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Original Research

Effect of cyclosporine A on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism and hepatic gene expression in rat

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Pages 1223-1230 | Published online: 08 Aug 2012
 

Abstract

Objective: Cyclosporine A (CsA)-based therapy has been implicated in the development of diabetes. Hence, its effects on hepatic carbohydrate metabolism and gene expression will be investigated.

Methods: Sprague-Dawley rats given 15 mg/kg body weight/day of CsA for 20 days, as well as healthy untreated animals, received a glucose load enriched with [U-13C]glucose and deuterated water to resolve load and endogenous contributions to plasma glucose. Blood glucose and plasma insulin levels were assayed and at 60-min post-load, plasma glucose 13C and 2H-enrichments were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and liver tissue analyzed for hepatic gene expression.

Results: CsA-treated rats were glucose intolerant relative to controls (AUCglucose = 21,297 ± 857 versus 14,183 ± 1094, p < 0.01). Contributions from endogenous glucose production (EGP) were significantly elevated in CsA-treated rats (179 ± 16 versus 123 ± 13 mg/dl, p < 0.05). The increased endogenous contributions were attributable to glycogenolysis or glucose-G6P cycling and not to gluconeogenesis. Significantly higher expressions of fatty acid synthase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 and 2 genes were observed in CsA-treated rats.

Conclusions: CsA-altered glucose metabolism and gene expression could reflect increased hepatic insulin resistance. In the liver of CsA-treated animals, EGP suppression is impaired whereas hepatic de novo lipogenesis is enhanced contributing to dysregulated glucose and lipid metabolism.

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