title: Relationship between the stimulation of citric acid cycle oxidation and the stimulation of fatty acid esterification and inhibition of ketogenesis by lactate in isolated rat hepatocytes.
abstract: Isolated hepatocytes from fasted rats were used to study the effects of lactate on palmitate metabolism. Lactate was found to stimulate fatty acid esterification and citric acid cycle oxidation and to inhibit ketone body synthesis. These effects of lactate were largely maintained when gluconeogenesis was inhibited with either quinolinate or perfluorosuccinate, but were overcome by alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate. However, the responses of hepatocytes to lactate could be restored in the presence of alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate by the further addition of propionate. The stimulation of triacylglycerol synthesis by lactate was not associated with an increase in the concentration of glycerol 3-phosphate. Rather, there was a correlation between flux through the citric acid cycle and the rate of triacylglycerol synthesis. In all instances reduction of ketone body formation in the presence of lactate was accompanied by a stimulation of citric acid cycle oxidation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Henly
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002952:Citric Acid Cycle / Q000187:drug effects*; D003373:Coumaric Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004951:Esterification / Q000187:drug effects; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000494:pharmacology; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007773:Lactates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D011422:Propionates / Q000494:pharmacology; D017378:Quinolinic Acid; D011805:Quinolinic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013386:Succinates / Q000494:pharmacology; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003373:Coumaric Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D007657:Ketone Bodies; D007773:Lactates; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D011422:Propionates; D011805:Quinolinic Acids; D013386:Succinates; D014280:Triglycerides; C007175:alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D019344:Lactic Acid; C060763:perfluorosuccinic acid; D017378:Quinolinic Acid; C029658:propionic acid