Open AccessThe effect of chronic food restriction on liver acute phase protein response in female and male Wistar rats
Author(s) -
Ilijana Grigorov,
Milosavljevic Tanja,
Ilic Mirka,
Desanka Bogojević,
Svetlana Ivanovič-Matić,
Petrovic Miodrag,
Uskokovic Aleksandra
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acta veterinaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1820-7448
pISSN - 0567-8315
DOI - 10.2298/avb0401013g
Subject(s) - haptoglobin , medicine , acute phase protein , endocrinology , malnutrition , turpentine , inflammation , basal (medicine) , biology , pathology , insulin
The acute inflammatory response of the liver associated with chronic food restriction was examined in adult female and male Wistar rats. The changes in the levels of serum markers of liver injury, AST and ALT and the appearance of a serum marker of inflammation, the acute phase protein (APP) haptoglobin (Hp) were assessed following turpentine treatment of well-nourished (WN) controls and undernourished (UN) rats. Undernutrition was induced by food restriction during a six week period by offering chow equivalent to 50% of the normal food intake. In the female rats undernutrition significantly potentiated liver injury and increased their sensitivity to the toxic effects of turpentine, which was opposite to the results obtained for males. Differences in the basal levels of AST, ALT and Hp between females and males imply that the effects of chronic food restriction on protein synthesis in the liver are gender related