title: Conversion of pyruvate into ketone bodies in rat hepatocyte suspensions.
abstract: The contribution of pyruvate to ketogenesis was determined in rat hepatocyte suspensions by using [14C]pyruvate. The rates of conversion of pyruvate into ketone bodies in hepatocytes from fed and 24 h-starved rats were 10 and 17 mumol/h per g wet wt. respectively, and accounted for 50 and 29% of the total ketone bodies formed. In hepatocytes from fed rats, the addition of palmitate (0.25-1 mM) increased the rate of conversion of pyruvate into ketone bodies (80-140%), but decreased the relative contribution of pyruvate to total ketogenesis. In hepatocytes from starved rats, palmitate did not increase pyruvate conversion into ketone bodies.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000378:metabolism*; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013217:Starvation / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007657:Ketone Bodies; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D011773:Pyruvates; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid