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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism2022

The blood lactate/pyruvate equilibrium affair.

George A Brooks, Adam D Osmond, Robert G Leija, Casey C Curl, Jose A Arevalo, Justin J Duong, Michael A Horning

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Article in American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Lactylation Modification and Esophageal Cancer: Research Progress From Hypoxia-Induced Metabolic Reprogramming to Immune Escape.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  6. Journal of bacteriology · 2025
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  9. Lactate and lactylation in cancer.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  12. Impact of acute stress on murine metabolomics and metabolic flux.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  13. Lactate as a myokine and exerkine: drivers and signals of physiology and metabolism.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2023
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  14. Tracing the lactate shuttle to the mitochondrial reticulum.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

George A BrooksExercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California.ORCID 0000-0002-1389-1629
Adam D OsmondExercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California.
Robert G LeijaExercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California.
Casey C CurlExercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California.
Jose A ArevaloExercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California.
Justin J DuongExercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California.
Michael A HorningExercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California.

Funding

Aging Mitochondrial Fragmentation and Metabolic InflexibilityR01AG059715 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI BROOKS, GEORGE AUSTIN · 2018 to 2022
$3.0M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG059715
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Lactate Shuttle hypothesis is supported by a variety of techniques including mass spectrometry analytics following infusion of carbon-labeled isotopic tracers. However, there has been controversy over whether lactate tracers measure lactate (L) or pyruvate (P) turnover. Here, we review the analytical errors, use of inappropriate tissue and animal models, failure to consider L and P pool sizes in modeling results, inappropriate tracer and blood sampling sites, and failure to anticipate roles of heart and lung parenchyma on L⇔P interactions. With support from magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and immunocytochemistry, we conclude that carbon-labeled lactate tracers can be used to quantitate lactate fluxes.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarbon RadioisotopesDogsExerciseFemoral ArteryFemoral VeinHumansImmunohistochemistryKineticsLactic AcidMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMass SpectrometryMuscle, SkeletalPyruvic AcidRadioactive TracersRestCarbon RadioisotopesLactic AcidPyruvic AcidRadioactive Tracersenergy-substrate partitioningexerciseglycolysisisotope tracersoxidative metabolism

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PMID34719944
PMCPMC8722269

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