Dr. Dhiraj J. Trivedi presenting Lecture on Carbohydrate metabolism for medical students.
Professor, SDM College of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
2. Gluconeogenesis
• Synthesis of new glucose
• Also called as endogenous glucose production
• Required because –
• Erythrocyte, lens, testes and renal medulla
exclusively use glucose for ATP.
• Brain requires glucose but in starvation can adapt
to use ketone bodies
• To clear lactic acid from skeletal muscle and
erythrocyte
• To some extent reduce NH3 toxicity
3. Gluconeogenesis
• Failure of gluconeogenesis
• leads to Hypoglycemia causes brain dysfunction
• leads to coma and may be death.
• Ketoacidosis, Lactic acidosis
• Excessive gluconeogenesis leads to hyperglycemia
4. 85% 15%
Gluconeogenesis
• Major site of Gluconeogenesis
• Liver – contribute 85%,
• Kidney -- kidney and intestine contributes 15%
• But - During prolonged fasting kidney can
contribute up to 40%
• Gluconeogenic substances
• Pyruvate, Lactate, Glycerol, Propionic acid
• Glycogenic amino acids --Alanine, glutamine,
5. Gluconeogenesis
• Pathways involved in gluconeogenesis are
• TCA cycle
• glycolysis --- Reversal of seven reactions
• Some special reactions like
• Cori cycle and Glucose alanine cycle
• Adipose tissue -- Glycerol
• Consumes six moles of ATP per glucose
synthesized
6. Key reactions of gluconeogenesis
Involves Conversion of
1. pyruvate to phosphoenolpyruvate
2. Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphate to Fructose 6
Phosphate
3. Glucose 6 Phosphate to Glucose
8. Gluconeogenesis from Lactate
Lactate produced in
skeletal muscle , RBC
brought to liver by
Cori cycle
Pyruvate
Lactate
NADH + H +
NAD+
Lactate DH
In cytosol
Pyruvate
Enters mitochondria
9. Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Oxaloacetate
Pyruvate
Pyruvate
Lactate
NADH + H +
NAD+LDH
Malate
ADP + Pi
CO2 + ATP
Pyruvate carboxylase (Biotin)
NADH + H +
NAD+
MDH 1
Malate
Oxaloacetate PEP
X
NADPH + H +
NADP+
MDH 2
PEP CK
First bypass reaction in gluconeogenesis
Malate shunt
GTP GDP +
CO2
11. Reversible steps of
glycolysis
Phosphoenol pyruvate
2- Phosphoglycerate
3- Phosphoglycerate
1,3- Bis Phosphoglycerate
Glyceraldehyde 3- phosphate
Fructose 1-6 Bisphosphate
Reactions
taking place
in cytosol
12. Bypass 2
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate to Fructose-6-phosphate
Enzyme is
present in
Liver, kidney
and skeletal
muscle
Absent in
heart and
smooth muscle
Fructose 1, 6 BisPhosphate
Fructose 6 Phosphate
Fructose 1,6
bisPhosphatease
H2O
Pi
Inhibitores --
AMP, F2,6 BP ,
Insulin
Activators --
ATP, Citrate, Glucagon
X
13. Bypass 3
Glucose-6-phosphate to Glucose
• Glucose 6 Phosphatase
is found only in liver and
kidney
• Absent in muscle &
adipose tissue , brain
• (Reaction takes place in
smooth endoplasmic
reticulum)
Glucose 6 Phosphate
Free Glucose
Glucose 6 Phosphatase
H2O
Pi
Glucagon
Insulin
X
14.
15. Regulation of Gluconeogenesis
controlled by Regulating key enzymes of
irreversible steps
Activators / inducers Inhibitors / repressors
Glucagon
Acetyl CoA
Citrate,
ATP
Glycogenic amino acids
Carbohydrate feeding
Insulin
AMP
Fasting state / hypoglycemia
Diabetes
16. Significance of Gluconeogenesis
• Keep blood glucose level stable
• Remove lactate form skeletal muscle, RBC
• Supply glucose to active skeletal muscle
• Replenish liver Glycogen
• Utilizes glycerol and propionate from
adipose tissue
• Regulate acid base balance
17. Energetics of Gluconeogenesis
• Two high energy phosphate bonds one from ATP and one from
GTP are hydrolyzed during conversion of pyruvate to PEP
• As 2 Pyruvate required for one glucose 2 ATP and 2 GTP are used
• Two more ATP required for conversion of 3-PG to 1,3-BPG
• Therefore total Six ATP required for one glucose synthesis
• Also NADH is used up and hence additional 6 ATP lose
21. Cori cycle
removal of Lactate and
replenishing of glucose to skeletal muscle
Pathway operate in active skeletal muscle
Gluconeogenesis in liver from lactate
23. Why skeletal muscle require Cori cycle?
In active skeletal muscle mitochondria is less
NADH / NAD ratio is low as compared to liver and heart
muscle
Hence to continue glycolysis and generate ATP
Reduction of pyruvate is required
this generates Lactate
If Lactate accumulate it causes Lactic acidosis
Hence it should be removed through Cori cycle.