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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 259: E148-E154, 1990;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 259, Issue 2 E148-E154, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Glutamine transport and metabolism in denervated rat skeletal muscle

H. S. Hundal, P. Babij, P. W. Watt, M. R. Ward and M. J. Rennie
Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Dundee, United Kingdom.

Rat skeletal muscle glutamine fell by 40% from 4.18 to 2.5 mumols/g wet weight (P less than 0.01) after 4 days of denervation. Over the same period net glutamine efflux from denervated hindlimbs [i.e., arteriovenous (a-v) concentration differences x blood flow] increased 3.5-fold (from -6.72 +/- 1.73 to -26 +/- 4.81 nmol.min-1.g-1, P less than 0.001). Gastrocnemius glutamine synthetase activity fell 48% after denervation (from 475 +/- 81 to 248 +/- 39 nmol.min-1.g-1, P less than 0.001), but glutaminase activity was not significantly altered (17 nmol.min-1.g-1). The maximal activity (Vmax) of the unidirectional Na(+)-dependent glutamine transporter (system Nm) was depressed by 45% from 1,020 +/- 104 to 571 +/- 9 nmol.min-1.g-1 (P less than 0.01), but the concentration at which transport was half maximal (Km) was not significantly altered (control 8.1 +/- 0.6 mM; denervated 6.52 +/- 0.12). Hindlimb denervation resulted in an increase of intramuscular Na+ by 17% and a fall of K+ by 12%, and the resting membrane potential in isolated muscles decreased from -75 +/- 10 to -59.5 +/- 5.5 mV. Membrane potential of perfused denervated muscle, isolated after acute addition of the Na+ channel blocker tetrodotoxin (TTX, 3 microM), repolarized to -66.4 +/- 3.2 mV. In perfused denervated preparations TTX caused an acute recovery of Vmax of unidirectional glutamine transport to 848 +/- 75 nmol.min-1.g-1; Km was unaffected.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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