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. 1985 Jul 1;229(1):141–151. doi: 10.1042/bj2290141

Phosphorylation status of liver by 31P-n.m.r. spectroscopy, and its implications for metabolic control. A comparison of 31P-n.m.r. spectroscopy (in vivo and in vitro) with chemical and enzymic determinations of ATP, ADP and Pi.

R A Iles, A N Stevens, J R Griffiths, P G Morris
PMCID: PMC1145160  PMID: 4038253

Abstract

An investigation into the measurement of Pi and ADP in rat liver in vivo and in freeze-clamped extracts by 31P-n.m.r. spectroscopy was carried out. The concentration of Pi estimated in vivo is less than 25% [1 mM (mumol/ml of cell water)] of the value obtained from freeze-clamped liver (4 mM), whereas ADP in vivo is undetectable (1.4 mM in vitro). At 5 min after infusion of 750 mg of fructose/kg, the Pi content of liver extracts fell to 1.3 mM, whereas Pi is undetectable in vivo under these conditions [Griffiths, Stevens, Gadian, Iles & Porteous (1980) Biochem. Soc. Trans. 8, 641]. The results indicate that the lower Pi and ADP concentrations found in vivo may be due to compartmentation or binding rather than to degradation of labile organic phosphates during extraction. The results are discussed with reference to previous measurements of liver phosphates and investigations of compartmentation in the liver, as are some of the possible consequences for metabolic control in the liver of low ADP and Pi concentrations.

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