title: Hormonal regulation of translatable mRNA of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes.
abstract: The quantity of translatable mRNA of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (D-glucose-6-phosphate: NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.49) in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes subjected to different hormonal conditions was determined with a reticulocyte-lysate, cell-free system. The level of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA was about 5-fold higher in the presence of insulin than in its absence. This increase of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA reached a maximum 12 h after the addition of insulin. The maximum level of induction of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA required 10(-8) M insulin. Glucagon and triiodothyronine had no effect on the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA level. The increase of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity correlated with the increase in level of mRNA of this enzyme. This suggests that the changes in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in response to the above hormonal changes are primarily due to changes in the amount of mRNA coding for this enzyme.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002474:Cell-Free System; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005934:Glucagon; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase