Kietzmann T, Roth U, Freimann S, Jungermann K
Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
Biochem J. 1997 Jan 1;321 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):17-20. doi: 10.1042/bj3210017.
Liver glucokinase (GK) is localized predominantly in the perivenous zone. GK mRNA was induced by insulin maximally under venous O2 partial pressure (pO2) and only half-maximally under arterial pO2. CoCl2 and desferrioxamine mimicked venous pO2 and enhanced the insulin-dependent induction of GK mRNA under arterial pO2. H2O2 mimicked arterial pO2 and reduced insulin-induced GK mRNA under venous pO2 to the lower arterial levels. Thus the zonal O2 gradient in liver seems to have a key role in the heterogenous expression of the GK gene.
肝脏葡萄糖激酶(GK)主要定位于肝静脉周围区域。在静脉氧分压(pO2)条件下,胰岛素对GK mRNA的诱导作用最强,而在动脉pO2条件下,诱导作用仅为最大诱导量的一半。氯化钴和去铁胺模拟静脉pO2,并增强了动脉pO2条件下胰岛素对GK mRNA的依赖性诱导作用。过氧化氢模拟动脉pO2,并将静脉pO2条件下胰岛素诱导的GK mRNA降低至较低的动脉水平。因此,肝脏中的区域氧梯度似乎在GK基因的异质性表达中起关键作用。