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. 1983 Sep 15;214(3):757–767. doi: 10.1042/bj2140757

Muscle glutamine production in diabetic ketoacidotic rats.

L Goldstein, D F Perlman, P M McLaughlin, P A King, C J Cha
PMCID: PMC1152313  PMID: 6414461

Abstract

The mechanism of activation of glutamine production by the hindlimb during diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) was investigated in rats. Muscle glutamine production was estimated to account for over 90% of the total glutamine produced by the hindlimb. DKA produced significant increases in the concentrations of NH4+ and IMP in hindlimb muscles, suggesting that AMP deaminase is activated by DKA. NH4Cl- and HCl-induced acidosis did not produce these changes, indicating either that acidosis itself is not the stimulus for increased AMP deaminase activity or that the more severe degree of acidosis accompanying DKA is necessary for activation. Muscle glutamine concentrations were depressed in DKA. Experiments with isolated epitrochlearis muscle showed that the transport and permeability properties of the muscle cells (as judged by uptake and release of alpha-aminoisobutyrate and glutamine) were not altered by DKA. However, glutamine uptake by muscle cells was significantly inhibited by L-leucine, the concentration of which, along with other branched-chain amino acids, is markedly elevated in DKA.

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