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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 259: E389-E396, 1990;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 259, Issue 3 E389-E396, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Glucose metabolism and recycling by hepatocytes of OB/OB and ob/ob mice

J. T. Lahtela, P. A. Wals and J. Katz
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048.

Hepatocytes were prepared from livers of ob/ob (obese diabetic) mice and their lean (OB/OB) siblings that had been fasted for 24 h. The hepatocytes were incubated with [U-14C, 2-3H]-, [U-14C, 3-3H]-, and [U-14C, 6-3H]glucose at concentrations from 20 to 120 mM. 14C was recovered mainly in CO2, glycogen, and lactate. Tritium was recovered in water and glycogen. The yield in labeled products from [2-3H]glucose ranged from two to three times that from [U-14C]glucose. The yields from [3-3H]- and [6-3H]glucose were similar, and 1.3-1.7 times that from [U-14C]glucose. At 40 mM, total utilization of glucose by obese mice was about twice that for lean mice, but there was little difference at 120 mM. The rate of recycling between glucose and glucose 6-phosphate was calculated. An equation to calculate the rate of recycling of glucose from the 2-3H/U-14C ratio in glycogen is derived in the APPENDIX. Our results show that 1) the utilization of glucose by hepatocytes from obese diabetic mice exceeds that of their lean controls, 2) the rate of glucose phosphorylation in both groups greatly exceeds glucose uptake and the rate of glycogen synthesis, 3) glucose phosphorylation represents a difference between a high glucokinase rate and hydrolysis of glucose 6-phosphate, and 4) recycling of glucose carbon between glucose 6-phosphate and pyruvate occurs within mouse hepatocytes.


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