Effects of hyperglycemia on hepatic gluconeogenic flux during glycogen phosphorylase inhibition in the conscious dog

• Published in: American journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism 2004-04, Vol.286 (4), p.E510-E522
• Main Authors: Edgerton, Dale S, Cardin, Sylvain, Neal, Doss, Farmer, Ben, Lautz, Margaret, Pan, Catherine, Cherrington, Alan D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amino Acids - blood; Amino Acids - metabolism; Animals; Dihydropyridines - pharmacology; Dogs; Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology; Female; Fructosephosphates - blood; Furans - pharmacology; Glucagon - blood; Glucagon - metabolism; Gluconeogenesis - drug effects; Glucose - metabolism; Glucose-6-Phosphate - blood; Glycogen Phosphorylase - antagonists & inhibitors; Hyperglycemia - metabolism; Insulin - blood; Lactic Acid - blood; Lactic Acid - metabolism; Liver - drug effects; Liver - metabolism; Male
• ISSN: 0193-1849; 1522-1555
• DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00211.2003

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 Submitted 9 May 2003 ; accepted in final form 17 November 2003 The aim of these studies was to investigate the effect of hyperglycemia with or without hyperinsulinemia on hepatic gluconeogenic flux, with the hypothesis that inhibition would be greatest with combined hyperglycemia/hyperinsulinemia. A glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor (BAY R3401) was used to inhibit glycogen breakdown in the conscious overnight-fasted dog, and the effects of a twofold rise in plasma glucose level (HI group) accompanied by 1 ) euinsulinemia (HG group) or 2 ) a fourfold rise in plasma insulin were assessed over a 5-h experimental period. Hormone levels were controlled using somatostatin with portal insulin and glucagon infusion. In the HG group, net hepatic glucose uptake and net hepatic lactate output substantially increased. There was little or no effect on the net hepatic uptake of gluconeogenic precursors other than lactate (amino acids and glycerol) or on the net hepatic uptake of free fatty acids compared with the control group. Consequently, whereas hyperglycemia had little effect on gluconeogenic flux to glucose 6-phosphate (G-6- P ), net hepatic gluconeogenic flux was reduced because of increased hepatic glycolytic flux during hyperglycemia. Net hepatic glycogen synthesis was increased by hyperglycemia. The effect of hyperglycemia on gluconeogenic flux to G-6- P and net hepatic gluconeogenic flux was similar. We conclude that, in the absence of appreciable glycogen breakdown, the increase in glycolytic flux that accompanies hyperglycemia results in decreased net carbon flux to G-6- P but no effect on gluconeogenic flux to G-6- P . hyperinsulinemia; gluconeogenesis; glycogenolysis; hepatic glucose production Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: D. Edgerton, Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, 702 Light Hall, Vanderbilt Univ. School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 (E-mail: dale.edgerton{at}vanderbilt.edu ).