Regulation of hepatic malic enzyme by perfluorodecanoic acid.

Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) administration to adult male rats increased both the activity of hepatic malic enzyme and liver weight in a dose-dependent manner. Hepatomegaly and augmented activity of malic enzyme in liver were apparent within one day following PFDA administration and reached a plateau by three days posttreatment. Malic enzyme quantity per liver in PFDA-treated rats was elevated within one day following dosing and increased continually throughout five days posttreatment. Administration of PFDA to rats in the fed state also led to an increase in the specific activity of hepatic malic enzyme that peaked at three days following dosing. When compared to the fed condition, rats fasted for 48 hours had a decrease in both relative liver weight and the quantity of supernatant protein per liver. The total activity (U/liver) and specific activity of malic enzyme in the liver were also reduced in the fasted state. During the 24 hours after treatment in rats fasted for 48 hours, the body weight as well as the absolute and relative liver weight of animals receiving vehicle declined continuously in the absence of feed. Following the administration of PFDA to fasted rats, body weight was maintained until eight hours posttreatment but then declined at a rate similar to that found with the vehicle-treated group. Absolute and relative liver weight in PFDA-treated rats were increased significantly at eight hours posttreatment when compared to those receiving vehicle, and this increment was maintained throughout the rest of the 24 hours following dosing. While the activity and enzyme content of hepatic malic enzyme decreased in the vehicle-treated group, administration of PFDA to rats fasted for 48 hours prevented their decline. The specific activity of hepatic malic enzyme in 48 hours fasted rats receiving PFDA was also elevated significantly at 16 hours posttreatment. Thus, the administration of PFDA to the adult male rat in both the fed and fasted nutritional states was found to regulate hepatic malic enzyme by not only increasing enzyme quantity but also by augmenting the specific activity, (ie, catalytic state) of the enzyme.

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