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Sources of hepatic glycogen synthesis during an oral glucose tolerance test: Effect of transaldolase exchange on flux estimates.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19780152     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Sources of hepatic glycogen synthesis during an oral glucose tolerance test were evaluated in six healthy subjects by enrichment of a 75-g glucose load with 6.67% [U-(13)C]glucose and 3.33% [U-(2)H(7)]glucose and analysis of plasma glucose and hepatic uridine diphosphate-glucose enrichments (sampled as urinary menthol glucuronide) by (2)H and (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance. The direct pathway contribution, as estimated from the dilution of [U-(13)C]glucose between plasma glucose and glucuronide, was unexpectedly low (36 +/- 5%). With [U-(2)H(7)]glucose, direct pathway estimates based on the dilution of position 3 (2)H-enrichment between plasma glucose and glucuronide were significantly higher (51 +/- 6%, P = 0.05). These differences reflect the exchange of the carbon 4, 5, and 6 moiety of fructose-6-phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate catalyzed by transaldolase. As further evidence of this exchange, (2)H-enrichments in glucuronide positions 4 and 5 were inferior to those of position 3. From the difference in glucuronide positions 5 and 3 enrichments, the fraction of direct pathway carbons that experienced transaldolase exchange was estimated at 21 +/- 4%. In conclusion, the direct pathway contributes only half of hepatic glycogen synthesis during an oral glucose tolerance test. Glucose tracers labeled in positions 4, 5, or 6 will give significant underestimates of direct pathway activity because of transaldolase exchange.
Authors:
Teresa C Delgado; Cla??dia Silva; Isabel Fernandes; Madalena Caldeira; Margarida Bastos; Carla Baptista; Manuela Carvalheiro; Carlos F G C Geraldes; John G Jones
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine     Volume:  62     ISSN:  1522-2594     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Med     Publication Date:  2009 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-03     Completed Date:  2010-01-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8505245     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1120-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
NMR Laboratory, Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Blood Glucose / analysis*
Female
Glucose / administration & dosage,  diagnostic use,  pharmacokinetics*
Glucose Tolerance Test / methods*
Glycogen / biosynthesis*
Humans
Insulin / blood*
Liver / metabolism*
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
Male
Metabolic Clearance Rate
Middle Aged
Transaldolase / blood*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Glucose; 11061-68-0/Insulin; 50-99-7/Glucose; 9005-79-2/Glycogen; EC 2.2.1.2/Transaldolase

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