Demonstration of pyruvate recycling in primary cultures of neocortical astrocytes but not in neurons

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1431-1437

  Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a   Qu, Hong ^b,c   Hertz, Leif ^a   Sonnewald, Ursula ^b,c   Schousboe, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HK DNA Chips Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glutamate metabolism; Glutamine; Malic enzyme; Metabolic compartmentation; Neurons

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON 13; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); MALIC ACID; OXALOACETIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL TYPE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DECARBOXYLATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYDROLYSIS; INTERNEURON; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PYRUVATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036866554     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021636102735     Document Type: Article

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