期刊
NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
卷 47, 期 1-2, 页码 119-128出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.04.014
关键词
ketosis; brain metabolism; amino acids; glutamic acid; epilepsy
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD26979] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS37915] Funding Source: Medline
Our objective was to study brain amino acid metabolism in response to ketosis. The underlying hypothesis is that ketosis is associated with a fundamental change of brain amino acid handling and that this alteration is a factor in the anti-epileptic effect of the ketogenic diet. Specifically, we hypothesize that brain converts ketone bodies to acetyl-CoA and that this results in increased flux through the citrate synthetase reaction. As a result, oxaloacetate is consumed and is less available to the aspartate aminotransferase reaction; therefore, less glutamate is converted to aspartate and relatively more glutamate becomes available to the glutamine synthetase and glutarnate decarboxylase reactions. We found in a mouse model of ketosis that the concentration of forebrain aspartate was diminished but the concentration of acetylCoA was increased. Studies of the incorporation of C-13 into glutarnate and glutamine with either [1-C-13] glucose or [2-C-13]acetate as precursor showed that ketotic brain metabolized relatively less glucose and relatively more acetate. When the ketotic mice were administered both acetate and a nitrogen donor, such as alanine or leucine, they manifested an increased forebrain concentration of glutamine and GABA. These findings supported the hypothesis that in ketosis there is greater production of acetyl-CoA and a consequent alteration in the equilibrium of the aspartate aminotransferase reaction that results in diminished aspartate production and potentially enhanced synthesis of glutamine and GABA. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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