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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012321
© Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart · New York
Calcitonin Increases Fatty Acid Synthetase Activity Dependently of Calcium-Calmodulin in the Hepatic Cytosol of Fed Rats
Publication History
1984
1985
Publication Date:
14 March 2008 (online)
Summary
The effect of calcitonin (CT) on fatty acid synthetase activity in the hepatic cytosol was investigated after a single subcutaneous administration of the hormone to fed rats. Administration of CT (synthetic [Asu1,7] eel CT; 80 MRC mU/100 g body weight) produced significant increases in fatty acid synthetase activity and calcium concentration in the hepatic cytosol of intact and thyroparathyroidectomized rats. The hormonal effect on the enzyme activity was not observed in rats fasted for 24 h. The increase in fatty acid synthetase activity by CT administration was completely inhibited by treatment with 10 μM EGTA. This enzyme activity was restored by addition of calcium ion (2.5-10 μM). The increased enzyme activity of CT-treated rats was markedly reduced by addition of W-7 (15 μM), a calmodulin inhibitor, in the enzyme assay system. Moreover, the cytosolic enzyme activity of normal rat liver was markedly raised by in vitro addition of both calcium ion (5 μM) and calmodulin (2.5 μg). These results suggest that CT increases fatty acid synthetase activity in the hepatic cytosol of fed rats, and that this hormonal regulation may depend on calmodulin, and be mediated through raised calcium in the cytosol.
Key-Words
Calcitonin - Fatty Acid Synthetase - Calcium - Calmodulin - Rat Hepatic Cytosol