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. 1968 Oct;109(5):867–875. doi: 10.1042/bj1090867

Changes in the concentrations of some phosphorylated intermediates and stimulation of glycolysis in liver slices

G Gaja 1, G Ragnotti 1, F Cajone 1, A Bernelli-Zazzera 1
PMCID: PMC1187039  PMID: 4301449

Abstract

1. The concentrations of some phosphorylated glycolytic intermediates and of NADH were measured in glycolysing rat liver slices. 2. In anaerobically incubated liver slices the concentration of hexose monophosphates decreases during the first 20min. of incubation, whereas the concentrations of fructose diphosphate and triose phosphates increase progressively. 3. In liver slices from fed rats, previously exposed to oxygen, the stimulated anaerobic glycolysis is accompanied by an increase in the concentration of hexose monophosphates; fructose diphosphate and triose phosphates maintain the concentrations reached at the end of the aerobic preincubation. 4. The same pattern in the concentration of glycolytic phosphorylated intermediates is seen under all conditions where aerobic preincubation brings about a stimulation of anaerobic glycolysis. A similar pattern is also found in liver slices from fed rats incubated anaerobically in the presence of fructose; these slices display a high glycolytic activity, which is not further affected by previous aerobic incubation. 5. The concentration of NADH decreases in liver slices during exposure to oxygen; during the subsequent anaerobic glycolysis the concentration increases but is always lower in preincubated than in non-preincubated liver slices. 6. The results of the present experiments suggest that the limiting step mainly affected by the preliminary exposure to oxygen might be at the level of the utilization of triose phosphates.

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