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. 1993 Apr 1;90(7):2646–2650. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.7.2646

Role of oxygen vs. glucose in energy metabolism in a mammary carcinoma perfused ex vivo: direct measurement by 31P NMR.

C J Eskey 1, A P Koretsky 1, M M Domach 1, R K Jain 1
PMCID: PMC46152  PMID: 8464871

Abstract

The role of glycolysis vs. respiration in tumor energy metabolism has been studied, to date, primarily in vitro by using single cells, multicellular spheroids, or tissue slices. With the advent of in vivo NMR spectroscopy, several investigators have shown that tumor energy status depends on its blood flow. Since manipulation of blood flow alters both oxygen and glucose delivery to a solid tumor, these studies have not been able to separate the relative contribution of oxygen vs. glucose in energy metabolism in vivo. In the present study, we have overcome this problem by combining two methods: the tissue-isolated R3230AC mammary adenocarcinoma perfused ex vivo and 31P NMR spectroscopy. The isolated tumor permits one to control the perfusion pressure as well as the metabolite concentrations in the perfusate. NMR spectroscopy permits one to measure the ratio of nucleoside triphosphate to inorganic phosphate (NTP/Pi) and pH. Our results show that (i) the NTP/Pi ratio ex vivo is similar to that observed in vivo prior to surgery, (ii) the NTP/Pi ratio is insensitive to flow changes at high flow rates but is proportional to flow rate at flows comparable to those found in vivo, (iii) the NTP/Pi ratio of these tumors is resistant to hypoxia and is not maintained when glucose is removed or replaced with glutamine, and (iv) although both O2 and glucose are consumed by these tumors, the effect of perfusate flow rate appears to be mediated largely through glucose delivery. The current approach not only provides information about the role of glycolysis vs. respiration in a rodent tumor but also is general and versatile enough to provide similar data in human tumors perfused ex vivo.

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