The metabolism of alpha-D-glucose pentaacetate and its positive insulinotropic action in isolated rat pancreatic islets are both unexpectedly resistant to D-mannoheptulose, as judged from experiments conducted over 90-120 min incubation. In the present study, the possible effects of the heptose
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 381(1), 61-66 (2000-10-06)
Hepatocytes from fed rats were incubated for 120 min in the presence of alpha-D-[1,2-13C]glucose pentaacetate (1.7 mM), both D-[1,2-13C]glucose (1.7 mM) and acetate (8.5 mM), alpha-D-glucose penta[2-13C]acetate (1.7 mM), or D-[1,2-13C]glucose (8.3 mM). The amounts of 13C-enriched L-lactate and D-glucose
Monosaccharide esters: new tools in biomedical research.
W J Malaisse
Molecular genetics and metabolism, 65(2), 129-142 (1998-10-27)
Research communications in molecular pathology and pharmacology, 103(1), 83-90 (1999-08-10)
The pentaacetate ester of alpha-D-glucose was recently introduced as a new insulin secretagogue. Its insulinotropic action appears mainly attributable to the catabolism of its hexose moiety in islet cells, but a direct effect of the ester itself upon a receptor
We report a new method to measure the fraction of glucose derived from gluconeogenesis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and positive chemical ionization. After ingestion of deuterium oxide by subjects, glucose derived from gluconeogenesis is labeled with deuterium. Our calculations of
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