Tricarboxylic acid cycle of glia in the in vivo human brain
Tricarboxylic acid cycle of glia in the in vivo human brain
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DOI:
10.1002/nbm.725
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发表时间:
2002-02-01
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2.9
通讯作者:
Ross, BD
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作者:
Blüml, S;Moreno-Torres, A;Ross, BD
In the brain, acetate is exclusively oxidized by glia. To determine the contribution of glial metabolism to the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA), 1-C-13-acetate was infused in six studies in three normal adult subjects and one epileptic receiving valproic acid for seizure control. Ton grams of 99% 1-C-13 labeled acetate were infused intravenously as a 3.3% w/v solution over 60 min, during which in vivo C-13 MR spectra of the brain were acquired. As expected, 13C label rapidly enriched cerebral bicarbonate, glutamate and glutamine C-5. The mean rate of acetate oxidation calculated from steady-state C-13 enrichment of bicarbonate in fasted normal subjects was 0.13 +/- 0.03 mumol/g/min (n = 4), approximately 20% of the total cerebral TCA cycle rate. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.