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Glucose and urea production and leucine, ketoisocaproate and alanine fluxes at supraphysiological plasma adrenaline concentrations in volunteers.

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OBJECTIVE:To determine the magnitude and time course of adrenergic effects on metabolism in volunteers and possible implications for the use of sympathomimetics in the critically ill. DESIGN:Descriptive laboratory investigation. SUBJECTS:7 volunteers. INTERVENTION:Primed continuous infusions of stable isotope tracers ([15N2]-urea, [6,6-D2]-glucose, [methyl-D3]-L-leucine, [15N]-L-alanine) were used. After isotopic steady state had been reached an infusion of adrenaline (0.1 microgram/kg/min) was administered (4 h). Isotopic enrichment was measured using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and the corresponding rates of appearance were calculated. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:Glucose production increased from 14.1 +/- 1.2 to 21.5 +/- 2.0 mumol/kg/min (p < 0.05) after 80 min of adrenergic stimulation and then decreased again to 17.9 +/- 1.2 mumol/kg/min after 240 min. Leucine and ketoisocaproate (KIC) fluxes were 2.3 +/- 0.2 and 2.6 +/- 0.2 mumol/kg/min, respectively, at baseline and gradually decreased to 1.8 +/- 0.2 and 2.2 +/- 0.1 mumol/kg/min, respectively, after 240 min of adrenaline infusion (both p < 0.05). Alanine flux increased from 3.7 +/- 0.5 to 6.9 +/- 0.9 mumol/kg/min (p < 0.05) after 80 min of adrenergic stimulation. Urea production slightly decreased from 4.8 +/- 0.9 to 4.3 +/- 0.8 mumol/kg/min during adrenaline (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Adrenaline induced an increase in glucose production lasting for longer than 240 min. The decrease in leucine and KIC flux suggests a reduction in proteolysis, which was supported by the decrease in urea production. The increase in alanine flux is therefore most likely due to an increase in de-novo synthesis. The ammonia donor for alanine synthesis in peripheral tissues and the target for ammonia after alanine deamination in the liver remain to be investigated. These results indicate that adrenaline infusion most probably will not promote already enhanced proteolysis in critically ill patients. Gluconeogenesis is an energy consuming process and an increase may deteriorate hepatic oxygen balance in patients.

journal_name

Intensive Care Med

journal_title

Intensive care medicine

authors

Ensinger H,Träger K,Geisser W,Anhäupl T,Ahnefeld FW,Vogt J,Georgieff M

doi

10.1007/BF01707665

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-01-01 00:00:00

pages

113-8

issue

eissn

0342-4642

issn

1432-1238

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Glucose and urea production and leucine, ketoisocaproate and alanine fluxes at supraphysiological plasma adrenaline concentrations in volunteers.