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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 275: G717-G722, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 4, G717-G722, October 1998

Hepatocellular expression of glucose-6-phosphatase is unaltered during hepatic regeneration

Wisam F. Zakko1, Carl L. Berg1,2, John L. Gollan1, and Richard M. Green1,3

1 Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; 2 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901; and 3 Section of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Westside Division, Chicago, Illinois 60612-7323

Gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis are essential hepatic functions required for glucose homeostasis. During the initial phase of hepatic regeneration, the immediate-early genes (IEG) are rapidly expressed, and the IEG RL-1 encodes for glucose-6-phosphatase (G-6-Pase). G-6-Pase is a microsomal enzyme essential for gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis. This study employs a partial-hepatectomy model to examine the expression and activity of G-6-Pase. After partial hepatectomy, rat hepatic G-6-Pase gene expression is transcriptionally regulated, and mRNA levels are increased approx 30-fold. However, in contrast to this rapid gene induction, microsomal enzyme activity is unchanged after partial hepatectomy. Western blotting demonstrates that microsomal G-6-Pase protein expression is also unchanged after partial hepatectomy, and similar results are also noted in whole liver homogenate. Thus, despite marked induction in gene expression of the IEG G-6-Pase after partial hepatectomy, protein expression and enzyme activity remain unchanged. These data indicate that, although this hepatocyte IEG is transcriptionally regulated, the physiologically important level of regulation is posttranscriptional. This highlights the importance of correlating gene expression of IEG with protein expression and physiological function.

hepatectomy; glucose homeostasis; immediate-early genes


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