[Effect of adrenaline, hydrocortisone, insulin and dibutyryl-cAMP on glycolysis and glycogenolysis in white rat liver slices].

Epinephrine, hydrocortisone, and dibutyril cAMP inhibited glycolysis and glucogenolysis. The inhibitory effect was also found when glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P) was used as a glycolysis substrate, but not for fructose-1,6-diphosphate. This is the evidence of hexokinase activity inhibition by hormones and dibutyril cAMP, and presumably of phospholylase and phosphofructokinase as well. In the simulated cell-free system the hormones produced no effect, dibutyril cAMP inhibiting hexokinase alone. For the realization of hormones effect their interaction with the cell membrane is required. Inhibition of glycogen and G-6-P decomposition to lactic acid in the rat liver slices was not associated with the hormone action on phosphorylase and phosphofructokinase through cAMP and proteinkinase directly. The results obtained indicated the existence of a supplementary mechanism that modified cAMP effect on the activity of the said enzymes. Insulin was effective in any of the cases.