PMID- 12467539 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030117 LR - 20131121 IS - 1009-2587 (Print) IS - 1009-2587 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 4 DP - 2002 Aug TI - [An experimental study of the changes of rat hepatocytic glycolysis during hypoxia]. PG - 238-41 AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of hypoxia on the glycolysis in cultured rat hepatocytes. METHODS: Mixed gas with different concentrations of O(2), CO(2) and N(2) was prepared for the in vitro culture of normal rat hepatocytes. The cell strains were set to be A, B, C groups, which were observed at 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 hours after hypoxia with normal hepatocytes as the control. Biochemical methods were employed to determine the activities of the key enzymes during hepatocytic glycolysis such as hexokinase (HK), phosphofructokinase (PFK), pyruvate kinase (PK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and the change of the content of lactic acid (LA) in the culture fluid. RESULTS: (1) The LDH activity of the rat hepatocytes increased significantly at all the time points of hypoxia in A and B groups when compared with that in control group (P < 0.05), while the activity increased obviously in C group since 2 hours after hypoxia (P < 0.05). (2) The HK activity of the cells in A group increased significantly at 1, 2, 4 and 16 hours after hypoxia and that in B and C groups increased obviously at 1 hour when compared with control group (P < 0.05). While the cellular PFK activity in A group increased markedly at 1 and 4 hours after hypoxia and that in B and C groups increased evidently at 4 hours after hypoxia (P < 0.05). The cellular PK activity in all the three groups increased at all the hypoxic time points (P < 0.05). (3) The cellular LA content in A and B groups began to increase since 2 hours and that in C group did so since 4 hours after hypoxia and increased along with the time lapse (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: hypoxia might initiate glycolysis. FAU - Ma, Zhengwei AU - Ma Z AD - Institute of Burn Research, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. FAU - Wang, Shiliang AU - Wang S FAU - Wang, Fengjun AU - Wang F FAU - Wang, Pei AU - Wang P LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi JT - Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns JID - 100959418 RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - EC 1.1.1.27 (L-Lactate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 2.7.1 - (Phosphofructokinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) RN - EC 2.7.1.40 (Pyruvate Kinase) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Glycolysis MH - Hepatocytes/enzymology/*metabolism MH - Hexokinase/metabolism MH - L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/metabolism MH - Lactic Acid/metabolism MH - Oxygen/*metabolism MH - Phosphofructokinases/metabolism MH - Pyruvate Kinase/metabolism MH - Rats EDAT- 2002/12/07 04:00 MHDA- 2003/01/18 04:00 CRDT- 2002/12/07 04:00 PHST- 2002/12/07 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/01/18 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/12/07 04:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi. 2002 Aug;18(4):238-41.