title: Noninvasive demonstration of in vivo 3-fluoro-3-deoxy-D-glucose metabolism in rat brain by 19F nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: suitable probe for monitoring cerebral aldose reductase activities.
abstract: The metabolism of 3-fluoro-3-deoxy-D-glucose (3-FDG) in rat brain in vivo was investigated noninvasively using 19F nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Following an intravenous infusion of 3-FDG, 400 mg/kg, four resonances assigned to the alpha and beta anomers of 3-FDG, 3-fluoro-3-deoxy-D-sorbitol, and 3-fluoro-3-deoxy-D-fructose were clearly resolved in brain, a result indicating that 3-FDG is metabolized primarily into the aldose reductase sorbitol (ARS) pathway. An orally administered aldose reductase inhibitor, sorbinil, caused reduction of the flux of 3-FDG into the ARS, an observation suggesting that the method can be applied in quantitative studies of ARS pathway activities. Studies of 24-h urine specimens showed that in addition to the two metabolites observed in brain, F- was excreted into the urine. 3-FDG appears to be a suitable metabolic probe for assessing glucose metabolism in the ARS pathway by in vivo 19F NMR spectroscopy.
mesh_terms: D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000378:metabolism*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D005461:Fluorine; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; C007253:3-deoxy-3-fluoro-D-glucose; D005461:Fluorine; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase