URINARY-EXCRETION OF ACETYLCARNITINE DURING HUMAN DIABETIC AND FASTING KETOSIS
URINARY-EXCRETION OF ACETYLCARNITINE DURING HUMAN DIABETIC AND FASTING KETOSIS
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1982.243.2.e168
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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GENUTH, SM
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HOPPEL, CL;GENUTH, SM
The urinary excretion of acetylcarnitine was studied in patients with diabetic ketosis before and during insulin therapy and in normal-weight and obese subjects during fasting. In the diabetic ketotic patients, acetylcarnitine represented 61% of the total acylcarnitine excretion. During the first 24 h of insulin treatment, acetylcarnitine excretion decreased and on the 5th day of treatment was 18% of the acylcarnitines excreted. The urinary excretion of the other acylcarnitines fell slowly. In normal-weight subjects fasted for 3 days, the urinary excretion of acetylcarnitine increased on the 2nd day of fasting, and on the 3rd day acetylcarnitine accounted for 78% of the excreted acylcarnitine. In obese subjects there was a progressive increase in urinary acetylcarnitine excretion, but on day 6 it represented only 55% of the total acylcarnitine excreted. The urinary excretion of acetylcarnitine correlated with blood .beta.-hydroxybutyrate concentration in the normal-weight subjects during fasting and in the diabetic ketotic patients. Acetylcarnitine accounts for a major fraction of the acylcarnitines excreted in the 3 ketotic conditions studied. The contribution of acetylcarnitine to the change in acylcarnitines as ketosis appears or disappears is significantly less in the obese subjects than in the normal-weight subjects or in the diabetic patients. This difference may reflect an alteration in the production or disposition of acetyl-CoA and acetylcarnitine in obesity. [Carnitine is an essential factor in fatty acid oxidation.].