The influence of hibernation patterns on the critical enzymes of lipogenesis and lipolysis in prairie dogs |
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Authors: | Craig L Frank Stephen P J Brooks Henry J Harlow and Kenneth B Storey |
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Institution: | (1) The Louis Calder Center, Biological Station and Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, PO Box K, Armonk, NY 10504, USA;(2) Nutrition Research Division, HPB, Health Canada, 3W Banting Research Centre, Tunney’s Pasture, 2203C Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0L2, Canada;(3) Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA;(4) Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada |
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Abstract: | White-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys leucurus) are spontaneous hibernators that enter torpor each fall, whereas black-tailed prairie dogs (C. ludovicianus) hibernate facultatively only when food- or water-stressed during the winter. The body masses of both species greatly increase during the fall feeding period, with most of this gain in the form of depot fat. Body fat is utilized during winter fasting and/or hibernation. We measured the activities of fatty acid synthase (FAS), ATP-citrate lyase (ACL), malic enzyme (ME), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), and hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) in the tissues of both C.leucurus (hibernating and euthermic) and C. ludovicianus (euthermic only) under controlled conditions. The activities of FAS, ACL, and G6PDH in the liver all decreased during hibernation. The activities of ME and G6PDH in white adipose tissue (WAT) were also reduced during hibernation. Euthermic C. leucurus and euthermic C. ludovicianus differed only in brown adipose (BAT) ACL and WAT G6PDH activities. No significant differences in HSL activities were found between these two species or between euthermic and hibernating animals. These results suggest that this seasonal body fat cycle is due, at least in part, to seasonal variations in the activities of FAS, ME, ACL, and G6PDH that affect the rate of fatty acid synthesis. This study also demonstrates that spontaneous hibernators do not have a greater capacity to synthesize fatty acids during the fall than facultative hibernators, as previously suggested. |
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Keywords: | Adipose ATP citrate lyase (ACL) Cynomys Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) Hibernation Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) Liver Malic enzyme (ME) |
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