Direct neuronal glucose uptake Heralds activity-dependent increases in cerebral metabolism

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Direct neuronal glucose uptake Heralds activity-dependent increases in cerebral metabolism. / Lundgaard, Iben; Li, Baoman; Xie, Lulu; Kang, Hongyi; Sanggaard, Simon; Haswell, John D R; Sun, Wei; Goldman, Siri; Blekot, Solomiya; Nielsen, Michael; Takano, Takahiro; Deane, Rashid; Nedergaard, Maiken.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 6, 6807, 2015.

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Lundgaard, I, Li, B, Xie, L, Kang, H, Sanggaard, S, Haswell, JDR, Sun, W, Goldman, S, Blekot, S, Nielsen, M, Takano, T, Deane, R & Nedergaard, M 2015, 'Direct neuronal glucose uptake Heralds activity-dependent increases in cerebral metabolism', Nature Communications, vol. 6, 6807. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7807

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Lundgaard, I., Li, B., Xie, L., Kang, H., Sanggaard, S., Haswell, J. D. R., Sun, W., Goldman, S., Blekot, S., Nielsen, M., Takano, T., Deane, R., & Nedergaard, M. (2015). Direct neuronal glucose uptake Heralds activity-dependent increases in cerebral metabolism. Nature Communications, 6, [6807]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7807

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Lundgaard I, Li B, Xie L, Kang H, Sanggaard S, Haswell JDR et al. Direct neuronal glucose uptake Heralds activity-dependent increases in cerebral metabolism. Nature Communications. 2015;6. 6807. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7807

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Lundgaard, Iben ; Li, Baoman ; Xie, Lulu ; Kang, Hongyi ; Sanggaard, Simon ; Haswell, John D R ; Sun, Wei ; Goldman, Siri ; Blekot, Solomiya ; Nielsen, Michael ; Takano, Takahiro ; Deane, Rashid ; Nedergaard, Maiken. / Direct neuronal glucose uptake Heralds activity-dependent increases in cerebral metabolism. In: Nature Communications. 2015 ; Vol. 6.

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title = "Direct neuronal glucose uptake Heralds activity-dependent increases in cerebral metabolism",
abstract = "Metabolically, the brain is a highly active organ that relies almost exclusively on glucose as its energy source. According to the astrocyte-to-neuron lactate shuttle hypothesis, glucose is taken up by astrocytes and converted to lactate, which is then oxidized by neurons. Here we show, using two-photon imaging of a near-infrared 2-deoxyglucose analogue (2DG-IR), that glucose is taken up preferentially by neurons in awake behaving mice. Anaesthesia suppressed neuronal 2DG-IR uptake and sensory stimulation was associated with a sharp increase in neuronal, but not astrocytic, 2DG-IR uptake. Moreover, hexokinase, which catalyses the first enzymatic steps in glycolysis, was highly enriched in neurons compared with astrocytes, in mouse as well as in human cortex. These observations suggest that brain activity and neuronal glucose metabolism are directly linked, and identify the neuron as the principal locus of glucose uptake as visualized by functional brain imaging.",
author = "Iben Lundgaard and Baoman Li and Lulu Xie and Hongyi Kang and Simon Sanggaard and Haswell, {John D R} and Wei Sun and Siri Goldman and Solomiya Blekot and Michael Nielsen and Takahiro Takano and Rashid Deane and Maiken Nedergaard",
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AU - Lundgaard, Iben

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AU - Kang, Hongyi

AU - Sanggaard, Simon

AU - Haswell, John D R

AU - Sun, Wei

AU - Goldman, Siri

AU - Blekot, Solomiya

AU - Nielsen, Michael

AU - Takano, Takahiro

AU - Deane, Rashid

AU - Nedergaard, Maiken

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N2 - Metabolically, the brain is a highly active organ that relies almost exclusively on glucose as its energy source. According to the astrocyte-to-neuron lactate shuttle hypothesis, glucose is taken up by astrocytes and converted to lactate, which is then oxidized by neurons. Here we show, using two-photon imaging of a near-infrared 2-deoxyglucose analogue (2DG-IR), that glucose is taken up preferentially by neurons in awake behaving mice. Anaesthesia suppressed neuronal 2DG-IR uptake and sensory stimulation was associated with a sharp increase in neuronal, but not astrocytic, 2DG-IR uptake. Moreover, hexokinase, which catalyses the first enzymatic steps in glycolysis, was highly enriched in neurons compared with astrocytes, in mouse as well as in human cortex. These observations suggest that brain activity and neuronal glucose metabolism are directly linked, and identify the neuron as the principal locus of glucose uptake as visualized by functional brain imaging.

AB - Metabolically, the brain is a highly active organ that relies almost exclusively on glucose as its energy source. According to the astrocyte-to-neuron lactate shuttle hypothesis, glucose is taken up by astrocytes and converted to lactate, which is then oxidized by neurons. Here we show, using two-photon imaging of a near-infrared 2-deoxyglucose analogue (2DG-IR), that glucose is taken up preferentially by neurons in awake behaving mice. Anaesthesia suppressed neuronal 2DG-IR uptake and sensory stimulation was associated with a sharp increase in neuronal, but not astrocytic, 2DG-IR uptake. Moreover, hexokinase, which catalyses the first enzymatic steps in glycolysis, was highly enriched in neurons compared with astrocytes, in mouse as well as in human cortex. These observations suggest that brain activity and neuronal glucose metabolism are directly linked, and identify the neuron as the principal locus of glucose uptake as visualized by functional brain imaging.

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