title: Inhibition of phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis by glucagon in isolated rat hepatocytes.
abstract: Exposure of isolated rat hepatocytes to glucagon or chlorophenylthio cyclic AMP led to an inhibition of the incorporation of [1,2-14C]ethanolamine into phosphatidylethanolamine. Pulse-chase experiments and measurement of the activities of the enzymes involved in the CDP-ethanolamine pathway provided evidence that the inhibitory effect of glucagon on the synthesis de novo of phosphatidylethanolamine was not caused by a diminished conversion of ethanolamine phosphate into CDP-ethanolamine. The observations suggested that the glucagon-induced inhibition of the biosynthesis of phosphatidylethanolamine is probably due to a decreased supply of diacylglycerols, resulting in a decreased formation of phosphatidylethanolamine from CDP-ethanolamine and diacylglycerols.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Tijburg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Houweling
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Geelen
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Van Golde
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004983:Ethanolamines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D013873:Thionucleotides; C015929:8-((4-chlorophenyl)thio)cyclic-3',5'-AMP; C005448:phosphorylethanolamine; D005934:Glucagon; D000242:Cyclic AMP