PMID: 6402409Jan 1, 1983Paper

Mechanism of placental glycogen deposition in diabetes in the rat

Diabetologia
V BarashE Shafrir

Abstract

The metabolic basis for glycogen accumulation in the placenta of rats with diabetes induced by streptozotocin on day 12 of pregnancy was studied on days 15 and 20. On day 15 glycogen content of the placenta was 1.5-fold higher in the diabetic than in the control rats and this difference increased to greater than fivefold on day 20 of gestation whether calculated per g tissue or per total placenta. Accumulation of glycogen was associated with increased specific activities of both glycogen synthase and phosphorylase. The activities of these enzymes regulating synthase and phosphorylase activities and the activity of acid alpha-glucosidase were not significantly affected by diabetes. Glucose-6-phosphate concentration of the placenta was 67 and 23 nmol/g in diabetic and control rats, respectively. Incubation of placental homogenates with glucose increased the rate of inactivation of phosphorylase and activation of glycogen synthase. These results indicate that the enhanced glucogenesis in diabetes is not due to changes in the activities of these enzymes, as measured in vitro under standard conditions. The factors promoting glycogen accumulation in vivo are related to the abundance of glucose and glucose-6-phosphate as substrates fo...Continue Reading

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