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Fatty acid and glucose utilization in isolated, working fetal pig hearts.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6869527     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Fatty acid uptake and the effects of long- and short-chain fatty acids on glucose utilization were assessed in isolated perfused fetal pig hearts (0.9 gestation) in which oxygenated nutrient buffer was pumped from both ventricles at controlled pressure (55 mmHg, mean arterial pressure) and heart rate (180 beats/min). When either 1.5 mM palmitate or 1.0 mM octanoate was added to buffer containing 10 mM glucose and insulin (100 microU/ml), glucose uptake, as measured by 3H2O production from D-[2-3H]glucose, was suppressed when compared with glucose uptake in the absence of fatty acid. Increased tissue concentrations of glucose 6-phosphate, fructose 6-phosphate, and citrate in hearts perfused with buffer containing octanoate indicated active beta-oxidation and inhibition of phosphofructokinase activity when compared with hearts perfused with glucose alone. In contrast, hearts perfused with buffer containing palmitate showed no increases in these metabolic intermediates. These results suggest that suppression of glucose uptake in the presence of long-chain fatty acid was not the result of phosphofructokinase inhibition but may result from inhibition of glucose transport by palmitate. Determinations of tissue concentrations of free carnitine and carnitine derivatives indicated that, although palmitate underwent esterification to long-chain acyl carnitine in the fetal heart, it failed to undergo extensive beta-oxidation.
Authors:
J C Werner; V Whitman; R R Fripp; H G Schuler; J Musselman; R L Sham
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Duplicate Publication; In Vitro; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  245     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1983 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1983-08-11     Completed Date:  1983-08-11     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  E19-23     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Caprylates / pharmacology
Cardiac Output
Fatty Acids / metabolism*
Female
Glucose / metabolism*
Heart / embryology,  physiology
Myocardium / metabolism*
Oxygen Consumption
Palmitates / pharmacology
Swine
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Caprylates; 0/Fatty Acids; 0/Palmitates; 50-99-7/Glucose

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