title: A simplified mass isotopomer approach to estimate gluconeogenesis rate in vivo using deuterium oxide.
abstract: We compare a new simplified (2)H enrichment mass isotopomer analysis (MIA) against the laborious hexamethylentetramine (HMT) method to quantify the contribution of gluconeogenesis (GNG) to total glucose production (GP) in calves. Both methods are based on the (2)H labeling of glucose after in vivo administration of deuterium oxide. The (2)H enrichments of plasma glucose at different C-H positions were measured as aldonitrile pentaacetate (AAc) and methyloxime-trimethylsilyl (MoxTMS) derivatives or HMT by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Two pre-ruminating fasted Holstein calves (51 kg body mass, BM, age 7 days) received two oral bolus doses of (2)H(2)O (10 g/kg BM, 70 atom% (2)H) at 7:00 h and 11:00 h after overnight food withdrawal. Blood samples for fractional GNG determination were collected at -24 and between 6 and 9 h after the first (2)H(2)O dose. The ratio of (2)H enrichments C5/C2 represents the contribution of GNG to GP. The (2)H enrichment at C2 was calculated based on the ion fragments at m/z 328 (C1-C6) - m/z 187 (C3-C6) of glucose AAc. The (2)H enrichment at C5 was approximated either by averaging the (2)H enrichment at C5-C6 using the ion fragment of glucose MoxTMS at m/z 205 or by conversion of the C5 of glucose into HMT. The fractional GNG calculated by the C5-C6 average (2)H enrichment method (41.4 +/- 6.9%) compared to the HMT method (34.3 +/- 11.4%) was not different (mean +/- SD, n = 6 replicates). In conclusion, GNG can be estimated with less laborious sample preparation by means of our new C5-C6 average (2)H enrichment method using AAc and MoxTMS glucose derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Research Unit Nutritional Physiology 'Oskar Kellner', Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, D-18196 Dummerstorf, Germany. junghans@fbn-dummerstorf.de
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Junghans
authors.forename: Solvig
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Görs
authors.forename: Iris S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinhoff
authors.forename: Harald M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hammon
authors.forename: Cornelia C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Metges
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D017666:Deuterium Oxide / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D005943:Gluconeogenesis; D005947:Glucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D007536:Isomerism; D008297:Male; D008709:Methenamine / Q000737:chemistry; D009570:Nitriles / Q000097:blood*; D010091:Oximes / Q000737:chemistry; D014297:Trimethylsilyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009570:Nitriles; D010091:Oximes; D014297:Trimethylsilyl Compounds; C088693:glucose aldonitrile pentaacetate; D005947:Glucose; D008709:Methenamine; D017666:Deuterium Oxide