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Utilization of ketone bodies and glucose by established neural cell lines
Author(s) -
Roeder Lois M.,
Poduslo Shirley E.,
Tildon J. Tyson
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.72
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1097-4547
pISSN - 0360-4012
DOI - 10.1002/jnr.490080412
Subject(s) - ketone bodies , phosphatidylcholine , phosphatidylethanolamine , butyrate , biochemistry , chemistry , cell culture , thin layer chromatography , cell , biology , metabolism , chromatography , phospholipid , membrane , fermentation , genetics
The rates of utilization of [3‐ 14 C]‐acetoacetate, [3‐ 14 C]‐3‐hydroxybutyrate, and [6‐ 14 C]‐glucose were measured in four established cell lines from neuroblastoma of rat (B103) and mouse (N4TG1) and from rat astrocytoma (RGC6) and mouse oligodendroglia (G2620). The rates of incorporation of acetoacetate into lipid were 3–5 times higher than glucose in all cell lines. The incorporation of 3‐hydroxybutyrate was similar to that of glucose. Thin‐layer chromatography of the total lipid extracts showed the same relative rates of use of these substrates for synthesis of various phospholipids and neutral lipids. The rates of incorporation into neutral lipids and phosphatidylcholine were essentially linear for 12 hr; however, that into phosphatidylethanolamine was markedly higher in the second 6 hr interval than in the first. In all cases, the greatest percentage of label (35–50%) appeared in the phosphatidylcholine fraction. The distribution of label from each of the three substrates among the various lipids was similar in the glial cells, but there were marked differeneces in distribution of the two ketone bodies in the neuroblastoma lines. These cells also synthesized lipids that migrated to the same area on the chromatogram as cholesterol esters and free fatty acids. In three of the four cell lines the rates of oxidation were highest for glucose, intermediate for acetoacetate, and lowest for 3‐hydroxybutyrate. The ratios of the rate of incorporation to the rate of oxidation were higher for ketone bodies (3.32 for 3‐hydroxy‐butyrate and 5.29 for acetoacetate) than for glucose (0.41). This indicates that in these cells ketone bodies are directed toward lipid synthesis rather than oxidation, and glucose is preferentially used as an energy source.