THE EFFECTS OF ACUTE ADMINISTRATION OF ETHANOL ON JEJUNAL PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS AND CIRCULATING INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH-FACTOR (IGF)-1 AND IGF BINDING-PROTEINS IN AD-LIBITUM FED AND NUTRITIONALLY RESTRICTED RATS
Jp. Miell et al., THE EFFECTS OF ACUTE ADMINISTRATION OF ETHANOL ON JEJUNAL PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS AND CIRCULATING INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH-FACTOR (IGF)-1 AND IGF BINDING-PROTEINS IN AD-LIBITUM FED AND NUTRITIONALLY RESTRICTED RATS, Addiction biology, 1(4), 1996, pp. 371-378
The effects of acute ethanol administration (75 mmol/kg body weight) t
o male Wistar rats (either ad libitum fed or nutritionally restricted)
on fractional rates of protein synthesis in the jejunum was assessed
together with the changes in IGF-1 and IGF binding protein concentrati
ons. Acute administration of ethanol resulted in significant decreases
in fractional rates of protein synthesis in the whole jejunum and jej
unal seromuscular layers of both the ad libitum fed and nutritionally
restricted animals. The synthesis rate per unit RNA (k(RNA), mg protei
n/day/mg RNA) in whole jejunum was reduced by 29% and 24% in the nutri
tionally restricted and ad libitum fed animals, respectively. Mean IGF
-1 levels were lower in the nutritionally restricted group (871 +/- 36
.9 mu g/l) than the ad libitum animals (960 +/- 27.3 mu g/l) although
this did not reach significance. In contrast, administration of alcoho
l to both groups markedly reduced circulating IGF-1 levels (ad libitum
: 518 +/- 19.8 mu g/l, nutritionally restricted: 417 +/- 33.7 mu g/l).
Furthermore, ethanol treatment resulted in a three-fold increase in t
he intensity of a 30 kDa IGF binding protein (IGFBP) in the ad libitum
fed animals and a fourfold increase in both 30 and 32 kDa IGFBP bands
in the nutritionally restricted group as visualized by Western ligand
blotting. Decreases in levels of IGF-1 allied with increased circulat
ing small molecular weight IGFBPs may contribute to the reduction in f
ractional rates of protein synthesis in the gastrointestinal tract of
ethanol-treated rats.