PMID- 11586495 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20011101 LR - 20131121 IS - 0026-0495 (Print) IS - 0026-0495 (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 10 DP - 2001 Oct TI - Glucose uptake and glycolytic flux in adipose tissue from rats adapted to a high-protein, carbohydrate-free diet. PG - 1208-12 AB - Rates of glucose uptake by epididymal and retroperitoneal adipose tissue in vivo, as well as rates of hexose uptake and glycolytic flux in isolated adipocytes, were determined in rats adapted to a high-protein, carbohydrate-free (HP) diet and in control rats fed a balanced (N) diet. Adaptation to the HP diet induced a significant reduction in rates of glucose uptake, estimated with 2-deoxy-[1-(3)H]-glucose, both by adipose tissue (epididymal and retroperitoneal) in vivo and by isolated adipocytes. Twelve hours after replacement of the HP diet with the balanced diet, rates of adipose tissue uptake in vivo in HP-adapted rats returned to levels that did not differ significantly from those in N-fed rats. The rate of flux in the glycolytic pathway, estimated with (3)H[5]-glucose, was also significantly reduced in adipocytes from HP-fed rats. In agreement with the above findings, the activities of hexokinase (HK), phosphofructo-1-kinase (PFK-1), and pyruvate kinase (PK) were markedly reduced in adipose tissue from HP-adapted rats. The activity of pyruvate kinase was partially reverted by diet replacement for 12 hours. The low-plasma insulin and high-glucagon levels in HP-fed rats may have played an important role in the reduction of adipose tissue glucose utilization in these animals. CI - Copyright 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company FAU - Brito, S R AU - Brito SR AD - Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Moura, M A AU - Moura MA FAU - Kawashita, N H AU - Kawashita NH FAU - Brito, M N AU - Brito MN FAU - Kettelhut, I C AU - Kettelhut IC FAU - Migliorini, R H AU - Migliorini RH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Metabolism JT - Metabolism: clinical and experimental JID - 0375267 RN - 0 (Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Carbon Radioisotopes) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 10028-17-8 (Tritium) RN - 9007-92-5 (Glucagon) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) RN - EC 2.7.1.11 (Phosphofructokinase-1) RN - EC 2.7.1.40 (Pyruvate Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.1.56 (1-phosphofructokinase) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/cytology/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Carbohydrates/*administration & dosage MH - Carbon Radioisotopes MH - Epididymis MH - Glucagon/blood MH - Glucose/*metabolism MH - Glycolysis MH - Hexokinase/metabolism MH - Insulin/blood MH - Male MH - Phosphofructokinase-1/metabolism MH - Proteins/*administration & dosage MH - Pyruvate Kinase/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Tritium EDAT- 2001/10/05 10:00 MHDA- 2001/11/03 10:01 CRDT- 2001/10/05 10:00 PHST- 2001/10/05 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/11/03 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/10/05 10:00 [entrez] AID - S0026-0495(01)81579-1 [pii] AID - 10.1053/meta.2001.25645 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Metabolism. 2001 Oct;50(10):1208-12. doi: 10.1053/meta.2001.25645.