CARNITINE METABOLISM IN NORMAL-WEIGHT AND OBESE HUMAN-SUBJECTS DURING FASTING
CARNITINE METABOLISM IN NORMAL-WEIGHT AND OBESE HUMAN-SUBJECTS DURING FASTING
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1980.238.5.e409
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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通讯作者:
GENUTH, SM
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作者:
HOPPEL, CL;GENUTH, SM
Carnitine metabolism was studied in normal-weight and obese subjects by measurement of carnitine and its acyl derivatives in plasma and urine. When first fed an isocaloric, low-carnitine diet, both groups showed a decrease in plasma total carnitine, primarily due to a decrease in the free carnitine fraction. Urinary free carnitine excretion fell significantly. When fasting was instituted plasma total carnitine concentration increased. This was the net result of a rapid increase in short-chain and long-chain acylcarnitine and a delayed decrease in free carnitine. Urinary excretion of short-chain acylcarnitines increased parallel to rising plasma concentrations whereas free carnitine excretion first decreased and then tended to increase slightly. Plasma and urinary short-chain acylcarnitine correlated with .beta.-hydroxybutyrate. All of these changes were reversed by refeeding in the obese even with a low-carnitine hypocaloric intake. Obese subjects developed hyperketonemia significantly more slowly than did normal-weight subjects, yet substantially demonstrated the same changes in magnitude and direction in carnitine and its metabolites.