Abstract
13C-edited proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to follow enrichment of glutamate C3 and C4 with a temporal resolution of ∼20 s in mouse hearts perfused with 13C-enriched substrates. A fit of the NMR data to a kinetic model of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and related exchange reactions yielded TCA cycle (Vtca) and exchange (Vx) fluxes between α-ketoglutarate and glutamate. These fluxes were substrate-dependent and decreased in the order acetate (Vtca = 14.1 μmol g-1 min-1; Vx = 26.5 μmol g-1 min-1) > octanoate (Vtca = 6.0 μmol g-1 min-1; Vx = 16.1 μmol g-1 min-1)lactate (Vtca = 4.2 μmol g-1 min-1; Vx = 6.3 μmol g-1 min-1).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 163-167 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 505 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 7 2001 |
Keywords
- Cardiac metabolism
- H nuclear magnetic resonance
- Indirect detection
- Tricarboxylic acid cycle kinetics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology