Abstract
In vitro oxidation of U‐[14C]glucose‐6‐phosphate, 2‐[14C]pyruvate, and 1‐[14C]pyruvate was significantly reduced in red skeletal muscle from fasting rats. Over the same time interval of fasting, 1‐[14C]palmitate oxidation remained unchanged. Pyruvate dehydrogenase activity, assayed before in vitro activation, was also reduced in red muscle. Long chain acylcarnitine and long chain acyl CoA increased over the same time period in red muscle. Changes in long chain fatty acid derivatives and pyruvate oxidation were much less dramatic in white muscle. We propose that the rise in levels of long chain fatty acid derivatives may be directly related to the inhibition of carbohydrate oxidation during fasting in red skeletal muscle.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 367-373 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Muscle & Nerve |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1983 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Clinical Neurology
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
- Physiology (medical)