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标题：Decline in Glucokinase Activity in the Arcuate Nucleus of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
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作者：Takashi Nishio ; Yukiyasu Toyoda ; Masayuki Hiramatsu 等
期刊名称：Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：0918-6158
电子版ISSN：1347-5215
出版年度：2006
卷号：29
期号：2
页码：216-219
DOI：10.1248/bpb.29.216
出版社：The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
摘要：Glucokinase (GK) is known to be the critical glucose sensor of pancreatic B-cells. However, the localization and functional role of GK in the brain remains to be elucidated. In this study, we measured both the activity and mRNA level of GK in the hypothalamic nuclei and the cortex of rats injected intraperitoneally with streptozotocin or vehicle. GK activity was measured by a fluorometric assay; and the GK mRNA level, by use of the real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. GK activity in vehicle-treated rats was high in the arcuate nucleus, moderate or low in the ventromedial nucleus, lateral hypothalamic area, and paraventricular nucleus, and very low in the cortex. The order of GK mRNA level was almost the same as that of GK activity. GK activity and GK mRNA level only in the arcuate nucleus of streptozotocin-treated rats at 7 d, but not at 2 d, after treatment were lower than those of vehicle-treated rats. The results suggest that prolonged hyperglycemia induced by diabetes decreased the activity of GK in the arcuate nucleus.
关键词：glucokinase activity;glucokinase mRNA;hyperglycemia;hypothalamus;arcuate nucleus