title: Effect of amino acid infusion on glucose production in trauma patients.
abstract: The relationship between precursor supply and hepatic glucose output (HGO) was examined in 8 control subjects and 12 trauma patients after a fasting period of approximately 60 hours. Glucose kinetics were measured with a primed-constant infusion of [U-14C]glucose and [6-3H]glucose. The basal rate of HGO was 5.45 +/- 0.22 micromol x kg-1 x min-1 in the controls and 13.16 +/- 0.76 micromol x kg-1 x min-1 following trauma (p < 0.001). Four hours after amino acid infusion of 1.3 g x kg-1 x 24 h-1, HGO in the controls was unchanged at 5.35 +/- 0.22 micromol x kg-1 x min-1 but it had decreased to 11.71 +/- 0.67 micromol x kg-1 after trauma (p < 0.001). We conclude that increasing the supply of gluconeogenic precursors does not stimulate HGO in normal subjects after fasting or after severe trauma and that factors other than to availability of amino acids are responsible for the enhanced rate of HGO in trauma patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Education, Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Theus
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Laws
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Blakemore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004573:Electrolytes; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005526:Food, Formulated; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005947:Glucose; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D057947:Parenteral Nutrition Solutions; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001786:Blood Glucose; D004573:Electrolytes; D007328:Insulin; D057947:Parenteral Nutrition Solutions; D012996:Solutions; C545824:amino-acid, glucose, and electrolyte solution; D005934:Glucagon; D005947:Glucose