No Effect of Hyperketonemia on Local Cerebral Glucose Utilization in Conscious Rats |
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Authors: | David H. Corddry Stanley I. Rapoport Edythe D. London |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoty of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore City Hospitals, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Abstract: Local cerebral glucose utilization was measured by the [14C]2-deoxy- d -glucose method in conscious control and hyperketonemic rats. Hyperketonemia was induced by 3 days of starvation or by infusion of 3- hydroxybutyrate in fed rats. These treatments produced combined blood ketone body concentrations (acetoacetate + 3-hydroxybutyrate) of from 1.2 to 2.4 mM. Neither treatment significantly affected glucose utilization in any of the 15 brain regions studied. These observations indicate that hyperketonemia in resting, conscious rats does not interfere with brain uptake and phosphorylation of glucose. |
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Keywords: | [14C]2-Deoxy-d-glucose Ketone body Acetoacetate 3-Hydroxybutyrate Oxidative metabolism Starvation Glucose utilization |
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