Localized 13C NMR Spectroscopy in the Human Brain of Amino Acid Labeling from d-[1-13C]Glucose |
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Authors: | Rolf Gruetter,&dagger Edward J. Novotny,Susan D. Boulware,Graeme F. Mason,&Dagger Douglas L. Rothman,&Dagger Gerald I. Shulman,&dagger James W. Prichard, Robert G. Shulman |
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Affiliation: | Departments of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,; Pediatrics,; Neurology, and; Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Abstract: Cerebral metabolism of d [1-13C]glucose was studied with localized 13C NMR spectroscopy during intravenous infusion of enriched [1-13C]glucose in four healthy subjects. The use of three-dimensional localization resulted in the complete elimination of triacylglycerol resonance that originated in scalp and subcutaneous fat. The sensitivity and resolution were sufficient to allow 4 min of time-resolved observation of label incorporation into the C3 and C4 resonances of glutamate and C4 of glutamine, as well as C3 of aspartate with lower time resolution. [4-13C]Glutamate labeled rapidly reaching close to maximum labeling at 60 min. The label flow into [3-13C]glutamate clearly lagged behind that of [4-13C]glutamate and peaked at t = 110–140 min. Multiplets due to homonuclear 13C-13C coupling between the C3 and C4 peaks of the glutamate molecule were observed in vivo. Isotopomer analysis of spectra acquired between 120 and 180 min yielded a 13C isotopic fraction at C4 glutamate of 27 ± 2% (n = 4), which was slightly less than one-half the enrichment of the C1 position of plasma glucose (63 ± 1%), p < 0.05. By comparison with an external standard the total amount of [4-13C]glutamate was directly quantified to be 2.4 ± 0.1 µmol/ml-brain. Together with the isotopomer data this gave a calculated brain glutamate concentration of 9.1 ± 0.7 µmol/ml, which agrees with previous estimates of total brain glutamate concentrations. The agreement suggests that essentially all of the brain glutamate is derived from glucose in healthy human brain. |
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Keywords: | 13C NMR Glutamate Glutamine GABA Isotopomers Human brain |
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