13C and 31P NMR studies on the effects of increased plasma free fatty acids on intramuscular glucose metabolism in the awake rat.
1997
Jucker B.M. | Rennings A.J.M. | Cline G.W. | Shulman G.I.
The effects of increased plasma free fatty acids (FFA) on insulin-dependent whole body glucose disposal, skeletal muscle glycolysis, glycogen synthesis, pyruvate versus FFA/ketone oxidation, and glucose 6-phosphate (Glu-6-P) were investigated in the awake rat. A control group (glycerol-infused) and high plasma FFA group (Liposyn-infused) were clamped at euglycemia (approximately 6 mM)- hyperinsulinemia (10 milliunits/kg/min) throughout the experiment (180-240 min). In the initial experiment, 13C NMR was used to observe [1-13C]glucose incorporation into [1-13C]glycogen in the rat hindlimb for glycogen synthesis calculations and into [3-13C]lactate and [3-13C]alanine for glycolytic flux calculations. These experiments were followed by 31P NMR measurements of Glu-6-P changes under identical conditions of the initial experiment. Plasma FFA concentrations were 2.25 +/- 0.36 and 0.20 +/- 0.03 mM in the high plasma FFA and control groups respectively (p < 0.0005). Glucose infusion rates (Ginf) decreased significantly in the Liposyn-infused rats (29.5 +/- 0.7 and 27.2 +/- 1.2 mg/kg/min for control and high plasma FFA group, respectively, at 15 min to 30.7 +/-2.3 and 17.7 +/- 1.3 mg/kg/min, respectively, at the end of the experiment, p < 0.002). Glycogen synthesis rates were 163 +/- 32 and 104 +/- 17 nmol/g/min, and glycolytic rates were 57.9 +/- 8.0 and 19.5 +/- 3.6 nmol/g/min (p < 0.002) in the control and high plasma FFA groups, respectively. The relative flux of pyruvate versus free fatty acids and ketones entering the tricarboxylic acid cycle was greater in the control (57 +/- 9%) versus high plasma FFA group (25 +/- 4%) (p < 0.005) as assessed by [4-13C]glutamate/[3-13C]lactate steady state isotopic enrichment measurements. Finally, Glu-6-P concentrations increased by 29.8 +/- 7.0 and 52.8 +/- 12.3% (p < 0.05) in the control and high plasma FFA groups, respectively, above their basal concentrations by 180 min.
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