SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF UMBILICAL UPTAKE, FETAL UTILIZATION RATE, AND FETAL TURNOVER RATE OF GLUCOSE
SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF UMBILICAL UPTAKE, FETAL UTILIZATION RATE, AND FETAL TURNOVER RATE OF GLUCOSE
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1981.240.6.e662
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1981-01-01
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MESCHIA, G
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HAY, WW;SPARKS, JW;MESCHIA, G
Fetal umbilical glucose uptake was compared with simultaneous measurements of glucose turnover and utilization rates in 12 pregnant sheep, at a mean of 137 days gestational age (range, 118-146 days). Umbilical glucose uptake was calculated by application of the Fick principle. Fetal glucose turnover rate was measured by a primed-constant infusion of [14C]- and [3H]glucose (glucose turnover rate = tracer infusion rate .div. fetal glucose specific activity). The calculation of fetal glucose utilization rate required substraction of the loss of tracer to the placenta from the tracer infusion rate, thus defining the net tracer entry into the fetus for direct comparison with the net umbilical glucose uptake. In fed, normoglycemic sheep, these measurements demonstrated statistical equivalence of umbilical glucose uptake rate (4.77 mg .cntdot. min-1 .cntdot. kg-1 .+-. 0.34 SE) and glucose utilization rate ([14C]glucose, 5.58 mg .cntdot. min-1 .cntdot. kg-1 .+-. 0.54 SE; and [3H]glucose, 7.19 mg .cntdot. min-1 .cntdot. kg-1 .+-. 1.24 SE) when tested by 2-way analysis of variance (P > 0.01). In 3 fasted, hypoglycemic sheep, the umbilical glucose uptake rate fell to 1.43 mg .cntdot. min-1 .cntdot. kg-1 .+-. 0.56 SE, which was considerably lower than the simultaneous glucose utilization rate ([14C]glucose, 4.78 mg .cntdot. min-1 .cntdot. kg-1 .+-. 0.48 SE; and [3H]glucose, 6.81 mg .cntdot. min-1 .cntdot. kg-1 .+-. 2.19 SE). In the normoglycemic, late-gestation fetal lamb, there appears to be little glucogenesis; glucogenesis may become significant during fasting-induced fetal hypoglycemia.