Lactate Efflux From Intervertebral Disc Cells Is Required for Maintenance of Spine Health.
...Published in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Maintenance of glycolytic metabolism is postulated to be required for health of the spinal column. In the hypoxic tissues of the intervertebral disc and glycolytic cells of vertebral bone, glucose is metabolized into pyruvate for ATP generation and reduced to lactate to sustain redox balance. The rise in intracellular H+ /lactate concentrations are...
