In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance studies of glutamate-γ-aminobutyric acid-glutamine cycling in rodent and human cortex:: the central role of glutamine

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作者
Behar, KL [1 ]
Rothman, DL
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Diagnost Radiol, Magnet Resonance Ctr Res Metab & Physiol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
关键词
glutamine; glutamate-glutamine cycle; neuron; astrocyte trafficking; NMR; cerebral glucose utilization;
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10.1093/jn/131.9.2498S
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R15 [营养卫生、食品卫生]; TS201 [基础科学];
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100403 ;
摘要
It has been recognized for many years that the metabolism of brain glutamate and gamma -aminobutyric acid (GABA), the major excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters, Is linked to a substrate cycle between neurons and astrocytes involving glutamine. However, the quantitative significance of these fluxes in vivo was not known. Recent in vivo C-13 and N-15 NMR studies in rodents and C-13 NMR in humans indicate that glutamine synthesis is substantial and that the total glutamate-GABA-glutamine cycling flux, necessary to replenish neurotransmitter glutamate and GABA, accounts for > 80% of net glutamine synthesis. In studies of the rodent cortex, a linear relationship exists between the rate of glucose oxidation and total glutamate-GABA-glutamine cycling flux over a large range of cortical electrical activity. The molar stoichiometric relationship (similar to1:1) found between these fluxes suggests that they share a common mechanism and that the glutamate-GABA-glutamine cycle is coupled to a major fraction of cortical glucose utilization. Thus, glutamine appears to play a central role in the normal functional energetics of the cerebral cortex.
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