title: Rate of incorporation of CO2 carbon into glucose and other body constituents in vivo.
abstract: Specific activity curves of respired CO2 and of body glucose after intravenous NaH14CO3 as tracer and, in separate experiments, after [U-14C]glucose as tracer were employed to assess rate of interchange of carbon between HCO3 and glucose, and to calculate other rates of input and output for each of these substances. Solution for six rates attending the model was by integrals rather than by curve analysis. Fasting caused a twofold increase in rate of transport of CO2 carbon to glucose. Whereas in fed animals this rate was only 7% of the forward flow from glucose to CO2, it rose to 31% during fasting. Glucose carbon derived from CO2 rose from 3.7 to 20%. As expected, the rates of entry of new glucose to blood, and the conversion rate of glucose to products in body depots and to CO2 were reduced by fasting, whereas, the non-glucose input to CO2 was increased. Fasting was attended by a 20-fold increase in rate of conversion of CO2-derived carbon to hepatic glycogen and a fourfold increase to non-hepatic glycogen. Protein exceeded all whole-body depots for rate of acceptance of such carbon, and total lipids received an appreciable amount, but fasting caused no overall increase for either.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D005215:Fasting; D005943:Gluconeogenesis; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids; D008112:Liver Glycogen; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D006003:Glycogen; D005947:Glucose