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. 2016 Apr 12;5:647. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.8299.1

Table 1B. Glucose equations (number prefixes refer to positions in Figure 1).

1IntestinalGlucoseabsorptionrate=(SGLT1Glucosepump*intestglc(intestglc+SGLT1Km))+Pgl*(intestinelumenglc-Smcapglc))
2t=0t=txddt(SysVGlucose)=d/dt(SysVeinGlc)=+renalvglcflow+HVglcflow+somVglcflowVenaglcflow+Hepshuntglcflow
4A t=0t=txddt(hepaticglc)=d/dt(hepglc)=HAglcflow+PVglcflow+splenicVglcflow-HVglcflow-hepglcmetabolicrate
4 B Hepaticglucosemetabolicrate=(VmaxGLUT2*GlcHepKMGlut2+GlcHep)*Ins(hep)Kins+Ins(hep)*Hepinsens*(1+GLP(hep)Vmax*GLPKmGLP+GLP(hep))
5t=0t=txddt(Systemicglc)=d/dt(Systemicglc)=afferentsystemglucoseflow-systemicVglcflow-sysinsulin-depglucosemetabolicrate-peripheralinsulin-independentmetabolicrate.
6Renalurineglucosefl=(Renalglucoseflow*0.1(TmSGLT2*GlcRenalAGlcRenalA+KmSGLT2)
7t=0t=txddt(SMcapglc)=d/dt(afferentSMAglcflow+intestinalglcabsorptionrate-Portalveinglucoseflow-hepaticshuntglcflow)
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).
Hepaticglucosemetabolicrate=(hepglucosemetabolism=VmaxGLUT2*GlcHepKmGlut2+GlcHep)*
HepInsKmins+Ins*Hepinsens*Insulinindependentmetabolicrate=insulininsensitivemetaboliccoef*
GlcsysA(GlcsysA+KmGLUT1)*(1+GLPHep)*VmaxGLPKmGLP+GLPHep)HepGLNcoef*(HepGLNHepGLN+KmGLN))
Renal glucose excretion.
Renalurineglucoseflow=(Renalglucoseflow*0.1(TmSGLT2*GlcRenalAGlcRenalA+KmSGLT2)
Therenalfiltrationfractionis10%;SGLT2recoversrenaltubularglucoseKm=0.1mMglucose.