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The effects of starvation and alloxan-diabetes on the contents of citrate and other metabolic intermediates in rat liver.

ABSTRACT: 1. The content of citrate in ;freeze-clamped' livers from starved and alloxan-diabetic rats was measured by using the specific citrate assay method of Gruber & Moellering (1966). 2. The content of citrate fell progressively during a period of 48hr. starvation to reach a plateau value that is 50% of the value for livers from fed rats. Some possible explanations for the conflicting reports of changes in hepatic citrate content during starvation are discussed. 3. The hepatic contents of ATP, pyruvate, lactate, glycogen and the hexose phosphates were decreased during starvation, whereas those of acetyl-CoA and AMP were increased. 4. Acute alloxan-diabetes produced similar changes in the contents of these metabolic intermediates. 5. The effects of starvation and diabetes on the citrate and acetyl-CoA contents are discussed in relation to control of gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis and the activity of citrate synthase.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC1198678 | biostudies-other | 1968 Apr

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