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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 278, Issue 6, Pages G967-G973Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2000.278.6.G967
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palmitate; glycerol; reesterification; insulin; humans
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- NCRR NIH HHS [M01-RR-00334] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-19525, DK-40566] Funding Source: Medline
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On the basis of the finding that plasma glycerol concentration is not controlled by clearance in healthy humans, it has been proposed that elevated plasma free fatty acid (FFA) and glycerol concentrations in cirrhotic subjects are caused by accelerated lipolysis. This proposal has not been validated. We infused 10 volunteers, 10 cirrhotic subjects, and 10 patients after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) with [1-C-13]palmitate and [H-2(5)]glycerol to compare fluxes (R-a) and FFA oxidation. Cirrhotic subjects had higher plasma palmitate (52%) and glycerol (33%) concentrations than controls. Palmitate R-a was faster (1.45 +/- 0.18 vs. 0.85 +/- 0.17 mu mol . kg(-1) . min(-1)) but glycerol R-a and clearance slower (1.20 +/- 0.09 vs. 1.90 +/- 0.24 mu mol . kg(-1) . min(-1) and 21.2 +/- 1.2 vs. 44.7 +/- 4.9 ml . kg(-) . h(-1), respectively) than in controls. After OLT, plasma palmitate and glycerol concentrations and palmitate R-a did not differ, but glycerol R-a (1.16 +/- 0.11 mu mol . kg(-1) . min(-1)) and clearance (26.7 +/- 2.4 ml . kg(-) . h(-1)) were slower than in controls. We conclude that 1) impaired reesterification, not accelerated lipolysis, elevates FFA in cirrhotic subjects; 2) normalized FFA after OLT masks impaired reesterification; and 3) plasma glycerol concentration poorly reflects lipolytic rate in cirrhosis and after OLT.
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