title: Effect of serine on gluconeogenic ability of hepatocytes in acute uremia.
abstract: Hepatocytes isolated from livers of rats with various models of acute uremia (binephrectomy, ureter ligation, uranyl nitrate-induced, or ischemic ARF) were incubated with glucagon, adrenalin, or cyclic AMP using serine as a substrate. A marked increase in glucose production was observed in the hepatocytes of uranyl nitrate-treated, binephrectomized, and ureter-ligated rats compared to starved controls or sham-operated animals. This effect was strengthened in the presence of glucagon, adrenaline, or cyclic AMP. In liver cells of binephrectomized and ureter-ligated animals, the production of acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyrate was significantly higher than in controls and sham-operated rats. Oxoglutarate and ATP production was only enhanced after ureter ligation. The correlation between glucose concentration and the cytosolic redox state was different in control and sham-operated rats than in either uremic group. This study confirms earlier investigations of a key role of serine in carbohydrate metabolism in acutely uremic rats.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004098:Dihydroxyacetone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005947:Glucose / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012694:Serine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014511:Uremia / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011773:Pyruvates; D012694:Serine; D003994:Bucladesine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005934:Glucagon; D005947:Glucose; D004098:Dihydroxyacetone; D004837:Epinephrine