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Reduced gluconeogenesis and lactate clearance in Huntington's disease.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20727971     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We studied systemic and brain glucose and lactate metabolism in Huntington's disease (HD) patients in response to ergometer cycling. Following termination of exercise, blood glucose increased abruptly in control subjects, but no peak was seen in any of the HD patients (2.0 ± 0.5 vs. 0.0 ± 0.2mM, P < 2 × 10(-6)). No difference was seen in brain metabolism parameters. Reduced hepatic glucose output in the HD mouse model R6/2 following a lactate challenge, combined with reduced phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and increased pyruvate kinase activity in the mouse liver suggest a reduced capacity for gluconeogenesis in HD, possibly contributing to the clinical symptoms of HD. We propose that blood glucose concentration in the recovery from exercise can be applied as a liver function test in HD patients.
Authors:
Knud Josefsen; Signe M B Nielsen; André Campos; Thomas Seifert; Lis Hasholt; Jørgen E Nielsen; Anne Nørremølle; Niels H Skotte; Niels H Secher; Bjørn Quistorff
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-08-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurobiology of disease     Volume:  40     ISSN:  1095-953X     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurobiol. Dis.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-15     Completed Date:  2011-01-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9500169     Medline TA:  Neurobiol Dis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  656-62     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
The Bartholin Institute, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. knud@eln.dk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Glucose / analysis*
Blotting, Western
Brain / metabolism*
Exercise / physiology*
Exercise Test / methods
Female
Gluconeogenesis / physiology*
Humans
Huntington Disease / metabolism*,  physiopathology
Lactic Acid / metabolism*
Liver / metabolism,  physiopathology
Liver Function Tests / methods
Male
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Middle Aged
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Glucose; 50-21-5/Lactic Acid

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