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  • l-Glutamine supplementation promotes an improved energetic balance in Walker-256 tumor-bearing rats.

l-Glutamine supplementation promotes an improved energetic balance in Walker-256 tumor-bearing rats.

Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine (2017-03-28)
Heber Amilcar Martins, Roberto Barbosa Bazotte, Geraldo Emilio Vicentini, Mariana Machado Lima, Flavia Alessandra Guarnier, Catchia Hermes-Uliana, Flavia Cristina Vieira Frez, Gleison Daion Piovezana Bossolani, Luciane Fracaro, Larissa Dos Santos Fávaro, Mariana Inocêncio Manzano, Jacqueline Nelisis Zanoni
ABSTRACT

We evaluated the effects of supplementation with oral l-glutamine in Walker-256 tumor-bearing rats. A total of 32 male Wistar rats aged 54 days were randomly divided into four groups: rats without Walker-256 tumor, that is, control rats (C group); control rats supplemented with l-glutamine (CG group); Walker-256 tumor rats without l-glutamine supplementation (WT group); and WT rats supplemented with l-glutamine (WTG group). l-Glutamine was incorporated into standard food at a proportion of 2 g/100 g (2%). After 10 days of the experimental period, the jejunum and duodenum were removed and processed. Protein expression levels of key enzymes of gluconeogenesis, that is, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and glucose-6-phosphatase, were analyzed by western blot and immunohistochemical techniques. In addition, plasma corticosterone, glucose, insulin, and urea levels were evaluated. The WTG group showed significantly increased plasma glucose and insulin levels ( p < 0.05); however, plasma corticosterone and urea remained unchanged. Moreover, the WTG group showed increased immunoreactive staining for jejunal phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and increased expression of duodenal glucose-6-phosphatase. Furthermore, the WTG group presented with less intense cancer cachexia and slower tumor growth. These results could be attributed, at least partly, to increased intestinal gluconeogenesis and insulinemia, and better glycemia maintenance during fasting in Walker-256 tumor rats on a diet supplemented with l-glutamine.

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