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Determination of the rate of the glutamate/glutamine cycle in the human brain by in vivo 13 C NMR

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Shen, Jun, Petersen, Kitt F., Behar, Kevin L., Brown, Peter, Nixon, Terrence W., Mason, Graeme F., Petroff, Ognen A. C., Shulman, Gerald I. +2 more·1999·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Recent 13C NMR studies in rat models have shown that the glutamate/glutamine cycle is highly active in the cerebral cortex and is coupled to incremental glucose oxidation in an approximately 1:1 stoichiometry. To determine whether a high level of glutamatergic activity is present in human cortex, the rates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, glutamine synthesis, and the glutamate/glutamine cycle were determined in the human occipital/parietal lobe at rest. During an infusion of [1-13C]-glucose, in vivo 13C NMR spectra were obtained of the time courses of label incorporation into [4-13C]-glutamate and [4-13C]-glutamine. Using a metabolic model we have validated in the rat, we calculated a total tricarboxylic acid cycle rate of 0.77 +/- 0.07 micromol/min/g (mean +/- SD, n = 6), a glucose oxidation rate of 0.39 +/- 0.04 micromol/min/g, and a glutamate/glutamine cycle rate of 0.32 +/- 0.05 micromol/min/g (mean +/- SD, n = 6). In agreement with studies in rat cerebral cortex, the glutamate/glutamine cycle is a major metabolic flux in the resting human brain with a rate approximately 80% of glucose oxidation.

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Shen, J., Petersen, K. F., Behar, K. L., Brown, P., Nixon, T. W., Mason, G. F., Petroff, O. A. C., Shulman, G. I., Shulman, R. G., & Rothman, D. L.
Affiliations
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
1999-07-06
Volume
96
Issue
14
Pages
8235-8240
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2052750469
Cited by
462
References
55
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21.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
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Funders
  • Yale University
  • National Institutes of Health (DK-45735)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK049230, R01DK040936, R01DK027121, P30DK045735)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R29NS032126, R01-NS032515, P01-NS 06208, R01NS037527, R01NS034813)
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01RR000125)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
glutamate-glutamine cycle, cerebral cortex, TCA cycle, glucose oxidation, glutamine synthesis, metabolic flux, metabolic modeling
MeSH terms
Adult, Animals, Carbon Isotopes, Cerebral Cortex, Citric Acid Cycle, Female, Glucose, Glutamine, Humans, Kinetics, Male, Models, Chemical, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Oxidation-Reduction, Parietal Lobe, Reference Values, Temporal Lobe, Time Factors, Glutamic Acid, Rats

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