Metabolism Of C(14)-Glucose By Eurytrema Pancreaticum.
1. The glucose uptake rate by Eurytrema pancreaticum was a mean value of 16.44 +/- 2.42 micro moles/hr/g, and total CO2 production rate by the fluke averaged 5.82 +/- 0.97 micro moles/hr/g. The relative specific activity of respiratory CO2 showed a mean value of 5.75 +/- 0.84 per cent. The rate of CO2 production derived from medium C(14)-glucose was a mean of 0.33 +/- 0.10 micor-mole/hr/g. Therefore, the average value of 0.32 +/- 0.04 per cent of glucose utilized by the flukes from the medium C(14)-glucose was oxidized to respiratory CO2. 2. The tissue concentration of glycogen in E. pancreaticum was a mean of 45.50 +/- 2.18 mg/g or 4.55 +/- 0.22 %/g. But the turnover rate of glycogen pool was a mean of 0.027 +/- 0.003 %/hr or 0.009 +/- 0.002 mg/hr/g. The average value of 0.64 +/- 0.23 percent of glucose utilized by the flukes from the medium C(14)-glucose was incorporated into the glycogen. 3. These data account for that only 1 per cent of the utilized glucose by the flukes participated in furnishing the oxidation into respiratory CO2 and the synthetic process into glycogen.
Seo
Byong Seol
BS
Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Korea.
Rim
Han Jong
HJ
Kim
Kwang Soo
KS
Lee
Myung Sang
MS
Kim
Yeong Uhn
YU
Song
Hi Yong
HY