title: Paradoxical effect of ethanol on liver lipogenesis in the genetically-obese Zucker rat.
abstract: Sixteen obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats, sixteen lean (Fa/-) Zucker rats and sixteen Wistar rats, all male rats aged 7-8 weeks, were given either a control (C) diet containing no ethanol or an ethanol (E) diet in which 36% of the energy was supplied by ethanol, for a period of 4 weeks. The activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49), glucose-6-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.9) and glycerol kinase (EC 2.7.1.30) and the glycogen content in the livers of obese (fa/fa) rats were lower in animals given diet E than in those given diet C. As a result, hepatic lipogenesis and fatty degeneration of the liver were reduced in obese (fa/fa) rats given diet E.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011924:Rats, Zucker
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D000431:Ethanol