatocytes in primary culture and its stimulatory effect was blocked by pretreatment of the cells with pertussis toxin. In contrast, dimethylPGE2, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha), but not prostaglandin D2 (PGD2), inhibited glucose incorporation in insulin-induced glycogenesis, and these inhibitory effects were not blocked by pretreatment with pertussis toxin. Prostaglandins and other stimuli (lipopolysaccharide, platelet-activating factor, phorbol ester and zymosan) did not increase the release of [14C]glucose from [14C]glycogen-labeled hepatocytes. On the other hand, under identical conditions except for the presence of glucagon, isoproterenol (beta-adrenergic response) or epinephrine (with propranolol, alpha 1-adrenergic response), dimethylPGE2 and PGE2 inhibited hormone-stimulated glycogenolysis but again PGD2 had no effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry, Kansai Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D008112:Liver Glycogen; D011453:Prostaglandins; D005947:Glucose; D015230:Prostaglandin D2