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Effects of gender and GH secretory pattern on sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c and its target genes in rat liver

¹Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research and ²Department of Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Goteborg; ³AstraZeneca Research and Development, SE-431 83 Molndal; and ⁴Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Novum, SE-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden

Submitted 6 February 2004 ; accepted in final form 14 July 2004

We investigated whether the sexually dimorphic secretory pattern of growth hormone (GH) in the rat regulates hepatic gene expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) and its target genes. SREBP-1c, fatty acid synthase (FAS), and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) mRNA were more abundant in female than in male livers, whereas acetyl-CoA carboxylase-1 (ACC1) and stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD-1) were similarly expressed in both sexes. Hypophysectomized female rats were given GH as a continuous infusion or as two daily injections for 7 days to mimic the female- and male-specific GH secretory patterns, respectively. The female pattern of GH administration increased the expression of SREBP-1c, ACC1, FAS, SCD-1, and GPAT mRNA, whereas the male pattern of GH administration increased only SCD-1 mRNA. FAS and SCD-1 protein levels were regulated in a similar manner by GH. Incubation of primary rat hepatocytes with GH increased SCD-1 mRNA levels and decreased FAS and GPAT mRNA levels but had no effect on SREBP-1c mRNA. GH decreased hepatic liver X receptor- (LXR) mRNA levels both in vivo and in vitro. Feminization of the GH plasma pattern in male rats by administration of GH as a continuous infusion decreased insulin sensitivity and increased expression of FAS and GPAT mRNA but had no effect on SREBP-1c, ACC1, SCD-1, or LXR mRNA. In conclusion, FAS and GPAT are specifically upregulated by the female secretory pattern of GH. This regulation is not a direct effect of GH on hepatocytes and does not involve changed expression of SREBP-1c or LXR mRNA but is associated with decreased insulin sensitivity.

growth hormone; hypophysectomy; acetyl-CoA carboxylase; fatty acid synthase; stearoyl-CoA desaturase; glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase; liver X receptor-; insulin sensitivity

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