Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the regulation of the pentose phosphate pathway
The goal of this work is to investigate the potential for and limitations of in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for quantitation of glucose flux through the pentose phosphate pathway (shunt). Interest in the shunt is motivated by the possibility that its activity may be greatly increased in cancer and in the pathological states of cardiac and cerebral ischemia. The ability to dynamically monitor flux through the pentose shunt can give new knowledge about metabolism in pathological states. {sup 13}C NMR spectroscopy was used to monitor shunt activity by determination of the ratios of ({sup 13}C-4) to ({sup 13}C-5)-glutamate, ({sup 13}C-3) to ({sup 13}C-2)-alanine or ({sup 13}C-3) to ({sup 13}C-2)-lactate produced when ({sup 13}C-2)-glucose is infused. These methods provide measures of the effect of oxidative stresses on shunt activity in systems ranging from cell free enzyme-substrate preparations to cell suspensions and whole animals. In anaerobic cell free preparations, the fraction of glucose flux through the shunt was monitored with a time resolution of 3 minutes. This work predicts the potential for in vivo human studies of pentose phosphate pathway activity based on the mathematical simulation of the {sup 13}C fractional enrichments of C4 and C5-glutamate as a function of shunt activity and on the signal-to- noise ratio acquired in {sup 13}C NMR human studies from the current literature.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; DOHHS; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 5313663
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-31592; ON: DE92010257; CNN: HL07367
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
AEROBIC CONDITIONS
ALANINES
ALDEHYDES
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMALS
BIOCHEMISTRY
BODY
BRAIN
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON 13
CARBON ISOTOPES
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CHEMISTRY
DISEASES
EUMYCOTA
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FUNGI
GLUCOSE
HEXOSES
IN VIVO
ISOTOPES
LACTATES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MAMMALS
METABOLISM
MICROORGANISMS
MONOSACCHARIDES
NEOPLASMS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PENTOSES
PLANTS
RATS
RESONANCE
RODENTS
SACCHARIDES
STABLE ISOTOPES
VERTEBRATES
YEASTS