Title: Growth Hormone-Dependent and -Independent Regulation of Cytochrome P-450 Isozyme Expression in Streptozotocin-Diabetic Rats*
Abstract: The sexually dimorphic GH secretory pattern is thought to be the major factor regulating constitutive expression of hepatic P450IIC11 (P-450h) and P450IIC12 (P-450i). In this study we investigated whether factors other than the diabetesinduced decrease in GH secretion contribute to alterations in P- 450 isozyme expression in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. In male rats, hepatic P-450h apoprotein and mRNA decreased to 13% and 24% of control male levels, respectively, within 14 days of STZ injection. STZ-diabetes had little effect on expression of P-450i in females. Treatment of diabetic male rats with GH did not reverse the suppression of P-450h. STZ treatment also suppressed P-450h expression in GH-treated hypophysectomized (Hx) male rats, but incompletely. Thus, GH can partially reverse diabetic suppression of P-450h. However, in Hx male rats without GH supplementation, STZ treatment suppressed P-450h apoprotein and mRNA expression to 16% and 6% of nondiabetic Hx male levels, respectively, demonstrating the existence of GH-independent regulation of P-450h expression. In Hx female rats, P-450h apoprotein levels were 40% of those in intact control males and were not significantly decreased by STZ. Concomitantly, STZ produced a greater decrease in serum insulin levels and a greater increase in serum glucagon in Hx male rats than in Hx females. The results provide evidence for the existence of STZ-sensitive GH-independent expression of P-450h and further document the gender differences in STZ sensitivity. (Endocrinology128: 2065–2076, 1991)
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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