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Vijayan MM, Foster GD, Moon TW. Effects of cortisol on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism and responsiveness to hormones in the sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus. Fish Physiol Biochem. 1993;12(4):327-35doi: 10.1007/BF00004417.
Vijayan, M. M., Foster, G. D., & Moon, T. W. (1993). Effects of cortisol on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism and responsiveness to hormones in the sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus. Fish physiology and biochemistry, 12(4), 327-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00004417
Vijayan, M M, et al. "Effects of cortisol on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism and responsiveness to hormones in the sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus." Fish physiology and biochemistry vol. 12,4 (1993): 327-35. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00004417
Vijayan MM, Foster GD, Moon TW. Effects of cortisol on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism and responsiveness to hormones in the sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus. Fish Physiol Biochem. 1993 Dec;12(4):327-35. doi: 10.1007/BF00004417. PMID: 24202874.
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Fish Physiol Biochem. 1993 Dec;12(4):327-35. doi: 10.1007/BF00004417.

Effects of cortisol on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism and responsiveness to hormones in the sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus.

Fish physiology and biochemistry

M M Vijayan, G D Foster, T W Moon

Affiliations

  1. Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, EOG 2X0.

PMID: 24202874 DOI: 10.1007/BF00004417

Abstract

The sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus, is a sit-and-wait, low metabolic rate, marine teleost. The objective of this study was to determine i) whether cortisol implantation (50 mg. kg(-1)) for 7 days altered hepatocyte metabolism, and hepatocyte responsiveness to epinephrine, glucagon and insulin, and ii) whether 8 weeks of food-deprivation modified the above response. Cortisol implantation significantly increased hepatocyte total glucose production and oxidation from alanine compared to the sham group. There was no cortisol effect on glycogen breakdown, suggesting that the activation of other pathways, including gluconeogenesis, are required to account for the increased glucose production. Epinephrine-mediated (10(-)5M) glycogen breakdown and insulin-mediated (10(-8)M) total glucose production were enhanced in hepatocytes of cortisol implanted sea ravens, but there were no change in any glucagon (10(-7)M) effects. The enhanced glycogen breakdown in the absence of similar increases in total glucose production with epinephrine indicates mobilization of carbohydrate reserves for endogenous use by the liver.Food-deprivation for 8 weeks significantly decreased condition factor, plasma cortisol concentration and liver glycogen content in the sea raven, but had no effect on plasma glucose concentration. Hepatocyte total glucose production and flux rates from alanine increased significantly with food-deprivation. Moreover, food-deprivation increased responsiveness of total hepatocyte glucose production to the actions of glucagon and insulin, but not to epinephrine; none of these effects were modified by cortisol implantation.Our results indicate that cortisol in the sea raven exerts both a direct and an indirect or permissive effect on hepatocyte metabolism by modifying hepatocyte responsiveness to epinephrine and insulin stimulation. Cortisol implantation did not modify the effects of glucagon or food-deprivation in this species.

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