J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 36, 19505-19509, 12, 1988

Enhanced carrier-mediated lactate entry into isolated hepatocytes from starved and diabetic rats

HK Metcalfe, JP Monson, RD Cohen and C Padgham
Medical Unit, London Hospital Medical College, Whitechapel, United Kingdom.

Hepatic plasma membrane lactate transport was studied in isolated hepatocytes prepared from fed, starved, and streptozotocin diabetic rats. Carrier-mediated lactate entry was determined using the lactate transport inhibitors alpha-cyano-3-hydroxycinnamate and D-3- hydroxybutyrate and was significantly greater in hepatocytes from starved compared to fed rats and in hepatocytes from diabetic fed compared to fed rats. The saturable component of lactate entry which corresponds to carrier-mediated transport was higher in the starved than in the fed state with results from diabetic fed being intermediate between the two. Insulin treatment prevented the increment in carrier- mediated lactate transport observed in hepatocytes from diabetic fed rats. The data indicate that hepatic plasma membrane lactate transport is increased under conditions of starvation and diabetes mellitus. This may partly explain the increased gluconeogenic flux under these conditions.
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