title: Pathways of acetone's metabolism in the rat.
abstract: Distributions of 14C were different from those of 13C in glucoses formed by livers of rats in diabetic ketosis and perfused with [2-14C]acetone and [2-13C]lactate. There was 32-73% of the 14C and 8-12% of the 13C in carbons 3 and 4 of the glucoses with the remaining 14C and 13C distributed about equally in the other carbons. Incorporations of 14C from [2-14C]acetone (14-39%) also exceeded those from [2-14C]pyruvate (8-10%) into carbons 3 and 4 of glucoses formed by hepatocytes from rats fed acetone or fasted. [2-14C]Acetone and [2-14C]pyruvate were infused into rats that were fed, fasted, given acetone in their drinking water, or in diabetic ketosis. Thirty-seven to 52% of the 14C in the glucoses formed was in their carbons 3 and 4 when the acetone was infused and 8 to 14% when the pyruvate was infused. [1,3-14C]Hydroxybutyrate was formed by the rats in diabetic ketosis given [2-14C]acetone. It is concluded that acetone is metabolized in rats to a large extent by a pathway in which lactate or its metabolic equivalent is not an intermediate and that pathway is via acetyl-CoA. via acetyl-CoA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosugi
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Scofield
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chandramouli
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumaran
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Landau
mesh_terms: D000096:Acetone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000378:metabolism; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D010477:Perfusion; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000378:metabolism; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D007773:Lactates; D011773:Pyruvates; D000096:Acetone; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A; D019289:Pyruvic Acid