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As a result of a marked decline in dry matter intake (DMI) prior to parturition and a slow rate of increase in DMI relative to milk production after parturition, dairy cattle experience a negative energy balance. Changes in nutritional and metabolic status during the periparturient period predispose dairy cattle to develop hepatic lipidosis and ketosis. The metabolic profile during early lactation includes low concentrations of serum insulin, plasma glucose, and liver glycogen and high concentrations of serum glucagon, adrenaline, growth hormone, plasma β-hydroxybutyrate and non-esterified fatty acids, and liver triglyceride. Moreover, during late gestation and early lactation, flow of nutrients to fetus and mammary tissues are accorded a high degree of metabolic priority. This priority coincides with lowered responsiveness and sensitivity of extrahepatic tissues to insulin, which presumably plays a key role in development of hepatic lipidosis and ketosis. Hepatic lipidosis and ketosis compromise production, immune function, and fertility. Cows with hepatic lipidosis and ketosis have low tissue responsiveness to insulin owing to ketoacidosis. Insulin has numerous roles in metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. Insulin is an anabolic hormone and acts to preserve nutrients as well as being a potent feed intake regulator. In addition to the major replacement therapy to alleviate severity of negative energy balance, administration of insulin with concomitant delivery of dextrose increases efficiency of treatment for hepatic lipidosis and ketosis. However, data on use of insulin to prevent these lipid-related metabolic disorders are limited and it should be investigated.  相似文献   

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Carbohydrate energy intake in excess of total energy expenditure is converted to fat. In fish, the liver is considered to be the main lipogenic tissue. Its regulation by insulin is not fully understood, and some of the available in vivo findings are contradictory. In this study, bovine insulin was infused for 5 d into rainbow trout fed a high-carbohydrate diet, and variables of de novo hepatic lipogenesis were measured. We found that hepatic lipogenesis in trout is stimulated by insulin, reflected in enhanced mRNA and protein abundance and enzyme activity of ATP-citrate lyase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, and fatty acid synthase. These results were further supported by parallel changes in enzymes acting as NAD phosphate donors, especially those participating in the pentose phosphate pathway. This is the first time that the main enzymes involved in de novo hepatic lipogenesis have been studied at the molecular, protein, and activity levels in fish. We hypothesize that some of the delayed changes found in the different levels of regulation were probably related to the insulin resistance achieved by the trout liver after 5 d of insulin infusion. We assessed enzyme activity and mRNA abundance of lipid oxidation-related enzymes in the livers of insulin-infused fish in which paradoxically increased β-oxidation potential was found. The insulin-stimulated de novo hepatic lipogenesis in carbohydrate-fed trout reinforces the hypothesis that this pathway may act as an important sink for excess glucose, which could ultimately contribute to improved glucose homeostasis in this carnivorous and glucose-intolerant species when fed high-carbohydrate diets.  相似文献   

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The effect of peak lactation on the activities of a number of enzymes of glucose and lipid metabolism of perirenal and subcutaneous adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, liver, kidney cortex and mammary parenchyma of sheep are described. Enzymes studied included hexokinase (glucose utilization), pyruvate carboxylase (gluconeogenesis), pyruvate dehydrogenase (glucose oxidation and production of acetyl CoA for fatty acid synthesis), acetyl CoA carboxylase (fatty acid synthesis) and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (fatty acid esterification). Major changes that were found include a decrease in activities of enzymes of fatty acid synthesis and esterification in adipose tissues, decreased activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase in muscle and adipose tissues and increased pyruvate carboxylase; there was no change in activities of enzyme of fatty acid esterification in liver. Activities of hexokinase, acetyl CoA carboxylase and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase have been estimated per tissue; this shows the quantitative importance of limiting glucose utilization by muscle and of suppression of fatty acid synthesis in adipose tissue for efficient partitioning of nutrients for milk production.  相似文献   

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Most metabolic diseases in dairy cows occur during the peripartum period and are suggested to be derived from fatty liver initially developed during the nonlactating stage. Fatty liver is induced by hepatic uptake of nonesterified fatty acids that are released in excess by adipose tissues attributable to negative energy balance. The fatty accumulation leads to impairment of lipoprotein metabolism in the liver, and the impairment in turn influences other metabolic pathways in extrahepatic tissues such as the steroid hormone production by the corpus luteum. Detailed understanding of the impaired lipoprotein metabolism is crucial for elucidation of the mechanistic bases of the development of fatty liver and fatty liver-related peripartum diseases. This review summarizes results on evaluation of lipoprotein lipid and protein concentrations and enzyme activity in cows with fatty liver and those with ketosis, left displacement of the abomasum, milk fever, downer syndrome and retained placenta. Obtained data strongly suggest that decreases in serum concentrations of apolipoprotein B-100, apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein C-III, a reduction in activity of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase and induction of haptoglobin and serum amyloid A are intimately related to the development of fatty liver and fatty liver-related diseases. Moreover, determination of the apolipoprotein concentrations and enzyme activity during the peripartum period is useful for early diagnoses of these diseases.  相似文献   

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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common endocrine disease in cats and dogs with increasing prevalence. Type 1 DM appears to be the most common form of diabetes in dogs whereas Type 2 DM prevails for cats. Since insulin resistance is more frequently encountered in cats than dogs, our laboratory was interested in determining whether differences at the insulin signaling pathway level and differences in glucose and lipid metabolism could be observed between cats and dogs. Insulin resistance has been positively correlated to insulin signaling pathway abnormalities. As such, this study measured insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), insulin receptor substrate-2 (IRS-2), and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) P-85α mRNA expression levels in classical insulin-responsive sensitive tissues (liver, skeletal muscle, and abdominal fat) and peripheral leukocytes between cats and dogs by qRT-PCR. Different tissues were sampled because it is currently unknown where insulin-resistance arises from. In addition, enzymes involved in glucose and lipid metabolism, malate dehydrogenase (MDH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and fatty acid synthase (FAS) were also assessed since glucose and lipid metabolism differs between cats and dogs. Overall, IRS-1, IRS-2, PI3-K, MDH, G6DPH, and FAS mRNA tissue expression profiles demonstrated different levels of expression, in various tissues for both canines and felines, which was expected. No distinct expression pattern emerged; however, differences were noted between canines and felines. In addition, IRS-1, IRS-2, PI3-K, MDH, G6DPH, and FAS mRNA expression was significantly higher in canine versus feline tissues, including peripheral leukocytes. Remarkable differences in insulin signaling gene expression between felines and canines indicate that cats may have an underlying low insulin sensitivity level due to low IRS-1, IRS-2, and PI3-K P-85α mRNA expression levels which would predispose cats to develop insulin resistance. Moreover, differences in glucose and lipid metabolism related gene expression (MDH, G6DPH, and FAS) demonstrate that felines have an overall lower metabolic rate in various tissues which may be attributed to overall lower insulin signaling gene expression and a lack of physical activity as compared to canines. Therefore, a combination of genetic and environmental factors appears to make felines more prone to suffer from insulin resistance and type 2 DM than canines.  相似文献   

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脂联素(adiponectin)是一种能参与调控糖和脂质代谢、能量调节、免疫反应以及抵抗炎症、氧化应激和细胞凋亡等多种生理过程的激素。禽脂肪性肝病是由于禽肝脏中脂肪酸合成与酯化、脂肪酸转运、脂肪酸氧化、脂肪分解和利用等代谢途径发生异常, 导致的脂类代谢紊乱、肝细胞脂肪变性和炎症反应。文章介绍了脂联素及其分子结构, 脂联素受体及其参与的信号通路, 并重点阐述了脂联素对肝脏脂质代谢、炎症、氧化应激、肝细胞凋亡与自噬方面的调节作用及机制, 以及脂联素受体激动剂的生理作用。同时, 结合禽脂肪性肝病的发生发展机制, 对脂联素及其受体激动剂的应用前景进行了展望。文章为预防和治疗禽类乃至其他动物的脂肪性肝病提供了新的思路。  相似文献   

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Objectives were to examine mechanisms underlying anabolic actions of cimaterol in skeletal muscle and to evaluate cimaterol's actions in hypothyroid and hyperthyroid rats. In the first study growing rats were fed either a control diet or a diet containing cimaterol for 10 days. In a second study sham-thyroidectomized and thyroidectomized (Tx) rats were assigned to one of 5 treatments: control (sham-Tx), Tx, Tx supplemented with cimaterol, Tx injected with triiodothyronine (T3), and Tx rats injected with T3 and supplemented with cimaterol. Effects of treatments on growth, muscle weights and urinary NT-methylhistidine (NMH) excretion were evaluated in both trials. Muscle was also collected for determinations of DNA, RNA, protein and activities of several proteolytic enzymes. Cimaterol caused muscle hypertrophy and increased urinary NMH excretion. Hence, anabolic actions of cimaterol may result from an increase in myofibrillar protein synthesis which exceeds changes in myofibrillar protein degradation. Urinary NMH excretion was reduced by thyroidectomy and increased in hyperthyroid rats and both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism were characterized by myopathy. Cimaterol increased muscle weights in hypothyroid but not in hyperthyroid rats. Therefore, cimaterol's anabolic properties are thyroid hormone-independent and antagonized by excess thyroid hormone. Anabolic actions of cimaterol in hypothyroid rat muscle were attributed to an action on protein synthesis because urinary NMH excretion was not affected by cimaterol but muscle RNA concentration was increased. Activities of cathepsins B, D and L and neutral proteinase were dose-related to thyroid status, however, were unrelated to cimaterol-dependent perturbations in NMH excretion. Control of muscle protein balance by thyroid hormones may involve regulation of these enzymes; however, control of muscle protein degradation by cimaterol is likely directed towards other proteolytic mechanisms or to mechanisms which alter susceptibility of myofibrillar proteins to degradation.  相似文献   

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Animal by‐products can be recycled and used as sources of essential nutrients. Water‐soluble heme iron (WSHI), a functional food additive for supplementing iron, is produced by processing animal blood. In this study, we investigated the effects of dietary supplementation of 3% WSHI and exercise training for 4 weeks on the accumulation of abdominal fat and lipid metabolism in mice fed high‐fat diet. Exercise‐trained mice had significantly less perirenal adipose tissue, whereas WSHI‐fed mice tended to have less epididymal adipose tissue. In addition, total weight of abdominal adipose tissues was significantly decreased in the Exercise + WSHI group. Dietary WSHI significantly increased the messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of lipoprotein lipase and hormone‐sensitive lipase. WSHI‐fed mice also tended to show increased mRNA levels of adipose triglyceride lipase in their epididymal adipose tissue. Dietary WSHI also significantly decreased the mRNA levels of fatty acid oxidation‐related enzymes in the liver, but did not influence levels in the Gastrocnemius muscle. Exercise training did not influence the mRNA levels of lipid metabolism‐related enzymes in the epididymal adipose tissue, liver or the Gastrocnemius muscle. These findings suggest that the accumulation of abdominal fat can be efficiently decreased by the combination of dietary WSHI and exercise training in mice fed high‐fat diet.  相似文献   

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Insulin has been shown to have an impact on both prenatal and postnatal growth. Specific mechanisms of insulin action on adipose cell function and lipid storage are well defined. Insulin probably acts in concert with other anabolic factors (i.e., growth hormone and somatomedins) to stimulate muscle protein anabolism and suppress protein catabolism (Figure 2). Insulin also plays a role in energy balance regulation by the hypothalamus, however exact mechanisms of effects on brain metabolism have not been clearly identified.  相似文献   

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试验旨在了解不同性别杜陆猪不同组织的代谢差异及这些代谢差异对肉品质和风味产生的影响,为性别因素对猪肉品质和风味研究方面的影响提供基础代谢依据。试验选取16头(公母各半)8月龄、体重相近的杜陆猪,采用气相色谱质谱联用技术(GC/MS)对公猪和母猪血液、肝脏、背最长肌组织代谢物进行非靶向代谢检测,并运用代谢组学分析技术进行代谢模式差异分析、差异代谢物筛选和差异代谢物代谢通路富集分析。结果表明,性别对杜陆猪血液、肝脏、背最长肌组织总体代谢模式有一定的影响;性别差异引起的血液和肝脏差异代谢物数量较多,背最长肌最少。公猪血液多数脂类差异代谢物浓度显著高于母猪(P<0.05),而肝脏则相反(P<0.05)。公猪血液和肝脏糖类差异代谢物浓度多数显著高于母猪(P<0.05),其中公猪血液2-十八烯酸单甘油酯、二十二酸、胆固酮、二氢胆固醇的含量均为母猪的1.5倍以上;公猪肝脏β-龙胆二糖的含量是母猪的29倍,L-犬尿氨酸的含量是母猪的11倍,L-酪氨酸的含量是母猪的3倍。杜陆公猪肝脏硫辛酸含量显著低于母猪(P<0.05),是母猪的50%。杜陆公猪、母猪血液和肝脏激素类、脂类、糖类、氨基酸类代谢通路均差异显著(P<0.05)。以上结果表明:杜陆猪血液、肝脏、背最长肌组织代谢物性别效应不同;杜陆猪血液和肝脏激素类、脂类、糖类、氨基酸类代谢通路均存在性别效应,但性别效应微弱。杜陆公猪血液、肝脏和背最长肌较高水平的脂类和糖类代谢物使其肉质和风味比母猪稍好。  相似文献   

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鱼类脂类代谢调控与脂肪肝   总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11  
本文通过比较鱼类与畜、禽脂肪代谢的不同,着重阐述了鱼类脂肪代谢的基本原理及形成脂肪肝的原因,并指出了生产中通过控制肝脂合成和提高肝脂转运能力来调控鱼类脂肪代谢的方法,对于更好地理解鱼类与畜、禽的营养区别,提高鱼类日粮营养精度,促进鱼类生长,预防脂肪肝的发生有重要的指导意义。  相似文献   

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To investigate the relationship between insulin resistance indices [“Revised quantitative insulin sensitivity check index” (RQUICKI; RQ), “Revised quantitative insulin sensitivity check index ‐ β‐hydroxybutyrate” (RQUICKIBHB; RQBHB), and “Homeostasis model assessment‐insulin resistance” (HOMA‐IR; HR)], and metabolic parameters in dams during late gestation, and their newborn calves. Blood was sampled twice weekly during the experimental period in 30 dry Holstein cows. In calves, blood sampling and body weight measurements were performed immediately after birth, and in 1‐week‐old male calves, liver and muscle biopsy samples were obtained for determining metabolic factor mRNA levels. RQ and RQBHB were negatively correlated with insulin, nonesterified fatty acid, BHB, and albumin and were positively correlated with leptin levels in blood during late gestation (p < .05). RQ, rather than RQBHB, reflected metabolism of dams, while stronger positive correlations were present between HR and blood insulin concentrations than other parameters, and calves of dams with high HR had low body weight, and high liver and muscle expression of growth hormone and insulin receptor mRNA (p < .05). RQ and HR of dams during late gestation could serve as indicators of dam metabolism and predictors of metabolism in newborn calves respectively.  相似文献   

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This study was designed to investigate the effects of dietary lipid levels on growth performance, lipid deposition and activities of lipid metabolic enzymes in hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus × O. aureus). Four isonitrogenous (300 g/kg crude protein) experimental diets containing graded levels of lipid (25, 55, 85 and 115 g/kg) were randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 180 juvenile fish. Fish were fed twice daily for 8 weeks. At the end of the experiment, the growth performance and proximate composition of fish were determined. The activities and gene expression of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) were assessed as well. Fish fed the diets with 55 and 85 g/kg lipid had a significantly (p < 0.05) higher body weight gain than those fed the diets with 25 and 115 g/kg lipid. The whole-body and liver lipid contents were significantly (p < 0.05) elevated with increasing dietary lipid levels. Moreover, the activities and mRNA abundances of LPL and HSL in the liver, dorsal muscle and fat tissues were markedly altered by dietary lipid levels. Our data demonstrate a profound influence of dietary lipid levels on the growth and lipid deposition in hybrid tilapia, which is likely associated with the regulation of lipid metabolic enzymes including LPL and HSL.  相似文献   

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In laboratory animals, dietary cholesterol has been shown to cause increased levels of lipids in plasma and liver, and additionally markedly raises liver weights (Lee and Ho 1975; Huang et al. 1984; Stangl et al. 1994). In poultry, similar studies dealing with the effects of cholesterol are lacking. An effect of cholesterol on liver weights could be of particular interest in geese since the production of fatty livers ('Foie gras') by force-feeding techniques is common in some countries. Therefore, a previous study (Eder 1999) was concerned with the effects of feeding cholesterol on concentrations of various lipids in liver, plasma and muscle. This study demonstrated that dietary cholesterol has profound effects on lipid concentrations in liver, plasma and even in the muscle of geese which were additionally amplified by feeding cholic acid. This study was performed to investigate whether an accumulation of cholesterol in tissues also affects the metabolism of fatty acids. This question was of particular interest because it is known that both, cholesterol and fatty acids are constituents of membranes influencing important membrane properties such as fluidity, permeability or the activity of membrane-bound enzymes (Stubbs and Smith 1984). In order to clarify that question, the fatty acid composition was analysed in various tissues of geese that had been fed diets with cholesterol and/or cholic acid.  相似文献   

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This study examined if leptin can acutely affect glucose or fatty acid metabolism in pig adipocytes and whether leptin's actions on lipogenesis are manifested through interaction with insulin or growth hormone. Subcutaneous adipose tissue was obtained from approximately 55 kg crossbred barrows at the USDA abattoir. Isolated adipocytes were prepared using a collagenase procedure. Experiments assessed U-14C-glucose or 1-14C-palmitate metabolism in isolated adipocytes exposed to: basal medium (control), 100 nM insulin, 100 ng/ml porcine growth hormone, 100 ng/ml recombinant porcine leptin, and combinations of these hormones. Treatments were performed in triplicate and the experiment was repeated with adipocytes isolated from five different animals. Cell aliquots (250 microl) were added to 1 ml of incubation medium, then incubated for 2h at 37 degrees C for measurement of glucose and palmitate oxidation or incorporation into lipid. Incubation of isolated adipocytes with insulin increased glucose oxidation rate by 18% (P<0.05), while neither growth hormone nor leptin affected glucose oxidation (P>0.5). Total lipid synthesis from glucose was increased by approximately 25% by 100 nM insulin or insulin+growth hormone (P<0.05). Insulin+leptin reduced the insulin response by 37% (P<0.05). The combination of all three hormones increased total lipid synthesis by 35%, relative to controls (P<0.05), a rate similar to insulin alone. Fatty acid synthesis was elevated by insulin (32%, P<0.05) or growth hormone (13%, P<0.05). Leptin had no effect on fatty acid synthesis (P>0.05). Leptin reduced the esterification rate by 10% (P<0.05). Growth hormone and insulin could overcome leptin's inhibition of palmitate esterification (P>0.05).  相似文献   

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The objective of this experiment was to test the effect of total or partial substitution of dietary fish oil (FO) by linseed oil (LO) in Atlantic salmon feeding on performance, liver and muscle fatty acid composition, selected lipogenic and lipolytic enzyme activities, and flesh oxidative stability. For 12 wk, fish (220 +/- 12 g of initial BW) were fed five experimental diets in which the FO was serially replaced by 25, 50, 75, and 100% LO. Total FO replacement by LO did not (P = 0.20) affect fish final weight, biometric indices, or i.m. fat contents. Liver and muscle neutral lipid (NL) composition responded to dietary treatments in different ways. Whereas the sum of n-3 PUFA in muscle followed a linear and quadratic pattern with increasing levels of LO, a linear (P = 0.005) effect was observed in the liver NL fraction. Total n-3 and n-6 PUFA contents in the polar lipid fraction (PL) were unaffected (P = 0.356) by dietary input of LO in muscle. Activity of liver glucose-6-P-dehydrogenase (G6PD) was greater with increasing levels of LO (P = 0.004). A time effect (P < 0.001) was observed in the concentration of lipid peroxidation products, expressed as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, in fish flesh stored under refrigeration for 9 d; however, the progressive inclusion of LO in the feed did not affect (P = 0.125) flesh oxidation stability. In summary, LO can totally replace FO in Atlantic salmon feed without affecting growth performance and muscle susceptibility to lipid oxidation. Fatty acid metabolism in the liver was affected by LO, promoting G6PD activity and eicosatetraenoic acid accumulation; however, a 100% LO replacement decreased (P < 0.001) concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids in salmon muscle.  相似文献   

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Herein, we studied whether sustained exercise positively affects growth of gilthead sea bream by alterations in a) plasma concentrations of insulin and IGF-I, b) signaling pathways in muscle, or c) regulation of lipid metabolism. Specifically, we evaluated the effects of moderated swimming (1.5 body lengths per second; BL/s) on the circulating concentrations of insulin and IGF-I, morphometric parameters, and expression of genes related to lipid metabolism in gilthead sea bream (80–90 g BW). Exercise increased the specific growth rate (P < 0.05) and reduced the hepatosomatic index (P = 0.006). Plasma IGF-I concentrations increased in exercised fish (P = 0.037), suggesting a role for this endocrine factor in the control of muscular growth and metabolic homeostasis during swimming. The observed decrease in plasma insulin concentrations (P = 0.016) could favor the mobilization of tissue reserves in exercised fish. In this sense, the increase in liver fatty acid content (P = 0.041) and the changes in expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors PPARα (P = 0.017) and PPARγ (P = 0.033) indicated a hepatic lipid mobilization. Concentration of glycogen in both white and red muscles was decreased (P = 0.021 and P = 0.017, respectively) in exercised (n = 12) relative to control (n = 12) gilthead sea bream, whereas concentrations of glucose (P = 0.016) and lactate (P = 0.0007) were decreased only in red muscle, indicating the use of these substrates. No changes in the glucose transporter and in lipoprotein lipase mRNA expression were found in any of the tissues studied. Exercised sea bream had decreased content of PPARβ mRNA in white and red muscle relative to control sea bream expression (P = 0.001 and P = 0.049, respectively). Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation was significantly down-regulated in both white and red muscles of exercised sea bream (P = 0.0374 and P = 0.0371, respectively). Tumor necrosis factor-α expression of white muscle was down-regulated in exercised gilthead sea bream (P = 0.045). Collectively, these results contribute to the knowledge base about hormonal regulation of growth and lipid metabolism in exercised gilthead sea bream.  相似文献   

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Lactation in the mare is associated with changes in the release of metabolic as well as reproductive hormones. Plasma glucose concentration is constantly reduced in lactating compared with non-lactating mares. Several metabolic signals have been proposed to link nutrition and somatic metabolism with reproductive function. The following experiment was performed to study the effect of acute hypoglycaemia on the release of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and luteinizing hormone (LH) in cyclic mares. Different doses of insulin (0.1 and 0.2 IU/kg body weight) were given to induce a decrease in plasma glucose concentration, as existent in lactating mares. All horses treated with insulin developed a hypoglycaemia over a time period of nearly 10 h. The IGF-1 and LH were analysed before and after insulin administration. At no point of time, a significant difference between the two insulin treatments and the control treatment was observed. Therefore, the hypoglycaemic horse is apparently able to provide the brain with sufficient glucose. Short-term hypoglycaemia does not affect the hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis, and concentrations of IGF-1 and LH remained stable during insulin-induced hypoglycaemia. An acute change in plasma glucose concentration is thus not or at least not the only metabolic signal that links nutrition and somatic metabolism with reproductive function in the horse mare.  相似文献   

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Growth is a complex, highly integrated process. It involves a host of interactions between nutrients, environment, genotype, many very different hormones and the receptors for these hormones in different tissues. The ultimate hormones for growth are the growth hormone-dependent somatomedins. These are purely anabolic agents that stimulate increases in both the number of cells (hyperplasia) and their size (hypertrophy). Although the growth hormone-somatomedins axis is the central route for growth control, many other hormones influence their effectiveness. Growth hormone — despite being essential for somatomedin production — is also lipolytic and diabetogenic. It thus has both anabolic and catabolic actions. Insulin has some direct effects on hypertrophy, but also controls the ability of growth hormone to stimulate somatomedin production by regulating the growth hormone receptors involved in stimulating production of somatomedins. Similarly, thyroid hormones regulate somatomedin receptors. Just as insulin has direct and indirect anabolic actions, so glucocorticoids have catabolic actions of both a direct and indirect nature. Oestrogens also have direct and indirect effects, but these are antagonistic; on the one hand directly stimulating cell growth by hypertrophy and on the other inhibiting somatomedins production.Clearly there has to be a controlling mechanism which allows a change in the hormonal balance towards anabolism for growth to be stimulated. Identifying and altering this factor(s) will be the key to increasing growth by physiological hormonal manipulation. A major candidate for this role of central growth controller is somatostatin, which inhibits the release of growth hormone, insulin and thyroid hormones, and also acts as a regulator connecting nutrient entry and metabolism. Recent experiments which show that immunization against somatostatin increases growth and food conversion efficiency support this hypothesis.  相似文献   

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