Effect of carbon tetrachloride on glycogen metabolism in fasted and refed mice

Hepatic glycogen was depleted rapidly in fasted mice treated with CCl4. Glycogen breakdown was slow when CCl4 was administered after 1 hr of refeeding. There was an initial increase and then a reduction in liver glycogen of mice refed for 2 hr prior to CCl4 injection. The incorporation of glucose-U-14C into glycogen was higher in mice which were refed before CCl4 administration than in fasted mice treated with the hepatotoxin. The specific activity of lactate was higher in CCl4 treated mice. The data suggested differences in glycogen metabolism of fasted and refed mice in response to CCl4 treatment. (author)