[Serum glucose-6-phosphatase activity in thyrotoxicosis patients both fasting and following a sugar load]

A study was made of the activity of glucose-6-phosphatase in the blood serum of patients with thyrotoxicosis and in healthy persons and of its change after glucose loading. The activity of the enzyme on fasting stomach proved to be increased in the patients with throtoxicosis. The activity of the enzyme remained unchanged in these persons after glucose loading both during the hyperglycemic and the hypoglycemic phases of the glycemic curve; it remained high till the end of the observation period. In healthy persons, during the hypoglycemic phase of the glycemic curve, the activity of the enzyme was doubled, and at the height of hyperglycemia, after glucose loading- it was no different from the initial value. It is supposed that a high activity of the enzyme in the patients with thyrotoxicosis was associated with reduction in glycogen content in the tissues, along with activation of the glycogenolysis and gluconeongenesis processes.