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Compartmentalized cerebral metabolism of [1,6–13C]glucose determined by in vivo13C NMR spectroscopy at 14.1 T

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Duarte, João M. N., Lanz, Bernard, Gruetter, Rolf·2011·Frontiers in Neuroenergetics

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Cerebral metabolism is compartmentalized between neurons and glia. Although glial glycolysis is thought to largely sustain the energetic requirements of neurotransmission while oxidative metabolism takes place mainly in neurons, this hypothesis is matter of debate. The compartmentalization of cerebral metabolic fluxes can be determined by (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy upon infusion of (13)C-enriched compounds, especially glucose. Rats under light α-chloralose anesthesia were infused with [1,6-(13)C]glucose and (13)C enrichment in the brain metabolites was measured by (13)C NMR spectroscopy with high sensitivity and spectral resolution at 14.1 T. This allowed determining (13)C enrichment curves of amino acid carbons with high reproducibility and to reliably estimate cerebral metabolic fluxes (mean error of 8%). We further found that TCA cycle intermediates are not required for flux determination in mathematical models of brain metabolism. Neuronal tricarboxylic acid cycle rate (V(TCA)) and neurotransmission rate (V(NT)) were 0.45 ± 0.01 and 0.11 ± 0.01 μmol/g/min, respectively. Glial V(TCA) was found to be 38 ± 3% of total cerebral oxidative metabolism, accounting for more than half of neuronal oxidative metabolism. Furthermore, glial anaplerotic pyruvate carboxylation rate (V(PC)) was 0.069 ± 0.004 μmol/g/min, i.e., 25 ± 1% of the glial TCA cycle rate. These results support a role of glial cells as active partners of neurons during synaptic transmission beyond glycolytic metabolism.

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Authors
Duarte, J. M. N., Lanz, B., & Gruetter, R.
Affiliations
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
Corresponding author
Duarte, João M. N.
Venue
Frontiers in Neuroenergetics
Published
2011
Volume
3
Pages
3-3
ISSN
1662-6427 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1991678855
Cited by
82
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49
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9.06
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en
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Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (131087)
  • Université de Genève
  • Université de Lausanne
  • Centre d'Imagerie BioMédicale
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
Keywords
brain metabolism, glial metabolism, neuronal metabolism, metabolic flux, TCA cycle, pyruvate carboxylation, anaplerosis, oxidative metabolism, neurotransmission

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