title: Changes in the rates of synthesis and messenger RNA levels of hepatic glucose-6-phosphate and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenases following induction by diet or thyroid hormone.
abstract: The lipogenic capacity of rat liver is increased in animals fed a high carbohydrate, fat-free diet or by the administration of 2,2',5'-triiodo-L-thyronine. Underlying this change is a generalized induction of the enzymes involved in lipogenesis, including glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, and malic enzyme, which together serve to generate the additional NADPH required for increased fatty acid synthesis. This report presents evidence indicating that induction of the hexose-shunt dehydrogenases involves increased enzyme synthesis secondary to elevated enzyme specific mRNA levels, as has previously been shown for malic enzyme. Activities of specific mRNAs, estimated by cell-free translation of hepatic poly(A)-containing RNA in the mRNA dependent rabbit reticulocyte lysate, were compared with enzyme specific activities and relative rates of specific enzyme synthesis. The 2-fold increase in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase specific activity in hyperthyroid rats and the 13-fold increase in rats fed a high carbohydrate, fat-free diet, relative to euthyroid, chow-fed controls were paralleled by comparable increases in the synthetic rates and mRNA levels of this enzyme. Similarly, consonant changes in the rate of enzyme synthesis and concentration of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase mRNA accompanied the 2.5- and 3-fold increases in specific activity of this enzyme observed in response to hormonal and dietary induction, respectively. Thus, both thyroid hormone and carbohydrate feeding appear to induce glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase primarily by increasing the effective cellular concentrations of their respective mRNAs and, consequently, their rates of synthesis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase