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Glycogen synthase

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Two-temperature stage biphasic CO2-H2O pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass at high solid loadings

Most biomass pretreatment processes for monosaccharide production are run at low-solid concentration (<10wt%) and use significant amounts of chemical catalysts. Biphasic CO 2-H 2O mixtures could provide a more sustainable pretreatment medium while using ...

Wiley-Blackwell2012

A comparison of in vivo (13) C MR brain glycogen quantification at 9.4 and 14.1 T

Rolf Gruetter, Yves Pilloud, Ruud van Heeswijk

The high molecular weight and low concentration of brain glycogen render its noninvasive quantification challenging. Therefore, the precision increase of the quantification by localized (13) C MR at 9.4 to 14.1 T was investigated. Signal-to-noise ratio inc ...

2012

Altered Glycogen Metabolism in Cultured Astrocytes from Mice with Chronic Glutathione Deficit; Relevance for Neuroenergetics in Schizophrenia

Pierre Magistretti, Igor Allaman, Kim Do, Jean-Marie Petit

Neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or Huntington's diseases and schizophrenia have been associated with a deficit in glutathione (GSH). In particular, a polymorphism in the gene of glutamate cysteine ligase modul ...

Public Library of Science2011

Astrocyte-neuron lactate transport is required for long-term memory formation

We report that, in the rat hippocampus, learning leads to a significant increase in extracellular lactate levels that derive from glycogen, an energy reserve selectively localized in astrocytes. Astrocytic glycogen breakdown and lactate release are essenti ...

2011

Brain Energy Metabolism: Focus on Astrocyte-Neuron Metabolic Cooperation

Pierre Magistretti, Igor Allaman

The energy requirements of the brain are very high, and tight regulatory mechanisms operate to ensure adequate spatial and temporal delivery of energy substrates in register with neuronal activity. Astrocytes a type of glial cell have emerged as active pla ...

2011

Metabolic response of the cerebral cortex following gentle sleep deprivation and modafinil administration

Pierre Magistretti, Jean-Marie Petit, Christophe Kopp

Objectives: The main energy reserve of the brain is glycogen, which is almost exclusively localized in astrocytes. We previously reported that cerebral expression of certain genes related to glycogen metabolism changed following instrumental sleep deprivat ...

2010

Alteration of brain glycogen turnover in the conscious rat after 5h of prolonged wakefulness

Rolf Gruetter, Pierre Magistretti, Bernard Lanz, Jean-Marie Petit, Hanne Frenkel

Although glycogen (Glyc) is the main carbohydrate storage component, the role of Glyc in the brain during prolonged wakefulness is not clear. The aim of this study was to determine brain Glyc concentration ([]) and turnover time (tau) in euglycemic conscio ...

2009

Glycogen metabolism as a marker of astrocyte differentiation

Pierre Magistretti, Igor Allaman, Luc Pellerin

Glycogen is a hallmark of mature astrocytes, but its emergence during astrocytic differentiation is unclear. Differentiation of E14 mouse neurospheres into astrocytes was induced with fetal bovine serum (FBS), Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF), or Ciliary N ...

2009

Glial Glycogen Metabolism

Igor Allaman

Glycogen represents the largest energy reserve of the brain and is almost quite exclusively localized in astrocytes. In the first part of this article, a summary of our knowledge concerning brain glycogen metabolism and its regulation is presented. The sec ...

Academic Press2009

In vivo magnetic resonance studies of glycogen and hyperpolarized lithium in the rat brain

Ruud van Heeswijk

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is used for a large array of applications, ranging from chemical characterization to oil drilling to medical imaging. In these fields NMR is used as an investigational tool, but new techniques and applications are continuou ...

EPFL2009

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