Histochemical Studies on Glycogen Deposition in Uterus of the Rat ∗ III. Effect of Starvation

Abstract

Summary

Relatively short periods of fasting result in the rapid disappearance of glycogen from the liver and skeletal muscle of hypophysectomized animals. The present experiments have demonstrated that, in spite of the depletion of carbohydrate reserves in the starved hypophysectomized castrate rat, estrogen promotes the deposition of glycogen in the uterine musculature in amounts comparable to those deposited in well-nourished animals. In this respect this action of estrogen on the uterus is analogous to that of certain of the hormones of the anterior hypophysis and adrenal cortex on the deposition of glycogen in the liver and skeletal muscle.