Abstract
The role of glucocorticoids in the increase by cold-exposure of the effect of alanine on the malate-aspartate shuttle was studied in perfused rat liver. The capacity of the shuttle was evaluated by measurement of changes in both the rate of glucose production from sorbitol and the ratio of lactate to pyruvate during ethanol oxidation (Biomed. Res. 6, Suppl., 1986). The effect of alanine on the shuttle capacity was decreased by adrenalectomy. When 1.5 mg/kg dexamethasone sulfate was administrated to adrenalectomized rats kept at 24 or 4 degrees C, once daily for 5 days, the effect of alanine on the shuttle increased its capacity to the level of sham-operated rats that had been exposed to 4 degrees C for 5 days. The effects of dexamethasone were blocked by the coadministration of tetracycline with the agent. Cold exposure and steroid replacement had little effect on the alanine-induced elevation of the levels of aspartate, glutamate, and alpha-ketoglutarate in liver cells. The increase of the effect of alanine could not be explained only by changes in the activity of NAD+ malate dehydrogenase and aspartate aminotransferase. The results suggest that cold exposure and replacement treatment with glucocorticoids modulate equally the ...Continue Reading
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