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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 261: R265-R275, 1991;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 261, Issue 2 265-R275, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Pentobarbital produces dissimilar changes in glucose influx and utilization in brain

T. Otsuka, L. Wei, D. Bereczki, V. Acuff, C. Patlak and J. Fenstermacher
Department of Neurological Surgery, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8122.

The effects of pentobarbital sodium on local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) and 3-O-methylglucose (3-MG) influx were measured by quantitative autoradiography in 52 brain areas of control and treated rats. Pentobarbital (50 mg/kg ip) lowered LCGU to a relatively uniform rate (approximately 35 mumol.100 g-1.min-1) in 24 of 25 forebrain areas. Among the 18 hindbrain areas, LCGU was decreased by pentobarbital by 15-55% (range 50-157 and 28-110 mumol.100 g-1.min-1 in control and treated rats, respectively). In contrast, pentobarbital lowered the 3-MG influx rate constant and permeability-surface area product by 20-30% in nearly all brain structures. The 3-MG results fit a model in which both the half-saturation constant and the maximal velocity of the glucose carrier are decreased by pentobarbital. After pentobarbital treatment, the ratio of local cerebral plasma flow (LCPF) to LCGU was the same as in controls for brain areas in which LCGU was less than 35 mumol.100 g-1.min-1 but was higher in brain areas where LCGU exceeded 35 mumol.100 g-1.min-1. Pentobarbital produced dissimilar changes in LCGU, 3-MG influx, and LCPF; these processes may thus not be closely linked during pentobarbital anesthesia.


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