Abstract
1. 1. After a pulse of [3- 14C]pyruvate, 24 hr starved rats were infused through the portal vein with two different doses of glucose (7.8 or 20.8 mg/min) or the medium, and blood was collected from the inferior cava vein at the level of the suprahepatic veins. 2. 2. The highest dose of glucose enhanced the appearance of [ 14C]glucose in blood from the 2nd to the 20th min after tracer delivery. It also enhanced production of [ 14C]glycogen and concentration of glycogen in the liver after 5 and 20 min. At 20min of glucose infusion the appearance of [ 14C]glyceride glycerol in liver as well as liver lactate concentration and lactate/pyruvate ratio were increased. 3. 3. The low dose of glucose used enhanced liver values of [ 14C]glycogen, [ 14C]glycogen specific activity and glycogen concentration. 4. 4. Our results support the hypothesis that in the starved rat glucose is converted into C 3 units prior to being deposited as liver glycogen and based on the liver zonation model (Jungermann et al., 1983) it is proposed that glucose stimulated gluconeogenesis by shifting the liver to the cytosolic redox state as a secondary consequence of increased glycolytic activity.
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