Hepatic and intestinal handling of metabolites during feeding in rats.
Changes in hepatic vein, hepatic portal vein and aortal plasma levels of glucose, lactate, nonesterified fatty acids, and D-3-hydroxybutyrate as well as changes in hepatic glycogen and lactate levels were studied during feeding after 12 h of food deprivation in rats. Feeding caused an increase in portal vein lactate concentration and a transient net hepatic lactate uptake that led to hepatic lactate accumulation. As in previous experiments, feeding was associated with hepatic glycogenolysis and net hepatic glucose release, despite a profound increase in portal vein plasma glucose. Net hepatic uptake of nonesterified fatty acids and net hepatic release of D-3-hydroxybutyrate declined during feeding but did not cease, suggesting that hepatic fatty acid oxidation continued throughout feeding. A prandial net intestinal uptake from arterial blood was observed for nonesterified fatty acids and D-3-hydroxybutyrate, while a net intestinal release was found for glucose and lactate. The results are consistent with the idea that under the conditions tested, glucose, lactate and nonesterified fatty acids jointly activate a hepatic metabolic mechanism of satiety.
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Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000097:blood; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology*; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D001786:Blood Glucose; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D007773:Lactates; D008112:Liver Glycogen; D019344:Lactic Acid; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid