AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 258, Issue 1 E126-E133, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Lipogenic enzyme activities and mRNA in rat adipose tissue at weaning

C. Coupe, D. Perdereau, P. Ferre, Y. Hitier, M. Narkewicz and J. Girard
Centre de Recherches sur la Nutrition, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Meudon-Bellevue, France.

The activities and mRNA concentrations of two lipogenic enzymes, fatty acid synthetase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase, and one enzyme involved in glyceroneogenesis, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), were measured in rat white adipose tissue during the suckling-weaning transition. Activities and mRNA concentrations of lipogenic enzymes were low in suckling rats, whereas activity and mRNA concentration of PEPCK were high. At weaning to a high-carbohydrate diet, the rapid increase in lipogenic enzymes mRNA (10- to 20-fold) and decrease in PEPCK mRNA (10-fold) were followed by parallel changes in enzyme activities. In contrast, weaning to a high-fat diet prevented these modifications. Force feeding suckling rats with carbohydrates induced a rise in blood glucose and plasma insulin concentrations. During these experiments, mRNA concentrations increased 10- to 20-fold for lipogenic enzymes and decreased 5-fold for PEPCK in less than 6 h, whereas all enzyme activities did not vary. This suggests a pretranslational regulation of gene expression. Force feeding suckling rats with a mixture of fat devoid of carbohydrate induced a slight increase in plasma insulin concentration and a fall in PEPCK mRNA but was not accompanied by a rise in lipogenic enzyme mRNAs. This suggested that insulin is a prime regulator of PEPCK gene expression, whereas glucose and insulin act synergistically in the regulation of lipogenic enzyme gene expression.

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