TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effect of Prolonged Fasting on Total Lipid Synthesis and Enzyme Activities in the Liver of the European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
AU - Abraham, S. A.
AU - Hansen, Heinz Johs. Max
AU - Hansen, F.N.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - The extent of fatty acid synthesis from [1-14C]acetate in liver slices was reduced 6-fold when eels were fasted for 1-7 wk and 20-fold when fasted for 39 wk, thereafter hepatic lipogenesis seemed to remain constant for up to 95 wk of fasting. After a 1-3 wk fast some hepatic enzyme activities were reduced (acetyl-CoA carboxylase decreased 2-fold and fatty acid synthetase declined 5-fold); others remained unchanged (G-6-P dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, .alpha.-glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase as well as malic enzyme and ATP-citrate lyase). The optimum temperature for measuring both total lipid synthesis and lipogenic enzyme activity in eel liver was 30.degree. C.
AB - The extent of fatty acid synthesis from [1-14C]acetate in liver slices was reduced 6-fold when eels were fasted for 1-7 wk and 20-fold when fasted for 39 wk, thereafter hepatic lipogenesis seemed to remain constant for up to 95 wk of fasting. After a 1-3 wk fast some hepatic enzyme activities were reduced (acetyl-CoA carboxylase decreased 2-fold and fatty acid synthetase declined 5-fold); others remained unchanged (G-6-P dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, .alpha.-glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase as well as malic enzyme and ATP-citrate lyase). The optimum temperature for measuring both total lipid synthesis and lipogenic enzyme activity in eel liver was 30.degree. C.
U2 - 10.1016/0305-0491(84)90027-0
DO - 10.1016/0305-0491(84)90027-0
M3 - Journal article
VL - 79
SP - 285
EP - 289
JO - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
JF - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
SN - 1096-4959
IS - 2
ER -