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. 1982 Mar 15;202(3):693–698. doi: 10.1042/bj2020693

Regulation of the activity of ornithine decarboxylase and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase in mammary gland and liver of lactating rats. Effects of starvation, prolactin and insulin deficiency.

M E Brosnan, V Ilic, D H Williamson
PMCID: PMC1158164  PMID: 7046736

Abstract

1. Starvation caused a marked decrease in the activity of ornithine decarboxylase in mammary gland, together with a lesser decrease in the activity of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase and a marked fall in milk production. Liver ornithine decarboxylase and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase activities were unaffected. 2. Refeeding for 2.5 h was without effect on ornithine decarboxylase in mammary gland, but it returned the S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase activity in mammary gland to control values and elevated both ornithine decarboxylase and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase in liver. 3. Refeeding for 5 h returned the activity of ornithine decarboxylase in mammary gland to fed-state values and resulted in further increases in S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase in mammary gland and liver and in ornithine decarboxylase in liver. 4. Prolactin deficiency in fed rats resulted in decreased milk production and decreased activity of ornithine decarboxylase in mammary gland. The increase in ornithine decarboxylase activity normally seen after refeeding starved rats for 5 h was completely blocked by prolactin deficiency. 5. In fed rats, injection of streptozotocin 2.5 h before death caused a decrease in the activities of ornithine decarboxylase and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase in mammary gland, which could be reversed by simultaneous injection of insulin. Insulin deficiency also prevented the increase in S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase in liver and mammary gland normally observed after refeeding starved rats for 2.5 h.

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