Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:Fasting results in major metabolic changes including a switch from glycogenolysis to gluconeogenesis to maintain glucose homeostasis. However, the relationship between the length of fasting and the relative contribution of gluconeogenic substrates remains unclear. We investigated the relative contribution of glycogen, lactate, and glycerol in glucose production of male C57BL/6 J-albino mice after 6, 12, and 18 h of fasting. METHODS:We used non-perturbative infusions of 13C3 lactate, 13C3 glycerol, and 13C6 glucose combined with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry and metabolic flux analysis to study the contribution of substrates in gluconeogenesis (GNG). RESULTS:During infusion studies, both lactate and glycerol significantly label about 60% and 30-50% glucose carbon, respectively, but glucose labels much more lactate (∼90%) than glycerol carbon (∼10%). Our analyses indicate that lactate, but not glycerol is largely recycled during all fasting periods such that lactate is the largest direct contributor to GNG via the Cori cycle but a minor source of new glucose carbon (overall contribution). In contrast, glycerol is not only a significant direct contributor to GNG but also the largest overall contributor to GNG regardless of fasting length. Prolonged fasting decreases both the whole body turnover rate of glucose and lactate but increases that of glycerol, indicating that the usage of glycerol in GNG become more significant with longer fasting. CONCLUSION:Collectively, these findings suggest that glycerol is the dominant overall contributor of net glucose carbon in GNG during both short and prolonged fasting.
journal_name
Mol Metabjournal_title
Molecular metabolismauthors
Wang Y,Kwon H,Su X,Wondisford FEdoi
10.1016/j.molmet.2019.11.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-01-01 00:00:00pages
36-44issn
2212-8778pii
S2212-8778(19)30934-2journal_volume
31pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:Circulating long-chain free fatty acids (FFAs) are important metabolic signals that acutely enhance fatty acid oxidation, thermogenesis, energy expenditure, and insulin secretion. However, if chronically elevated, they provoke inflammation, insulin resistance, and β-cell failure. Moreover, FFAs act via multip...
journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.02.001
更新日期:2016-02-13 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a spectrum of histological liver pathologies ranging from hepatocyte fat accumulation, hepatocellular ballooning, lobular inflammation, and pericellular fibrosis. Based on early investigations, it was discovered that visceral fat accumulation, hepatic insulin resistanc...
journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101153
更新日期:2020-12-23 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101145
更新日期:2020-12-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2013.10.006
更新日期:2013-10-23 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.05.001
更新日期:2016-05-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2013.12.006
更新日期:2014-01-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2015.01.010
更新日期:2015-02-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.12.006
更新日期:2016-12-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101144
更新日期:2020-12-18 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.10.002
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.05.001
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.05.010
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101137
更新日期:2020-12-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.10.003
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.04.003
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2018.10.008
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is a key regulator of the metabolic and endocrine functions of adipose tissue. Increased SNS outflow promotes fat mobilization, stimulates non-shivering thermogenesis, promotes browning, and inhibits leptin production. Most of these effects are attributed to norepinephrine...
journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.06.019
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.07.001
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.04.003
更新日期:2016-04-13 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.10.006
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101129
更新日期:2020-11-25 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2013.08.005
更新日期:2013-08-24 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.12.014
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.06.003
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2015.09.012
更新日期:2015-10-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101165
更新日期:2021-01-14 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2016.11.003
更新日期:2016-11-16 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Adult obesity risk is influenced by alterations to fetal and neonatal environments. Modifying neonatal gut or neurohormone signaling pathways can have negative metabolic consequences in adulthood. Here we characterize the effect of neonatal activation of glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor (GLP1R) signal...
journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.05.006
更新日期:2017-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.07.015
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2017.03.003
更新日期:2017-03-18 00:00:00