Generation of 3HOH from D-[6-3H]glucose by erythrocytes: role of pyruvate alanine interconversion.
Human and rat erythrocytes were found to generate 3HOH from D-[6(N)-3H]glucose. The rate of 3HOH production represented 7-10% of the glycolytic flux. The generation of 3HOH appeared attributable, in part at least, to the detritiation of [3-3H]pyruvate during the interconversion of the 2-keto acid and L-alanine in the reaction catalyzed by glutamate-pyruvate transaminase. Indeed, purified pig heart glutamate-pyruvate transaminase, as well as homogenates prepared from rat erythrocytes or pancreatic islets, catalyzed the generation of 3HOH from L-[3-3H]alanine. When the production of tritiated pyruvate from L-[3-3H]alanine was coupled to the conversion of the 2-keto acid to L-lactate, the production of 3HOH accounted for one-third of the reaction velocity, the latter failing to display isotopic discrimination. In these experiments, the production of 3HOH was abolished by amino-oxyacetate. Likewise, in intact rat erythrocytes, aminooxyacetate inhibited the generation of 3HOH and tritiated L-alanine from D-[6-3H]glucose (or D-[1-3H]glucose), as well as the generation of 3HOH from L-[3-3H]alanine. In pancreatic islets, however, aminooxyacetate failed to affect significantly the generation of 3HOH from D-[6-3H]glucose. These findings indicate that the generation of 3HOH from D-[6-3H]glucose is mainly attributable to an intermolecular tritium transfer in transaminase reaction, at least in cells devoid of mitochondria.
Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Brussels Free University, Belgium.
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Manuel y Keenoy
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Conget
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Liemans
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Malaisse-Lagae
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Sener
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Malaisse
D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism; D000625:Aminooxyacetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D014316:Tritium / Q000378:metabolism*; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
D014867:Water; D014316:Tritium; C033961:tritium oxide; D000625:Aminooxyacetic Acid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005947:Glucose; D000409:Alanine