title: Amino acid oxidation and alanine production in rat hemidiaphragm in vitro. Effects of dichloroacetate.
abstract: Dichloroacetate (an activator of pyruvate dehydrogenase) stimulates 14CO2 production from [U-14C]glucose, but not from [U-14C]glutamate, [U-14C]aspartate, [U-14C]- and [1-14C]-valine and [U-14C]- and [1-14C]-leucine. It is concluded (1) that pyruvate dehydrogenase is not rate-limiting in the oxidation to CO2 of amino acids that are metabolized to tricarboxylic acid-cycle intermediates, and (2) that carbohydrate (and not amino acids) is the main carbon precursor in alanine formation in muscle.
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000378:metabolism; D003999:Dichloroacetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013217:Starvation / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000596:Amino Acids; D005971:Glutamates; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D003999:Dichloroacetic Acid; D005947:Glucose; D000409:Alanine