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Sparing effect of leptin on liver glycogen stores in rats during the fed-to-fasted transition.

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O'Doherty, RM; Anderson, PR; Zhao, AZ; Bornfeldt, KE; Newgard, CB
Published in: Am J Physiol
September 1999

The effect of moderate hyperleptinemia ( approximately 20 ng/ml) on liver and skeletal muscle glycogen metabolism was examined in Wistar rats. Animals were studied approximately 90 h after receiving recombinant adenoviruses encoding rat leptin (AdCMV-leptin) or beta-galactosidase (AdCMV-betaGal). Liver and skeletal muscle glycogen levels in the fed and fasted (18 h) states were similar in AdCMV-leptin- and AdCMV-betaGal-treated rats. However, after delivery of a glucose bolus, liver glycogen levels were significantly greater in AdCMV-leptin compared with AdCMV-betaGal rats (P < 0.05). To investigate the mechanism(s) of these differences, glycogen levels were measured immediately after the cessation of a 3- or 6-h glucose infusion or 3, 6, and 9 h after the cessation of a 6-h glucose infusion. Similar increases in liver and skeletal muscle glycogen occurred in hyperleptinemic and control rats in response to glucose infusions. However, 3 and 6 h after the cessation of a glucose infusion, liver glycogen levels were approximately twofold greater (P < 0.05) in AdCMV-leptin-treated compared with AdCMV-betaGal-treated animals. Skeletal muscle glycogen levels were similar in AdCMV-leptin-treated and AdCMV-betaGal-treated animals at the same time points. Glycogen phosphorylase, phosphodiesterase 3B, and glycogen synthase activities were unaltered by hyperleptinemia. We conclude that moderate increases in plasma leptin levels decrease liver glycogen degradation during the fed-to-fasted transition.

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Am J Physiol

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ISSN

0002-9513

Publication Date

September 1999

Volume

277

Issue

3

Start / End Page

E544 / E550

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • beta-Galactosidase
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Rats
  • Phosphorylases
  • Organ Size
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Male
  • Liver
  • Leptin
  • Glycogen Synthase
 

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O’Doherty, R. M., Anderson, P. R., Zhao, A. Z., Bornfeldt, K. E., & Newgard, C. B. (1999). Sparing effect of leptin on liver glycogen stores in rats during the fed-to-fasted transition. Am J Physiol, 277(3), E544–E550. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.3.E544
O’Doherty, R. M., P. R. Anderson, A. Z. Zhao, K. E. Bornfeldt, and C. B. Newgard. “Sparing effect of leptin on liver glycogen stores in rats during the fed-to-fasted transition.Am J Physiol 277, no. 3 (September 1999): E544–50. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.3.E544.
O’Doherty RM, Anderson PR, Zhao AZ, Bornfeldt KE, Newgard CB. Sparing effect of leptin on liver glycogen stores in rats during the fed-to-fasted transition. Am J Physiol. 1999 Sep;277(3):E544–50.
O’Doherty, R. M., et al. “Sparing effect of leptin on liver glycogen stores in rats during the fed-to-fasted transition.Am J Physiol, vol. 277, no. 3, Sept. 1999, pp. E544–50. Pubmed, doi:10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.3.E544.
O’Doherty RM, Anderson PR, Zhao AZ, Bornfeldt KE, Newgard CB. Sparing effect of leptin on liver glycogen stores in rats during the fed-to-fasted transition. Am J Physiol. 1999 Sep;277(3):E544–E550.

Published In

Am J Physiol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9513

Publication Date

September 1999

Volume

277

Issue

3

Start / End Page

E544 / E550

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • beta-Galactosidase
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Rats
  • Phosphorylases
  • Organ Size
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Male
  • Liver
  • Leptin
  • Glycogen Synthase