Disposition of a mixed meal by the conscious dog
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vol. 266 (4) , E666-E675
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.1994.266.4.e666
Abstract
The disposition of a mixed meal administered intragastrically was examined in 13 24-h-fasted conscious dogs, using the arteriovenous (AV) difference technique (and isotopic methods in 6 dogs). Postprandial net gut output totaled (in g of glucose equivalents) 42 +/- 6 glucose, 3 +/- 0.3 lactate, 2 +/- 0.2 alanine, and 0.2 +/- 0.0 glycerol. The gut oxidized 2 +/- 1 g of glucose, and 0.2 +/- 0.1 g remained within the intestinal lumen. Of the administered glucose 68 +/- 6% were accounted for, and volatile fatty acid production by the gut (n = 1) accounted for at least an additional 4%. Of the labeled glucose in the meal 82 +/- 5% appeared in the systemic circulation, an apparent overestimate of absorption of glucose from the meal. Cumulative net hepatic uptakes (in g of glucose equivalents) were 4.1 +/- 3.1 glucose, 12.1 +/- 2.1 gluconeogenic amino acids, and 1.5 +/- 0.2 glycerol. Net hepatic glycogen synthesis and lactate and CO2 production accounted for 6.2 +/- 4.1, 9.3 +/- 2.8, and 1.6 +/- 0.8 g of glucose equivalents, respectively. In summary, the AV difference method could account for the gut disposition of about two-thirds of the meal glucose. Nonsplanchnic tissues disposed of threefold more glucose than the liver. Net hepatic uptake of glucose equivalents as gluconeogenic amino acids was threefold > glucose uptake, and net hepatic uptake of gluconeogenic amino acids was > net gut release of gluconeogenic amino acids. In conclusion, the net hepatic uptake of glucose and gluconeogenic substrates provided adequate carbon for net hepatic synthesis of glycogen and production of lactate and CO2. In a net sense, peripheral tissues must have been the source of some of the gluconeogenic carbon taken up by the liver after the meal.Keywords
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