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Glucose and lipid metabolism in the pancreas of rainbow trout is regulated at the molecular level by nutritional status and carbohydrate intake

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Glucose and lipid metabolism in pancreatic islet organs is poorly characterized. In the present study, using as a model the carnivorous rainbow trout, a glucose-intolerant fish, we assessed mRNA expression levels of several genes involved in glucose and lipid metabolism (including ATP-citrate lyase; carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 isoforms, CPT; the mitochondrial isoform of the phosphoenolpyrutave carboxykinase, mPEPCK and pyruvate kinase, PK) and glucosensing (glucose transporter type 2, Glut2; glucokinase, GK and the potassium channel, KATP) in Brockmann bodies. We evaluated the response of these parameters to changes in feeding status (food deprived vs. fed fish) as well as to changes in the amount of carbohydrate (dextrin) in the diet. A general inhibition of the glycolytic (including the glucosensing marker GK) and β-oxidation pathways was found when comparing fed versus food-deprived fish. When comparing fish feeding on either low- or high-carbohydrate diets, we found that some genes related to lipid metabolism were more controlled by the feeding status than by the carbohydrate content (fatty acid synthase, CPTs). Findings are discussed in the context of pancreatic regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism in fish, and show that while trout pancreatic metabolism can partially adapt to a high-carbohydrate diet, some of the molecular actors studied seem to be poorly regulated (KATP) and may contribute to the glucose intolerance observed in this species when fed high-carbohydrate diets.

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Acknowledgments

S. Polakof was recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Xunta de Galicia (Program Ángeles Alvariño). We acknowledge the technical staff (Y. Hontang, F. Sandres, and F. Terrier) of the INRA experimental fish farm of Donzacq for supplying the experimental animals. This study was supported by research grants from Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-08-JCJC-0025-01).

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    Sergio Polakof, Sandrine Skiba-Cassy, Sadasivam Kaushik, Iban Seiliez & Stephane Panserat

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    Sergio Polakof & Jose Luis Soengas

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Polakof, S., Skiba-Cassy, S., Kaushik, S. et al. Glucose and lipid metabolism in the pancreas of rainbow trout is regulated at the molecular level by nutritional status and carbohydrate intake. J Comp Physiol B 182, 507–516 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-011-0636-5

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