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. 1971 Sep;124(2):265–274. doi: 10.1042/bj1240265

The development of gluconeogenesis in rat liver. Controlling factors in the newborn

F J Ballard 1
PMCID: PMC1177141  PMID: 4333849

Abstract

1. Measurements in livers of rats delivered by Caesarian section show a rapid change in the relative proportion of adenine nucleotides. By 20min the ATP/ADP ratio had increased from 1.76 to 8.7 and the value of the relationship [ATP][AMP]/[ADP]2 increased from 1.0 to 4.4. These changes are dependent on the availability of oxygen to the animal. 2. The free [NAD+]/[NADH] ratio in the liver cytosol increases from 180 after delivery to reach a maximum of 1010 at 2h, before falling to 540 in the 24h-old animal. 3. The mitochondrial NAD redox potential also shows a sharp increase towards a more oxidized state in livers of delivered rats. 4. These results probably indicate that the foetal liver is hypoxic, with oxygenation occurring in the first hour after delivery. 5. Measurements in livers of naturally born rats 2min after birth also suggest that this tissue is hypoxic with an ATP/ADP ratio of 1.83 and a free [NAD+]/[NADH] ratio of 117. 6. Concentrations of intermediates in the gluconeogenic pathway have been determined in livers of foetal, 1h-old and 1-day-old rats. These experiments imply a facilitation of lactate dehydrogenase and glucose 6-phosphatase activities by 1h after birth, and a stimulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and glucose 6-phosphatase steps by 1 day after birth. 7. The appearance of gluconeogenesis in livers of newborn rats seems therefore to involve an oxygenation stage followed by an increase in phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity.

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