Effect of hypocalcaemia on glucose metabolism in hyperketonaemic piglets.
In nine 2- to 3-month-old hyperketonaemic piglets the kinetics of glucose and D-beta-hydroxybutyrate (D-BHB) metabolism were studied during hypo- and normocalcaemia in paired experiments. Hyperketonaemia (1.3 and 2.5 mmol D-BHB (l plasma)-1) was generated by a stepwise increase of DL-BHB infusion. Hypocalcaemia spontaneously developed in five piglets due to an inherited calcitriol deficiency and was induced in four control piglets by a continuous infusion of Na2-EDTA. The method of single isotopic marker injections of glucose and D-BHB was used to calculate replacement rates, rate constants and half-lives of glucose and D-BHB in plasma. When DL-BHB was infused at the same rate into normo- and hypocalcaemic piglets, hypocalcaemia reduced the rate constant of glucose by 20-30% and the replacement rate of glucose by 34%. In the presence of hyperketonaemia, hypocalcaemia increased the rate of replacement of D-BHB by 6-40%. The replacement rate represents the sum of endogenous production and the rate of DL-BHB infusion. This observation shows that the endogenous production of D-BHB was higher during hypocalcaemia than during normocalcaemia.
Schlumbohm
C
C
Department of Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Bischofsholer Damm, Hannover, Germany. cschlumb@physiology.tiho-hannover.de
Harmeyer
J
J
D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine / Q000378:metabolism*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007657:Ketone Bodies; D004492:Edetic Acid; D002117:Calcitriol; D005947:Glucose; D002118:Calcium; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid