Effects of exposure to a simulated altitude of 5500 m on energy metabolic pathways in rats

Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
L C Ou, J C Leiter

Abstract

We examined the effect of exposure to 5500 m on three closely related metabolic pathways: anaerobic glycolysis, the pentose phosphate shunt (PPS), and fatty acid metabolism. Rats were exposed to simulated altitude of 5500 m for up to 3 months. The maximal rate of lactate production in tissue homogenates, tissue lactic acid dehydrogenase and blood lactate levels were measured to evaluate the capacity for anaerobic glycolysis. The uptake of 14C-1-palmitate, oxidation of 14C-1-palmitate to 14CO2, incorporation of 14C-1-palmitate into tissue lipids, plasma and tissue free fatty acids (FFA) levels and total lipid contents were measured to assess the magnitude of lipid metabolism. Activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) and 6-phophogluconate dehydrogenase (6-PGD) in the PPS pathway were measured to assess the capacity to generate reducing power. Acute and chronic hypoxia did not affect most of the measurements of anaerobic glycolysis, but depressed lactate production in liver and kidney. Chronic hypoxia enhanced all aspects of lipid metabolism in liver and enhanced the uptake and oxidation to CO2 of palmitate in skeletal muscle. Chronic hypoxia did not alter the activity of the G-6-PD in any tissue studied, but the a...Continue Reading

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