AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 263, Issue 3 E473-E480, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Uptake of glucose carbon in muscle glycogen and adipose tissue triglycerides in vivo in humans

P. Marin, I. Hogh-Kristiansen, S. Jansson, M. Krotkiewski, G. Holm and P. Bjorntorp
Department of Medicine I, Sahlgren's Hospital, University of Goteborg, Sweden.

Glucose disposal into muscle glycogen has previously been directly studied after intravenous, but not after physiological, oral administration. In this study 100 g glucose, containing 50 microCi [U-14C]glucose, were taken orally by premenopausal women in the overnight fasting state or after a carbohydrate-rich meal. After 4 h, biopsies were taken from the vastus lateralis muscle and abdominal and femoral subcutaneous adipose tissue for determinations of label in isolated glycogen and triglycerides, respectively. Uptake of administered glucose carbon in muscle glycogen was estimated to be approximately 20 g in the fasting and approximately 9 g in the carbohydrate-fed groups, respectively. Total uptake in adipose tissue triglycerides was approximately 2 g. Glucose carbon uptake in muscle glycogen correlated positively with glucose infusion rates during euglycemic hyperinsulinemic glucose clamps, glycogen synthase activity in vitro, and type I muscle fiber distribution and fiber area. Negative correlations were found between glucose uptake in adipose tissue triglycerides, type II fiber distribution and fiber area, as well as the waist-to-hip circumference ratio and degree of obesity. It was concluded that muscle glycogen is probably not a major pathway for disposal of oral glucose carbon in the sedentary condition.

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