RGD Reference Report - In vivo effect of Trigonella foenum graecum on the expression of pyruvate kinase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, and distribution of glucose transporter (GLUT4) in alloxan-diabetic rats. - Rat Genome Database

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In vivo effect of Trigonella foenum graecum on the expression of pyruvate kinase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, and distribution of glucose transporter (GLUT4) in alloxan-diabetic rats.

Authors: Mohammad, S  Taha, A  Akhtar, K  Bamezai, RN  Baquer, NZ 
Citation: Mohammad S, etal., Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2006 Jun;84(6):647-54.
RGD ID: 1625589
Pubmed: PMID:16900249   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1139/y05-164   (Journal Full-text)

Plasma glucose levels are maintained by a precise balance between glucose production and its use. Liver pyruvate kinase (PK) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), 2 key enzymes of glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, respectively, play a crucial role in this glucose homeostasis along with skeletal muscle glucose transporter (GLUT4). In the diabetic state, this balance is disturbed owing to the absence of insulin, the principal factor controlling this regulation. In the present study, alloxan-diabetic animals having high glucose levels of more than 300 mmol/L have been taken and the administration of Trigonella seed powder (TSP) to the diabetic animals was assessed for its effect on the expression of PK and PEPCK in liver and GLUT4 distribution in skeletal muscle of alloxan-diabetic rats. TSP treatment to the diabetic animals resulted in a marked decrease in the plasma glucose levels. Trigonella treatment partially restored the altered expression of PK and PEPCK. TSP treatment also corrected the alterations in the distribution of GLUT4 in the skeletal muscle.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Experimental Diabetes Mellitus  ISOPklr (Rattus norvegicus)1625589; 1625589 RGD 
Experimental Diabetes Mellitus  IEP 1625589 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Pklr  (pyruvate kinase L/R)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Pklr  (pyruvate kinase liver and red blood cell)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
PKLR  (pyruvate kinase L/R)


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