Objective To determine the expression levels of SOCS2 in the mouse livers under starvation, diabetes and obese conditions and to study the effect of SOCS2 on gluconeogenesis.Methods Animals were divided into 3 groups: C57BL/6J mice, the control group was fed ad libtum and the experimental group was fasted for 24 h.Diabetes model db/db and the control db/m mice were fed ad libitum.Obese model ob/ob and the control C57BL/6J mice were fed ad libitum.All the mice above were sacrificed and total RNA was isolated from mouse livers and reverse transcribed to cDNA.The expression of SOCS2 and gluconeogenesis genes in the mouse livers in the 3 groups above were detected by real-time quantitative PCR.SOCS2 was overexpressed in the primary C57BL/6J mouse hepatocytes by the adenovirus system.The effect of SOCS2 on glucose production was measured by glucose output assay.Results C57BL/6J mouse hepatic SOCS2 expression was suppressed by starvation status.The expression of SOCS2 was decreased in the livers of db/db and ob/ob mice.In contrast, the key regulators of gluconeogenesis, PGC-1α, PEPCK and G6Pase exhibited the opposite expression pattern as SOCS2 in the livers underidentical starvation, diabetes and obese conditions.The protein was Mr 23 000 and glucose production was inhibited after SOCS2 being overexpressed in the primary C57BL/6J mouse hepatocytes by adenovirus system.Conclusions SOCS2 may inhibit gluconeogenesis in the C57BL/6J mouse primary hepatocytes, and SOCS2 may be a potential target for the treatment of type Ⅱ diabetes.

Objective Cloning and expression of Par6A.Methods Par6A cDNA was amplified from rat L6 skeletal muscle cells by RT-PCR and the cloning and expression vectors of Par6A were constructed.The expression vector was transfected into 293 cells.Furthermore,the function of Par6A was confirmed by Co-immunoprecipitation.Results Par6A cDNA with approximately 1 kb in length was successfully amplified,and the expression vector of pDsRed-Express-N1-Par6A was constructed.The red fluorescene was seen under fluorescent microscope after 293ET cells were transfected for 24 h using the pDsRed-Express-N1-Par6A vector.The expressed Par6A protein can interacte with PKC?.Conclusion We successfully cloned the Par6A cDNA from rat L6 skeletal muscle cells,which provided a reliable method to study the function of Par6A.