4. Conversion of Lactate to
Glucose:
Lactate is released by exercising
skeletal Muscles & from the cells
lacking Mitochondria leg RBC’S
This lactate is taken up by liver, and
reconverted to glucose from where it
is released back into circulation
(called as Cori’s Cycle)
6. Conversion of Glycerol to
Glucose:
Glycerol is released from Adipose
Tissue during hydrolysis of______ it
is transported to liver, in blood where
it is phosphorylated is then oxidized
to DHAP, an intermediate of
glycolysis (phosphorylation does not
occur in adipose tissue because they
lack the required enzymes)
8. Significance of
Glucineogeresis:
Some tissues such as brain, RBC’S,
kidney, lens, cornea of eyes & exercising
Muscles require a continuous supply of
glucose as Metabolic fuel.
Glycogen can meet energy needs for only
10-18 has in the absence of dietary intake
of glucose. So during a prolonged fast
when glycogen stores are deplated
glucose is formed from non-carbohydrate
precersors such as lactate, glycerol, etc.
9. Certain Metabolites produced in tissues
accumulate in the blood such as lactate,
glycerol, pyruvate which are effectively
derived from blood by gluconeogenesis
(which utilize them as precursor