Glyceroneogenesis and the supply of glycerol-3-phosphate for glyceride-glycerol synthesis in liver slices of fasted and diabetic rats

The pathways of glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) generation for glyceride synthesis were examined in precision-cut liver slices of fasted and diabetic rats. The incorporation of 5 mM [U-14C]glucose into glyceride-glycerol, used to evaluate G3P generation via glycolysis, was reduced by ∼26–36% in liver slices of fasted and diabetic rats. The glycolytic flux was reduced by ∼60% in both groups. The incorporation of 1.0 mM [2-14C]pyruvate into glyceride-glycerol (glyceroneogenesis) increased ∼50% and ∼36% in slices of fasted and diabetic rats, respectively, which also showed a two-fold increase in the activity phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase. The increased incorporation of 1.0 mM [2-14C]pyruvate into glyceride-glycerol by slices of fasted rats was not affected by the addition of 5 mM glucose to the incubation medium. The activity of glycerokinase and the incorporation of 1 mM [U-14C]glycerol into glyceride-glycerol, evaluators of G3P formation by direct glycerol phosphorylation, did not differ significantly from ...