Table 1B. Glucose equations (number prefixes refer to positions in Figure 1).
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Intestinal absorption,
Intestinal absorption rate Glc pump is the glucose pump rate controlled by apical membrane SGLT1 V max; Glc (intest.Lum.) and Glc (SM cap) are the glucose concentrations, mM in the intestinal lumen and superior mesenteric capillary network, operational K m is the affinity of SGLT1 activated pump is taken as 17 mM 16, 17 (Debnam & Levin, 1975 b). Intestinal glucose absorption rate = V max SGLT1 * (Glc (intest lumen)/(Glc (intest lumen) + K m (SGLT1)) + Pgl *(Glc (intest lumen)- Glc (SM_cap)). Net hepatic glucose uptake and hepatic glucose metabolism Hepatic glucose metabolic rate:- V max GLUT2 is V max of hepatic GLUT2/glucokinase, Glc (Hep) the sinusoidal glucose concentration; K m GLUT2 the K m of hepatic GLUT2 for glucose mM; Ins (Hep), the hepatic insulin concentration; Hepinsens, the hepatic sensitivity coefficient to insulin concentration; GLP-1_ Hep, the hepatic GLP-1concentration; GLN_ Hep, the hepatic glucagon concentration nM; Hep GLNcoef, the hepatic glucagon sensitivity. K m. ins, K m_GLP-1, K mGLN are the K ms of insulin, GLP-1 and glucagon estimated to be within the range of known blood concentrations 47, 48 (Levy et al., 1998; Wallace et al., 2004). |
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