title: Hyperosmotic oxidation of glucose and decarboxylation of histidine in the gastric mucosa.
abstract: Paired slices of rat gastric mucosa were incubated with labeled glucose or histidine in isosomotic solution of 3-fold hyperosmotic solutions concentrated in NaCl, KCl, or ethanol. The rate of (1-14C)glucose oxidation to 14CO2 in isosmotic solution was reduced by 74% in hyperosmotic NaCl and by 28% in hyperosmotic KCl. The rate of (6-14C)glucose oxidation to 14CO2 in isosmotic solution was reduced by 64% in hyperosmotic NaCl and by 53% in hyperosmotic KCl. Reductions of glucose oxidation in hyperosmotic ethanol were not significant. The ratio of 14CO2 formed from (1-14C)glucose to that formed from (6-14C)glucose was not significantly changes by hyperosmotic NaCl or ethanol, but was significantly raised by hyperosmotic KCl. The rate of (carboxyl-14C)histidine decarboxylation in isosomotic solution was reduced significantly by 48% in hyperosmotic NaCl, by 30% in hyperosmotic KCl, and by 27% in hyperosmotic ethanol. We conclude that hyperosmotic solutions reduce glucose oxidation and histidine decarboxylation by rat gastric mucosa in the order of potency: NaCl greater than Kcl greater than or equal to ethanol. Thus hyperosmotic solutions inhibit the source of metabolic energy for stimulated acid secretion, the citric acid cycle, and the formation of the secretagogue histamine.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006019:Glycolysis; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase; D005947:Glucose