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. 1966 Jul;100(1):114–119. doi: 10.1042/bj1000114

The stimulation of glycolysis by previous aerobiosis in rat-liver slices

A Bernelli-Zazzera 1, G Gaja 1, G Ragnotti 1
PMCID: PMC1265101  PMID: 5965246

Abstract

1. An investigation has been made on the stimulation of the anaerobic glycolysis by rat-liver slices caused by previous incubation in oxygen. 2. The stimulation is sustained partly by endogenous carbohydrates and partly by added glucose. The effect of glucose reaches a maximum at a concentration of 20mm; it is more pronounced when glucose is present in the actual glycolytic phase and not during the aerobic preincubation. The conversion of fructose and pyruvate into lactic acid is not affected by the preincubation in oxygen. 3. The stimulation occurs also when preincubation is carried out in a medium that blocks the action of phosphorylase. 4. Preincubation for 2–3min. at 37° is enough to ensure maximum stimulation. The main effect of the aerobic incubation is on the initial velocity of the anaerobic glycolysis. 5. The stimulation depends on the nutritional state of the animal: it is decreased practically to nil in rats starved overnight. In starved animals glycogen content and basal and stimulated glycolysis decline progressively with the same trend. If starved animals are injected with glucose, liver glycogen concentration increases but basal glycolysis remains at a low level; however, the rate of stimulated glycolysis becomes progressively higher and correlates with the amount of liver glycogen. 6. It is suggested that the aerobic preincubation modifies the factors that regulate glycolysis in liver slices at steps above the level of triose phosphates.

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