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. 1974 Jul;142(1):171–183. doi: 10.1042/bj1420171

Determination of synthesis, recycling and body mass of glucose in rats and rabbits in vivo with 3H- and 14C-labelled glucose

Joseph Katz *, Arnold Dunn †, Maymie Chenoweth †, Sybil Golden *
PMCID: PMC1168223  PMID: 4441370

Abstract

1. Glucose labelled with 3H in position 2 and uniformly with 14C was administered simultaneously to rabbits and rats either as a single injection or by continuous infusion. Plasma glucose specific radioactivity and the yield of 3H in the plasma water were monitored. 2. The rates of synthesis, recycling of carbon and total body mass of glucose were calculated, without assuming a multicompartmental model and without fitting data by exponential expressions. 3. The rate of synthesis of glucose in starved-overnight rabbits was 4mg/min per kg (range 3–4.5mg/min per kg) and 25–35% of the glucose carbon was recycled. The mass of total body glucose in starved rabbits was 290mg/kg (range 220–390mg/kg). About one-third of the total body glucose equilibrates nearly instantaneously with plasma glucose. 4. In rats starved overnight, glucose synthesis was about 10mg/min per kg and recycling of carbon ranged from 30–40%. Total body mass (per kg body weight) is similar to that in rabbits. 5. The activity in plasma water after injection of [2-3H]glucose was determined. The initial rate of 3H2O formation is rapid, indicating that the major site of glucose catabolism is in the rapidly mixing pool. The curve of total body glucose radioactivity was obtained from the 3H2O yield, and total mass of glucose was calculated. This agrees with that obtained from the 3H specific-radioactivity curve.

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