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Essential Amino Acid Ingestion Facilitates Leucine Retention and Attenuates Myofibrillar Protein Breakdown following Bodyweight Resistance Exercise in Young Adults in a Home-Based Setting. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14173532. [PMID: 36079790 PMCID: PMC9460609 DOI: 10.3390/nu14173532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Home-based resistance exercise (RE) has become increasingly prevalent, but its effects on protein metabolism are understudied. We tested the effect of an essential amino acid formulation (EAA+: 9 g EAAs, 3 g leucine) and branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs: 6 g BCAAs, 3 g leucine), relative to a carbohydrate (CHO) placebo, on exogenous leucine retention and myofibrillar protein breakdown following dynamic bodyweight RE in a home-based setting. Twelve recreationally active adults (nine male, three female) participated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study with four trial conditions: (i) RE and EAA+ (EX-EAA+); (ii) RE and BCAAs (EX-BCAA); (iii) RE and CHO placebo (EX-CHO); and (iv) rest and CHO placebo (REST-CHO). Total exogenous leucine oxidation and retention (estimates of whole-body anabolism) and urinary 3-methylhistidine:creatinine ratio (3MH:Cr; estimate of muscle catabolism) were assessed over 5 h post-supplement. Total exogenous leucine oxidation and retention in EX-EAA+ and EX-BCAA did not significantly differ (p = 0.116) but were greater than EX-CHO (p < 0.01). There was a main effect of condition on urinary 3MH:Cr (p = 0.034), with post hoc analysis revealing a trend (p = 0.096) for reduced urinary 3MH:Cr with EX-EAA+ (32%) compared to EX-CHO. By direct comparison, urinary 3MH:Cr was significantly lower (23%) in EX-EAA+ than EX-BCAA (p = 0.026). In summary, the ingestion of EAA+ or BCAA provided leucine that was ~60% retained for protein synthesis following home-based bodyweight RE, but EAA+ most effectively attenuated myofibrillar protein breakdown.
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Park S, Church DD, Azhar G, Schutzler SE, Ferrando AA, Wolfe RR. Anabolic response to essential amino acid plus whey protein composition is greater than whey protein alone in young healthy adults. J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2020; 17:9. [PMID: 32041644 PMCID: PMC7011510 DOI: 10.1186/s12970-020-0340-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background We have determined the acute response of protein kinetics to one or two servings (6.3 g and 12.6 g) of a proprietary composition containing free-form essential amino acids (EAA) (3.2 g EAA per serving) and whey protein (2.4 g per serving), as well as the response to consumption of a popular whey-based protein supplement (Gatorade Recover) (17 g; 12.6 g protein). Methods Whole-body rates of protein synthesis, breakdown and net balance (taken to be the anabolic response) were determined using primed-constant infusions of 2H5-phenylalnine and 2H2-tyrosine. Muscle protein fractional synthetic rate (FSR) was also determined with the 2H5-phenylalanine tracer. Results Plasma EAA levels increased following consumption of all beverages, with the greatest response in the high-dose EAA/protein composition. Similarly, the increase in net balance between whole-body protein synthesis and breakdown was greatest following consumption of the high-dose EAA/protein composition, while the low-dose EAA/protein composition and Gatorade Recover induced similar increases in net balance. When the net balance response was normalized for the total amount of product given, the high- and low-dose EAA/protein beverages were approximately 6- and 3-fold more anabolic than the Gatorade Recover, respectively. The greater anabolic response to the EAA/protein composition was due to greater increases in whole-body protein synthesis with both doses, and a markedly greater suppression of whole-body protein breakdown in the high-dose group. Muscle protein FSR after beverage consumption reflected changes in whole-body protein synthesis, with the larger EAA/protein dose significantly increasing FSR. Conclusion We conclude that a composition of a balanced EAA formulation combined with whey protein is highly anabolic as compared to a whey protein-based recovery product, and that the response is dose-dependent. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03502941. This trial was registered on April 19, 2018.
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- Sanghee Park
- Department of Geriatrics, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 806, Little Rock, AR, 72205-7199, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 806, Little Rock, AR, 72205-7199, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham Street, Slot 748, Little Rock, AR, 72205-7199, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 806, Little Rock, AR, 72205-7199, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 806, Little Rock, AR, 72205-7199, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 806, Little Rock, AR, 72205-7199, USA.
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Wolfe RR, Park S, Kim IY, Starck C, Marquis BJ, Ferrando AA, Moughan PJ. Quantifying the contribution of dietary protein to whole body protein kinetics: examination of the intrinsically labeled proteins method. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2019; 317:E74-E84. [PMID: 30939051 PMCID: PMC6689738 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00294.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Intrinsically labeled dietary proteins have been used to trace various aspects of digestion and absorption, including quantifying the contribution of dietary protein to observed postprandial amino acid and protein kinetics in human subjects. Quantification of the rate of appearance in peripheral blood of an unlabeled (tracee) amino acid originating from an intrinsically labeled protein (exogenous Ra) requires the assumption that there is no dilution of the isotope enrichment of the protein-bound amino acid in the gastrointestinal tract or across the splanchnic bed. It must also be assumed that the effective volume of distribution into which the tracer and tracee appear can be reasonably estimated by a single value and that any recycling of the tracer is minimal and thus does not affect calculated rates. We have assessed these assumptions quantitatively using values from published studies. We conclude that the use of intrinsically labeled proteins as currently described to quantify exogenous Ra systematically underestimates the true value. When used with the tracer-determined rates of amino acid kinetics, underestimation of exogenous Ra from the intrinsically labeled protein method likely translates to incorrect conclusions regarding protein breakdown, including the effect of a protein meal and the anabolic impact of the speed of digestion and absorption of amino acids. Estimation of exogenous Ra from the bioavailability of ingested protein has some advantages as compared with the intrinsically labeled protein method. We therefore conclude that the bioavailability method for estimating exogenous Ra is preferable to the intrinsically labeled protein method.
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- Robert R Wolfe
- Department of Geriatrics, Reynolds Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Geriatrics, Reynolds Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University School of Medicine , Incheon , Republic of Korea
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- Riddet Institute, Massey University , Palmerston North , New Zealand
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- Department of Geriatrics, Reynolds Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Geriatrics, Reynolds Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Riddet Institute, Massey University , Palmerston North , New Zealand
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Bandegan A, Courtney-Martin G, Rafii M, Pencharz PB, Lemon PWR. Indicator amino acid oxidation protein requirement estimate in endurance-trained men 24 h postexercise exceeds both the EAR and current athlete guidelines. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2019; 316:E741-E748. [PMID: 30779631 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00174.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Despite studies indicating increased protein requirements in strength-trained or endurance-trained (ET) individuals, the Institute of Medicine has concluded that "no additional dietary protein is suggested for healthy adults undertaking resistance or endurance exercise," and the controversy regarding exercise effects on protein requirements continues. The objective of this study was to determine the dietary protein requirement of healthy young ET men (≥1 yr training experience) 24 h post exercise (to minimize any acute effects of the previous training session) by measuring the oxidation of ingested l-[1-13C]phenylalanine to 13CO2 in response to graded intakes of protein (indicator amino acid oxidation technique). Eight men [maximal oxygen consumption 64.1 ml·kg-1·min-1 (SD 3.7)] were each studied 24 h postexercise repeatedly with protein intakes ranging from 0.3 to 3.5 g·kg-1·day-1. Protein was fed as an amino acid mixture based on the protein pattern in egg, except for phenylalanine and tyrosine, which were maintained at constant amounts across all protein intakes. For 2 days before the study day, all participants consumed 1.6 g protein·kg-1·day-1. The estimated average requirement (EAR) for protein was determined by applying a nonlinear mixed-effects change-point regression analysis to F13CO2 (label tracer oxidation in 13CO2 breath), which identified a breakpoint in the F13CO2 in response to the graded amounts of protein. The EAR for protein and the upper 95% confidence interval were 2.1 and 2.6 g·kg-1·day-1, respectively. These data suggest that the protein EAR for ET men 24 h postexercise exceeds the Institute of Medicine EAR and established athlete guidelines by ~3.5- and 1.3-fold, respectively.
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- Arash Bandegan
- Exercise Nutrition Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Western University , London, Ontario , Canada
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- Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
- Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
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- Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
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- Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
- Department of Paediatrics and Nutrition Science, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
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- Exercise Nutrition Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Western University , London, Ontario , Canada
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Mitchell WK, Wilkinson DJ, Phillips BE, Lund JN, Smith K, Atherton PJ. Human Skeletal Muscle Protein Metabolism Responses to Amino Acid Nutrition. Adv Nutr 2016; 7:828S-38S. [PMID: 27422520 PMCID: PMC4942869 DOI: 10.3945/an.115.011650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Healthy individuals maintain remarkably constant skeletal muscle mass across much of adult life, suggesting the existence of robust homeostatic mechanisms. Muscle exists in dynamic equilibrium whereby the influx of amino acids (AAs) and the resulting increases in muscle protein synthesis (MPS) associated with the intake of dietary proteins cancel out the efflux of AAs from muscle protein breakdown that occurs between meals. Dysregulated proteostasis is evident with aging, especially beyond the sixth decade of life. Women and men aged 75 y lose muscle mass at a rate of ∼0.7% and 1%/y, respectively (sarcopenia), and lose strength 2- to 5-fold faster (dynapenia) as muscle "quality" decreases. Factors contributing to the disruption of an otherwise robust proteostatic system represent targets for potential therapies that promote healthy aging. Understanding age-related impairments in anabolic responses to AAs and identifying strategies to mitigate these factors constitute major areas of interest. Numerous studies have aimed to identify 1) the influence of distinct protein sources on absorption kinetics and muscle anabolism, 2) the latency and time course of MPS responses to protein/AAs, 3) the impacts of protein/AA intake on muscle microvascular recruitment, and 4) the role of certain AAs (e.g., leucine) as signaling molecules, which are able to trigger anabolic pathways in tissues. This review aims to discuss these 4 issues listed, to provide historical and modern perspectives of AAs as modulators of human skeletal muscle protein metabolism, to describe how advances in stable isotope/mass spectrometric approaches and instrumentation have underpinned these advances, and to highlight relevant differences between young adults and older individuals. Whenever possible, observations are based on human studies, with additional consideration of relevant nonhuman studies.
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- W Kyle Mitchell
- Department of Surgery, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom; and
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- Medical Research Council, Arthritis Research United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Arthritis Research United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom; and,,Medical Research Council, Arthritis Research United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Arthritis Research United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Arthritis Research United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby, United Kingdom
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Welch KC, Péronnet F, Hatch KA, Voigt CC, McCue MD. Carbon stable-isotope tracking in breath for comparative studies of fuel use. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2015; 1365:15-32. [PMID: 25817456 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Almost half a century ago, researchers demonstrated that the ratio of stable carbon isotopes in exhaled breath of rats and humans could reveal the oxidation of labeled substrates in vivo, opening a new chapter in the study of fuel use, the fate of ingested substrates, and aerobic metabolism. Until recently, the combined use of respirometry and stable-isotope tracer techniques had not been broadly employed to study fuel use in other animal groups. In this review, we summarize the history of this approach in human and animal research and define best practices that maximize its utility. We also summarize several case studies that use stable-isotope measurements of breath to explore the limits of aerobic metabolism and substrate turnover among several species and various physiological states. We highlight the importance of a comparative approach in revealing the profound effects that phylogeny, ecology, and behavior can have in shaping aerobic metabolism and energetics as well as the fundamental biological principles that underlie fuel use and metabolic function across taxa. New analytical equipment and refinement of methodology make the combined use of respirometry and stable-isotope tracer techniques simpler to perform, less costly, and more field ready than ever before.
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- Kenneth C Welch
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Département de Kinésiologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Long Island University Post, Brookville, New York
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas
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Mayers JR, Wu C, Clish CB, Kraft P, Torrence ME, Fiske BP, Yuan C, Bao Y, Townsend MK, Tworoger SS, Davidson SM, Papagiannakopoulos T, Yang A, Dayton TL, Ogino S, Stampfer MJ, Giovannucci EL, Qian ZR, Rubinson DA, Ma J, Sesso HD, Gaziano JM, Cochrane BB, Liu S, Wactawski–Wende J, Manson JE, Pollak MN, Kimmelman AC, Souza A, Pierce K, Wang TJ, Gerszten RE, Fuchs CS, Heiden MGV, Wolpin BM. Elevation of circulating branched-chain amino acids is an early event in human pancreatic adenocarcinoma development. Nat Med 2014; 20:1193-1198. [PMID: 25261994 PMCID: PMC4191991 DOI: 10.1038/nm.3686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 457] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Most patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are diagnosed with advanced disease and survive less than 12 months. PDAC has been linked with obesity and glucose intolerance, but whether changes in circulating metabolites are associated with early cancer progression is unknown. To better understand metabolic derangements associated with early disease, we profiled metabolites in prediagnostic plasma from individuals with pancreatic cancer (cases) and matched controls from four prospective cohort studies. We find that elevated plasma levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are associated with a greater than twofold increased risk of future pancreatic cancer diagnosis. This elevated risk was independent of known predisposing factors, with the strongest association observed among subjects with samples collected 2 to 5 years before diagnosis, when occult disease is probably present. We show that plasma BCAAs are also elevated in mice with early-stage pancreatic cancers driven by mutant Kras expression but not in mice with Kras-driven tumors in other tissues, and that breakdown of tissue protein accounts for the increase in plasma BCAAs that accompanies early-stage disease. Together, these findings suggest that increased whole-body protein breakdown is an early event in development of PDAC.
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- Jared R. Mayers
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Etiology and Carcinogenesis, Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Division of Genomic Stability and DNA repair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana– Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System
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- Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Oncology and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Genomic Stability and DNA repair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana– Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Tycholis TJ, Cant JP, Osborne VR, Shoveller AK. Phenylalanine flux and gastric emptying are not affected by replacement of casein with whey protein in the diet of adult cats consuming frequent small meals. BMC Vet Res 2014; 10:177. [PMID: 25266643 PMCID: PMC4363996 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-014-0177-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Decreasing the rate of protein emptying from the stomach may improve efficiency of utilization of dietary amino acids for protein deposition. Some studies in rats and humans have shown casein to be more slowly released from the stomach than whey protein. To test if casein induces a slower rate of gastric emptying in cats than whey protein, L-[1-13C]phenylalanine (Phe) was dosed orally into 9 adult cats to estimate gastric emptying and whole-body Phe flux. Results Concentrations of indispensable amino acids in plasma were not significantly affected by dietary protein source. First-pass splanchnic extraction of Phe was not different between diets and averaged 50% (SEM = 3.8%). The half-time for gastric emptying averaged 9.9 min with casein and 10.3 min with whey protein, and was not significantly different between diets (SEM = 1.7 min). Phenylalanine fluxes were 45.3 and 46.5 μmol/(min · kg) for casein- and whey-based diets, respectively (SEM = 4.7 μmol/(min · kg)). Conclusions In adult cats fed frequent small meals, the replacement of casein with whey protein in the diet does not affect supply or utilization of amino acids. These two milk proteins appear to be equally capable of meeting the dietary amino acid needs of cats.
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- Tanya J Tycholis
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Protein Redistribution From Skeletal Muscle to Splanchnic Tissue on Fasting and Refeeding in Young and Older Healthy Individuals. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2013; 14:696-704. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Revised: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kao C, Hsu J, Bandi V, Jahoor F. Alterations in glutamine metabolism and its conversion to citrulline in sepsis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E1359-64. [PMID: 23612995 PMCID: PMC3680701 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00628.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In enterocytes, glutamine serves as the major source of energy; another metabolic fate of glutamine is conversion to citrulline. Because sepsis can affect gut function and integrity, alterations in glutamine metabolism may exist and lead to decreased citrulline production. This study aimed to investigate how sepsis affects glutamine metabolism, including its conversion to citrulline, by measuring glutamine and citrulline flux, fractional splanchnic extraction of glutamine and leucine, and the contribution of glutamine nitrogen to citrulline in septic patients and healthy controls. Eight patients with severe sepsis and 10 healthy controls were given primed, constant intravenous infusion of [(2)H2]citrulline and sequential administration of intravenous and enteral [α-(15)N]glutamine and [(13)C]leucine in the postabsorptive state. The results showed that, compared with healthy controls, septic patients had a significantly lower whole body citrulline flux and plasma concentration, higher endogenous leucine flux, and higher glutamine clearance. Fractional splanchnic extraction of leucine was higher in septic patients than in controls, but fractional extraction of glutamine was not different. The majority of the (15)N label transferred from glutamine to citrulline was found at the α-position. These results demonstrate that lower glutamine plasma concentrations in sepsis were a result of increased glutamine clearance. Despite adequate splanchnic uptake of glutamine, there is decreased production of citrulline, suggesting a defect in the metabolic conversion of glutamine to citrulline, decreased uptake of glutamine by the enterocyte but increased uptake by the liver, and/or shunting of glutamine to other metabolic pathways.
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- Christina Kao
- Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and
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Soop M, Nehra V, Henderson GC, Boirie Y, Ford GC, Nair KS. Coingestion of whey protein and casein in a mixed meal: demonstration of a more sustained anabolic effect of casein. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 303:E152-62. [PMID: 22569072 PMCID: PMC3404559 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00106.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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When consumed separately, whey protein (WP) is more rapidly absorbed into circulation than casein (Cas), which prompted the concept of rapid and slow dietary protein. It is unclear whether these proteins have similar metabolic fates when coingested as in milk. We determined the rate of appearance across the splanchnic bed and the rate of disappearance across the leg of phenylalanine (Phe) from coingested, intrinsically labeled WP and Cas. Either [¹⁵N]Phe or [¹³C-ring C₆]Phe was infused in lactating cows, and the labeled WP and Cas from their milk were collected. To determine the fate of Phe derived from different protein sources, 18 healthy participants were studied after ingestion of one of the following: 1) [¹⁵N]WP, [¹³C]Cas, and lactose; 2) [¹³C]WP, [¹⁵N]Cas, and lactose; 3) lactose alone. At 80-120 min, the rates of appearance (R(a)) across the splanchnic bed of Phe from WP and Cas were similar [0.068 ± 0.010 vs. 0.070 ± 0.009%/min; not significant (ns)]. At time 220-260 min, Phe appearance from WP had slowed (0.039 ± 0.008%/min, P < 0.05) whereas Phe appearance from Cas was sustained (0.068 ± 0.013%/min). Similarly, accretion rates across the leg of Phe absorbed from WP and Cas were not different at 80-120 min (0.011 ± 0.002 vs. 0.012 ± 0.003%/min; ns), but they were significantly lower for WP (0.007 ± 0.002%/min) at 220-260 min than for Cas (0.013 ± 0.002%/min) at 220-260 min. Early after meal ingestion, amino acid absorption and retention across the leg were similar for WP and Cas, but as rates for WP waned, absorption and assimilation into skeletal muscle were better retained for Cas.
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- Mattias Soop
- Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Enhanced anabolic response to milk protein sip feeding in elderly subjects with COPD is associated with a reduced splanchnic extraction of multiple amino acids. Clin Nutr 2012; 31:616-24. [PMID: 22682082 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS We previously observed in elderly subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) an enhanced anabolic response to milk protein sip feeding, associated with reduced splanchnic extraction (SPE) of phenylalanine. Milk proteins are known for their high Branched-chain Amino Acids (BCAA) content, but no information is present about splanchnic extraction and metabolism of the individual BCAA in COPD. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether BCAA metabolism and SPE of the individual BCAA are altered in COPD during milk protein sip feeding. DESIGN In elderly subjects with COPD and in healthy age-matched elderly SPE, endogenous rate of appearance (Raendo) of the leucine (LEU), isoleucine (ILE) and valine (VAL) were measured before and during sip feeding of a Whey protein meal. To study the effect of aging, the healthy elderly were compared to a group of healthy young subjects. Stable isotopes of l-[(2)H(3)]-LEU, l-[1-(13)C]-ILE and l-[1-(13)C]-VAL were given on two separate test days orally or intravenously. Simultaneously, l-[ring-(2)H(5)]-phenylalanine (PHE) and l-[ring-(2)H(2)]-tyrosine (TYR) were given to determine the whole body protein breakdown (WbPB), synthesis (WbPS) and NetPS. RESULTS SPE of all BCAA, TYR, and PHE (p < 0.01) were lower in the COPD group, and the increase in netPS during feeding was higher in the COPD group (P < 0.01) due to higher values for PS (P < 0.001). Raendo of all BCAA, PHE and TYR were higher in the COPD than the healthy elderly group (P < 0.05) before and during feeding (P < 0.001). Sip feeding resulted in a reduction of Raendo of PHE, ILE and VAL (P < 0.05). Postabsorptive Raendo was not different for any of the measured amino acids between the healthy elderly and young group, while sip feeding resulted in a reduction of Raendo of PHE. Only SPE of TYR was higher in the elderly (P < 0.05) and the increase in netPS during sip feeding was independent of aging. CONCLUSION The enhanced anabolic response to milk protein sip feeding in normal-weight COPD patients is associated with a reduced splanchnic extraction of multiple amino acids including all branched-chain amino acids. Registration ClinicalTrials.gov = NCT01418469.
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Williams FN, Branski LK, Jeschke MG, Herndon DN. What, how, and how much should patients with burns be fed? Surg Clin North Am 2011; 91:609-29. [PMID: 21621699 DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The hypermetabolic response to severe burn injury is characterized by hyperdynamic circulation and profound metabolic, physiologic, catabolic, and immune system derangements. Failure to satisfy overwhelming energy and protein requirements after, and during, severe burn injury results in multiorgan dysfunction, increased susceptibility to infection, and death. Attenuation of the hypermetabolic response by various pharmacologic modalities is emerging as an essential component of the management of patients with severe burn injury. This review focuses on the more recent advances in therapeutic strategies to attenuate the hypermetabolic response and its postburn-associated insulin resistance.
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- Felicia N Williams
- Department of Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children and University of Texas Medical Branch, 815 Market Street, Galveston, TX 77550, USA
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de Betue CT, van Waardenburg DA, Deutz NE, van Eijk HM, van Goudoever JB, Luiking YC, Zimmermann LJ, Joosten KF. Increased protein-energy intake promotes anabolism in critically ill infants with viral bronchiolitis: a double-blind randomised controlled trial. Arch Dis Child 2011; 96:817-22. [PMID: 21673183 PMCID: PMC3155119 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.185637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The preservation of nutritional status and growth is an important aim in critically ill infants, but difficult to achieve due to the metabolic stress response and inadequate nutritional intake, leading to negative protein balance. This study investigated whether increasing protein and energy intakes can promote anabolism. The primary outcome was whole body protein balance, and the secondary outcome was first pass splanchnic phenylalanine extraction (SPE(Phe)). DESIGN This was a double-blind randomised controlled trial. Infants (n=18) admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit with respiratory failure due to viral bronchiolitis were randomised to continuous enteral feeding with protein and energy enriched formula (PE-formula) (n=8; 3.1 ± 0.3 g protein/kg/24 h, 119 ± 25 kcal/kg/24 h) or standard formula (S-formula) (n=10; 1.7 ± 0.2 g protein/kg/24 h, 84 ± 15 kcal/kg/24 h; equivalent to recommended intakes for healthy infants <6 months). A combined intravenous-enteral phenylalanine stable isotope protocol was used on day 5 after admission to determine whole body protein metabolism and SPE(Phe). RESULTS Protein balance was significantly higher with PE-formula than with S-formula (PE-formula: 0.73 ± 0.5 vs S-formula: 0.02 ± 0.6 g/kg/24 h) resulting from significantly increased protein synthesis (PE-formula: 9.6 ± 4.4, S-formula: 5.2 ± 2.3 g/kg/24 h), despite significantly increased protein breakdown (PE-formula: 8.9 ± 4.3, S-formula: 5.2 ± 2.6 g/kg/24 h). SPE(Phe) was not statistically different between the two groups (PE-formula: 39.8 ± 18.3%, S-formula: 52.4 ± 13.6%). CONCLUSIONS Increasing protein and energy intakes promotes protein anabolism in critically ill infants in the first days after admission. Since this is an important target of nutritional support, increased protein and energy intakes should be preferred above standard intakes in these infants. Dutch Trial Register number: NTR 515.
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- Carlijn T de Betue
- Department of Paediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands,Currently working: Department of Paediatric Surgery, ErasmusMC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands,Department of Paediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC– Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands,Currently working: Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity, Donald W Reynolds Insitute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Paedatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,Department of Paediatrics, Emma Children's Hospital-AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,Department of Paediatrics, ErasmusMC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Currently working: Department of Paediatric Surgery, ErasmusMC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands,Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC– Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, ErasmusMC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Boutry C, Matsumoto H, Airinei G, Benamouzig R, Tomé D, Blachier F, Bos C. Monosodium glutamate raises antral distension and plasma amino acid after a standard meal in humans. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2011; 300:G137-45. [PMID: 21030612 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00299.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The consumption of monosodium glutamate (MSG) is advocated to elicit physiological and metabolic effects, yet these effects have been poorly investigated directly in humans and in particular in the postprandial phase. Thirteen healthy adults were supplemented for 6 days with a nutritional dose of MSG (2 g) or sodium chloride (NaCl) as control, following a crossover design. On the 7th day, they underwent a complete postprandial examination for the 6 h following the ingestion of the same liquid standard meal (700 kcal, 20% of energy as [(15)N]protein, 50% as carbohydrate, and 30% as fat) supplemented with MSG or NaCl. Real-ultrasound measures of antral area indicated a significant increased distension for the 2 h following the meal supplemented with MSG vs. NaCl. This early postprandial phase was also associated with significantly increased levels of circulating leucine, isoleucine, valine, lysine, cysteine, alanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan after MSG compared with NaCl. No changes to the postprandial glucose, insulin, glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1, and ghrelin were noted between MSG- and NaCl-supplemented meals. Subjective assessments of hunger and fullness were neither affected by MSG supplementation. Finally, the postprandial fate of dietary N was identical between dietary conditions. Our findings indicate that nutritional dose of MSG promoted greater postprandial elevations of several indispensable amino acids in plasma and induced gastric distension. Further work to elucidate the possible sparing effect of MSG on indispensable amino acid first-pass uptake in humans is warranted. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00862017.
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- Claire Boutry
- INRA, Research Center for Human Nutrition-IdF, UMR914, Paris, France
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Impaired muscle protein anabolic response to insulin and amino acids in heart failure patients: relationship with markers of immune activation. Clin Sci (Lond) 2010; 119:467-76. [PMID: 20528773 DOI: 10.1042/cs20100110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Patients with chronic HF (heart failure) experience muscle atrophy during the course of the disease. The mechanisms underlying muscle atrophy in HF, however, are not understood. Thus we evaluated leg phenylalanine balance and kinetics in HF patients and controls following a brief fast (24 h) and under euglycaemic-hyperinsulinaemic-hyperaminoacidaemic conditions to determine whether HF increases muscle protein catabolism in response to nutritional deprivation and/or diminishes the anabolic response to meal-related stimuli (insulin and amino acids) and whether alterations in protein metabolism correlate to circulating cytokine levels. No differences in phenylalanine balance, rate of appearance or rate of disappearance were found between patients and controls under fasting conditions. However, the anabolic response to hyperinsulinaemia-hyperaminoacidaemia was reduced by more than 50% in patients compared with controls. The diminished anabolic response was due to reduced suppression of the leg phenylalanine appearance rate, an index of protein breakdown, in HF patients; whereas no group difference was found in the increase in the leg phenylalanine disappearance rate, an index of protein synthesis. The diminished responses of both phenylalanine balance and appearance rate to hyperinsulinaemia-hyperaminoacidaemia were related to greater circulating IL-6 (interleukin-6) levels. Our results suggest that, following a brief period of nutritional deprivation, HF patients demonstrate an impaired muscle protein anabolic response to meal-related stimuli, due to an inability to suppress muscle proteolysis, and that this diminished protein anabolic response correlates with markers of immune activation. The inability to stimulate muscle protein anabolism following periods of nutritional deficiency may contribute to muscle wasting in HF patients.
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Zhang GS, Bao ZJ, Zou J, Yin SM, Huang YQ, Huang H, Qiu DK. Clinical research on liver reserve function by 13C-phenylalanine breath test in aged patients with chronic liver diseases. BMC Geriatr 2010; 10:23. [PMID: 20459849 PMCID: PMC2875214 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background The objective of this study was to investigate whether the 13C-phenylalanine breath test could be useful for the evaluation of hepatic function in elderly volunteers and patients with chronic hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis. Methods L-[1-13C] phenylalanine was administered orally at a dose of 100 mg to 55 elderly patients with liver cirrhosis, 30 patients with chronic hepatitis B and 38 elderly healthy subjects. The breath test was performed at 8 different time points (0, 10, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120 min) to obtain the values of Delta over baseline, percentage 13CO2 exhalation rate and cumulative excretion (Cum). The relationships of the cumulative excretion with the 13C-%dose/h and blood biochemical parameters were investigated. Results The 13C-%dose/h at 20 min and 30 min combined with the cumulative excretion at 60 min and 120 min correlated with hepatic function tests, serum albumin, hemoglobin, platelet and Child-Pugh score. Prothrombin time, total and direct bilirubin were significantly increased, while serum albumin, hemoglobin and platelet, the cumulative excretion at 60 min and 120 min values decreased by degrees of intensity of the disease in Child-Pugh A, B, and C patients (P < 0.01). Conclusions The 13C-phenylalanine breath test can be used as a non-invasive assay to evaluate hepatic function in elderly patients with liver cirrhosis. The 13C-%dose/h at 20 min, at 30 min and cumulative excretion at 60 min may be the key value for determination at a single time-point. 13C-phenylalanine breath test is safe and helpful in distinguishing different stages of hepatic dysfunction for elderly cirrhosis patients.
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- Gan-sheng Zhang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass and function with ageing, is a multifactorial condition that slowly develops over decades and becomes a significant contributor to disability in the older population. Malnutrition and alterations in the muscle anabolic response to nutritional stimuli have been identified as potentially preventable factors that may significantly contribute to sarcopenia. In the present article we review the most recent findings regarding the role of nutritional factors in the development, prevention and treatment of sarcopenia. Specifically, we focus on the nutritional needs of the elderly; the age-related changes in the response of muscle protein metabolism to feeding and to the endogenous hormones released during feeding; and the role played by the splanchnic tissues in the response of muscle proteins to feeding. Finally, we review the issues relative to the potential use of nutritional therapies, including supplementation, for the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia.
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- Satoshi Fujita
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, BMT-B11, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Williams FN, Herndon DN, Jeschke MG. The hypermetabolic response to burn injury and interventions to modify this response. Clin Plast Surg 2009; 36:583-96. [PMID: 19793553 PMCID: PMC3776603 DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Severe burn injury is followed by a profound hypermetabolic response that persists up to 24 months after injury. It is mediated by up to 50-fold elevations in plasma catecholamines, cortisol, and inflammatory cells that lead to whole-body catabolism, elevated resting energy expenditures, and multiorgan dysfunction. All of these metabolic and physiologic derangements prevent full rehabilitation and acclimatization of burn survivors back into society. Modulation of the response by early excision and grafting of burn wounds, thermoregulation, early and continuous enteral feeding with high-protein high-carbohydrate feedings, and pharmacologic treatments have markedly decreased morbidity.
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- Felicia N Williams
- NIH Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Professor, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, Galveston, Texas
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- Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Shriners Hospitals for Children, Galveston, Texas
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Williams FN, Jeschke MG, Chinkes DL, Suman OE, Branski LK, Herndon DN. Modulation of the hypermetabolic response to trauma: temperature, nutrition, and drugs. J Am Coll Surg 2009; 208:489-502. [PMID: 19476781 PMCID: PMC3775552 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Felicia N Williams
- Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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Dardevet D, Kimball SR, Jefferson LS, Cherrington AD, Rémond D, DiCostanzo CA, Moore MC. Portal infusion of amino acids is more efficient than peripheral infusion in stimulating liver protein synthesis at the same hepatic amino acid load in dogs. Am J Clin Nutr 2008; 88:986-96. [PMID: 18842785 PMCID: PMC2750082 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/88.4.986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatic glucose uptake is enhanced by the portal delivery of glucose, which creates a negative arterioportal substrate gradient. Hepatic amino acid (AA) utilization may be regulated by the same phenomenon, but this has not been proven. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess hepatic AA balance and protein synthesis with or without a negative arterioportal AA gradient. DESIGN Somatostatin was infused intravenously, and insulin and glucagon were replaced intraportally at 4- and 3-fold basal rates, respectively, in 3 groups (n = 9 each) of conscious dogs with catheters for hepatic balance measurement. Arterial glucose concentrations were clamped at 9 mmol/L. An AA mixture was infused intravenously to maintain basal concentrations (EuAA), intraportally to mimic the postmeal AA increase (PoAA), or intravenously (PeAA) to match the hepatic AA load in PoAA. Protein synthesis was assessed with a primed, continuous [(14)C]leucine infusion. RESULTS Net hepatic glucose uptake in the PoAA condition was < or =50% of that in the EuAA and PeAA conditions (P < 0.05). In the PoAA and PeAA conditions, hepatic intracellular leucine concentrations were 2- to 2.5-fold those in the EuAA condition (P < 0.05); net hepatic leucine uptake and [(14)C]leucine utilization were approximately 2-fold greater (P < 0.05) and albumin synthesis was 30% greater (P < 0.05) in the PoAA condition than in the EuAA and PeAA conditions. Phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 [downstream of the mammalian target of Rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1)] was significantly higher in the PoAA, but not PeAA, condition than in the EuAA condition. CONCLUSIONS Portal, but not peripheral, AA delivery significantly enhanced hepatic protein synthesis under conditions in which AAs, glucose, insulin, and glucagon did not differ at the liver, an effect apparently mediated by mTORC1 signaling.
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- Dominique Dardevet
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Aging is associated with a progressive loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia), which increases the risks of injury and disability. Although the mechanisms of sarcopenia are not clearly elucidated, age-associated alterations in the muscle anabolic response to nutritional stimuli and a decline in protein intake may be significant contributing factors. The most recent findings regarding the role of nutritional intake on protein metabolism in the elderly will be reviewed. Specifically, aging is associated with changes in the muscle protein metabolism response to a meal, likely due to alterations in the response to endogenous hormones. Nonetheless, the older muscle is still able to respond to amino acids, mainly the essential and BCAAs, which have been shown to acutely stimulate muscle protein synthesis in older individuals. It is likely that this stimulatory effect of essential and BCAA is due to the direct effect of leucine on the initiation of mRNA translation, which is still present in older age, although it appears to be attenuated in aged animals. Recent data suggest that excess leucine may be able to overcome this age-related resistance of muscle proteins to leucine. For this reason, long-term essential amino acid supplementation may be a useful tool for the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia, particularly if excess leucine is provided in the supplement.
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Since the in vitro study of Buse and Reid in 1975 showing a stimulatory effect of leucine upon rat muscle protein synthesis and reduction in proteolysis, a similar effect has been sought in humans. In 1978, Sherwin demonstrated in humans an improvement in N balance with infusion of leucine in obese subjects fasting to lose weight. A variety of subsequent studies have been performed in humans where leucine alone or the BCAAs have been administered in varying amounts and durations, and the effect upon protein metabolism has been measured. Measurements of changes in muscle amino acid metabolism were made by arteriovenous difference measurements and by biopsies. An anabolic effect of leucine and the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) on reduction of muscle protein breakdown was found in these studies, with no measured effect upon muscle protein synthesis. Later studies using stable isotope tracers to define both whole-body protein turnover and leg or arm protein metabolism have similarly concluded that leucine administration specifically induces a reduction in protein breakdown without increasing protein synthesis. This anabolic effect, produced through a reduction of protein breakdown in vivo in humans by leucine is contrary to in vitro studies of rat muscle where stimulation of protein synthesis, has been demonstrated by leucine. Likewise an increase in protein synthesis has also been demonstrated by insulin in rat muscle that is not seen in humans. Of the various studies administering BCAAs or leucine to humans for varying periods of time and amount, the results have been consistent. In addition, no untoward effects have been reported in any of these studies from infusion of the BCAAs at upward 3 times basal flux or 6 times normal dietary intake during the fed portion of the day.
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- Dwight E Matthews
- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05405, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review reports recent findings on the effect of enterally fed protein and amino acids on metabolism, function, and clinical outcome, particularly during the neonatal period. RECENT FINDINGS Splanchnic tissues metabolize significant proportions of some enteral amino acids and this likely contributes to the higher requirement for these amino acids when they are provided enterally versus parenterally. Splanchnic tissues are particularly key in the provision of nutrition to preterm infants, who possess an exceedingly high protein anabolic drive, but limited tolerance to aggressive enteral feeding. The protein anabolic response to specific proteins is influenced by the rate of digestion and the pattern of feeding, as well as the amino acid composition of the proteins. The post-prandial rise in amino acids and insulin stimulates neonatal tissue protein synthesis by modulation of the nutrient and insulin signaling pathways that lead to translation initiation. A flurry of investigations into the metabolic response and clinical impact of individual amino acids suggests that leucine, glutamine, and arginine, in particular, have specific roles in regulating protein synthesis and immune function. SUMMARY Recent findings suggest that enteral nutrition support that provides an optimum combination of proteins and amino acids can have a beneficial impact on the clinical outcome of patients.
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- Douglas G Burrin
- USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Sweatt AJ, Wood M, Suryawan A, Wallin R, Willingham MC, Hutson SM. Branched-chain amino acid catabolism: unique segregation of pathway enzymes in organ systems and peripheral nerves. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2004; 286:E64-76. [PMID: 12965870 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00276.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have examined the localization of the first two enzymes in the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolic pathway: the branched-chain aminotransferase (BCAT) isozymes (mitochondrial BCATm and cytosolic BCATc) and the branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase (BCKD) enzyme complex. Antibodies specific for BCATm or BCATc were used to immunolocalize the respective isozymes in cryosections of rat tissues. BCATm was expressed in secretory epithelia throughout the digestive tract, with the most intense expression in the stomach. BCATm was also strongly expressed in secretory cells of the exocrine pancreas, uterus, and testis, as well as in the transporting epithelium of convoluted tubules in kidney. In muscle, BCATm was located in myofibrils. Liver, as predicted, was not immunoreactive for BCATm. Unexpectedly, BCATc was localized in elements of the autonomic innervation of the digestive tract, as well as in axons in the sciatic nerve. The distributions of BCATc and BCATm did not overlap. BCATm-expressing cells also expressed the second enzyme of the BCAA catabolic pathway, BCKD. In selected monkey and human tissues examined by immunoblot and/or immunohistochemistry, BCATm and BCATc were distributed in patterns very similar to those found in the rat. The results show that BCATm is in a position to regulate BCAA availability as protein precursors and anabolic signals in secretory portions of the digestive and other organ systems. The unique expression of BCATc in neurons of the peripheral nervous system, without coexpression of BCKD, raises new questions about the physiological function of this BCAT isozyme.
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- Andrew J Sweatt
- Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Volpi E, Kobayashi H, Sheffield-Moore M, Mittendorfer B, Wolfe RR. Essential amino acids are primarily responsible for the amino acid stimulation of muscle protein anabolism in healthy elderly adults. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 78:250-8. [PMID: 12885705 PMCID: PMC3192452 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/78.2.250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 557] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nutritional supplementation may be used to treat muscle loss with aging (sarcopenia). However, if physical activity does not increase, the elderly tend to compensate for the increased energy delivered by the supplements with reduced food intake, which results in a calorie substitution rather than supplementation. Thus, an effective supplement should stimulate muscle anabolism more efficiently than food or common protein supplements. We have shown that balanced amino acids stimulate muscle protein anabolism in the elderly, but it is unknown whether all amino acids are necessary to achieve this effect. OBJECTIVE We assessed whether nonessential amino acids are required in a nutritional supplement to stimulate muscle protein anabolism in the elderly. DESIGN We compared the response of muscle protein metabolism to either 18 g essential amino acids (EAA group: n = 6, age 69 +/- 2 y; +/- SD) or 40 g balanced amino acids (18 g essential amino acids + 22 g nonessential amino acids, BAA group; n = 8, age 71 +/- 2 y) given orally in small boluses every 10 min for 3 h to healthy elderly volunteers. Muscle protein metabolism was measured in the basal state and during amino acid administration via L-[ring-(2)H(5)]phenylalanine infusion, femoral arterial and venous catheterization, and muscle biopsies. RESULTS Phenylalanine net balance (in nmol x min(-1). 100 mL leg volume(-1)) increased from the basal state (P < 0.01), with no differences between groups (BAA: from -16 +/- 5 to 16 +/- 4; EAA: from -18 +/- 5 to 14 +/- 13) because of an increase (P < 0.01) in muscle protein synthesis and no change in breakdown. CONCLUSION Essential amino acids are primarily responsible for the amino acid-induced stimulation of muscle protein anabolism in the elderly.
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- Elena Volpi
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
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Dangin M, Guillet C, Garcia-Rodenas C, Gachon P, Bouteloup-Demange C, Reiffers-Magnani K, Fauquant J, Ballèvre O, Beaufrère B. The rate of protein digestion affects protein gain differently during aging in humans. J Physiol 2003; 549:635-44. [PMID: 12665610 PMCID: PMC2342962 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.036897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In young men ingesting protein meals, slowly digested proteins (caseins: CAS) induce a higher protein gain than those that are rapidly digested (whey proteins: WP). Our aim was to assess whether or not this is true in elderly men receiving mixed meals. The effects of meals containing either CAS or two different amounts of WP (WP-iN: isonitrogenous with CAS, or WP-iL: providing the same amount of leucine as CAS) on protein metabolism (assessed by combining oral and intravenous leucine tracers) were compared in nine healthy, elderly (mean +/- S.E.M. age 72 +/- 1 years) and six young men (24 +/- 1 years). In both age groups, WP-iL and WP-iN were digested faster than CAS (P < 0.001, ANOVA). Proteolysis was inhibited similarly whatever the meal and age groups (P = NS). Protein synthesis was higher with WP-iN than with CAS or WP-iL (P < 0.01), irrespective of age (P = NS). An age-related effect (P < 0.05) was found with postprandial leucine balance. Leucine balance was higher with CAS than with WP-iL (P < 0.01) in young men, but not in elderly subjects (P = NS). In isonitrogenous conditions, leucine balance was higher with WP-iN than with CAS (P < 0.001) in both age groups, but the magnitude of the differences was higher in the elderly men (P = 0.05). In conclusion, during aging, protein gain was greater with WP (rapidly digested protein), and lower with CAS (slowly digested protein). This suggests that a 'fast' protein might be more beneficial than a 'slow' one to limit protein losses during aging.
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- Martial Dangin
- Unité du Métabolisme Protéino-Energétique, Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine BP 321, 63009 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France
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Tugtekin I, Wachter U, Barth E, Weidenbach H, Wagner DA, Adler G, Georgieff M, Radermacher P, Vogt JA. Phenylalanine kinetics in healthy volunteers and liver cirrhotics: implications for the phenylalanine breath test. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2002; 283:E1223-31. [PMID: 12424105 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.0311.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Expired 13CO2 recovery from an oral l-[1-13C]phenylalanine ([13C]Phe) dose has been used to quantify liver function. This parameter, however, does not depend solely on liver function but also on total CO2 production, Phe turnover, and initial tracer distribution. Therefore, we evaluated the impact of these factors on breath test values. Nine ethyl-toxic cirrhotic patients and nine control subjects received intravenously 2 mg/kg of [13C]Phe, and breath and blood samples were collected over 4 h. CO2 production was measured by indirect calorimetry. The exhaled 13CO2 enrichments were analyzed by isotope ratio mass spectrometry and the [13C]Phe and l-[1-13C]tyrosine enrichments by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The cumulative 13CO2 recovery was significantly lower in cirrhotic patients (7 vs. 12%; P < 0.01), in part due to lower total CO2 production rates. Phe turnover in cirrhotic patients was significantly lower (33 vs. 44 micro mol. kg(-1). h(-1); P < 0.05). When these extrahepatic factors were considered in the calculation of the Phe oxidation rate, the intergroup differences were even more pronounced (3 vs. 7 micro mol. kg(-1). h(-1)) than those for 13CO2 recovery data. Also, the Phe-to-Tyr conversion rate, another indicator of Phe oxidation, was significantly reduced (0.7 vs. 3.0 micro mol. kg(-1). h(-1)).
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- I Tugtekin
- Sektion Anästhesiologische Pathophysiologie und Verfahrensentwicklung, Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie Ulm, und Abteilung Innere Medizin I, Medizinische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik Ulm, 89070 Ulm, Germany
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Battezzati A, Caumo A, Fattorini A, Sereni LP, Coppa J, Romito R, Ammatuna M, Regalia E, Mazzaferro V, Luzi L. Amino acid kinetics during the anhepatic phase of liver transplantation. Diabetes 2002; 51:1690-8. [PMID: 12031954 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.6.1690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Alanine and glutamine are interorgan nitrogen/carbon carriers for ureagenesis and gluconeogenesis, which are mainly but not necessarily only hepatic. The liver is central to alanine and glutamine metabolism, but most organs can produce and use them. We studied amino acid kinetics after liver removal to depict initial events of liver failure and to provide a model to study extrahepatic gluconeogenesis and nitrogen disposal in humans. We measured amino acid kinetics with [5,5,5-(2)H(3)]leucine and [3-(13)C]alanine or [1,2-(13)C(2)]glutamine tracers in 21 subjects during and after the anhepatic phase of liver transplantation: 12 were at 7 months posttransplantation, and 7 were healthy control subjects. Anhepatic leucine kinetics, including proteolysis, was unchanged. Alanine plasma and whole-body contents increased 3x and 2x, with a halved metabolic clearance and a doubled production, 2% greater than disposal. Free whole-body glutamine decreased 25% but increased 50% in plasma. Glutamine clearance was halved, and the production decreased by 25%, still 2% greater than disposal. Liver replacement decreased alanine and glutamine concentrations, leaving leucine unchanged. Liver removal caused doubled alanine fluxes, minor changes in glutamine, and no changes in leucine. The initial events after liver removal are an accumulation of three-carbon compounds, an acceleration of alanine turnover, and limited nitrogen storage in alanine and glutamine.
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Toth MJ, MacCoss MJ, Poehlman ET, Matthews DE. Recovery of (13)CO(2) from infused [1-(13)C]leucine and [1,2-(13)C(2)]leucine in healthy humans. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001; 281:E233-41. [PMID: 11440898 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.2.e233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carbon (C) in the 1-position of leucine is released as CO(2) with the decarboxylation of alpha-ketoisocaproate (KIC). Carbon in the 2-position of leucine undergoes several additional metabolic steps before entering the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in the 1-position of acetyl-CoA, where it can be released as CO(2) or be incorporated into other compounds. This study examined the metabolic fate of C in the 2-position of leucine. We infused 11 healthy subjects with [1-(13)C]leucine and [1,2-(13)C(2)]leucine for 3.5--4 h to measure leucine kinetics and the oxidation of the tracers from enrichments of (13)C in blood and expired CO(2). The fraction of leucine infused that was oxidized (f(ox)) was used to define the degree of recovery of the (13)C label(s) for each tracer. As expected, leucine appearance (means +/- SE) did not differ between tracers ((13)C(1): 92.1 +/- 3.1 vs. (13)C(2): 89.2 +/- 3.2 micromol x kg(-1) x h(-1)) when calculated using plasma leucine enrichments as an index of intracellular enrichment. A small (3%) but significant (P = 0.048) difference between tracers was found when KIC was used to calculate leucine appearance ((13)C(1): 118.0 +/- 4.1 vs. (13)C(2): 114.4 +/- 4.5 micromol x kg(-1) x h(-1)). The value of f(ox) was 14 +/- 1% for [1,2-(13)C(2)]leucine and was lower than the f(ox) for [1-(13)C]leucine (19 +/- 1%). From the f(ox) data, we calculated that the recovery of the 2-(13)C label in breath CO(2) was 58 +/- 6% relative to the 1-(13)C label. These findings show that, although a majority of the 2-(13)C label of leucine is recovered in breath CO(2), a significant percentage (approximately 42%) is retained in the body, presumably by transfer to other compounds, via TCA exchange reactions.
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- M J Toth
- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Dangin M, Boirie Y, Garcia-Rodenas C, Gachon P, Fauquant J, Callier P, Ballèvre O, Beaufrère B. The digestion rate of protein is an independent regulating factor of postprandial protein retention. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001; 280:E340-8. [PMID: 11158939 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.280.2.e340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To evaluate the importance of protein digestion rate on protein deposition, we characterized leucine kinetics after ingestion of "protein" meals of identical amino acid composition and nitrogen contents but of different digestion rates. Four groups of five or six young men received an L-[1-13C]leucine infusion and one of the following 30-g protein meals: a single meal of slowly digested casein (CAS), a single meal of free amino acid mimicking casein composition (AA), a single meal of rapidly digested whey proteins (WP), or repeated meals of whey proteins (RPT-WP) mimicking slow digestion rate. Comparisons were made between "fast" (AA, WP) and "slow" (CAS, RPT-WP) meals of identical amino acid composition (AA vs. CAS, and WP vs. RPT-WP). The fast meals induced a strong, rapid, and transient increase of aminoacidemia, leucine flux, and oxidation. After slow meals, these parameters increased moderately but durably. Postprandial leucine balance over 7 h was higher after the slow than after the fast meals (CAS: 38 +/- 13 vs. AA: -12 +/- 11, P < 0.01; RPT-WP: 87 +/- 25 vs. WP: 6 +/- 19 micromol/kg, P < 0.05). Protein digestion rate is an independent factor modulating postprandial protein deposition.
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- M Dangin
- Laboratoire de Nutrition Humaine, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63009 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Crenn P, Thuillier F, Rakotoambinina B, Rongier M, Darmaun D, Messing B. Duodenal vs. gastric administration of labeled leucine for the study of splanchnic metabolism in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2000; 89:573-80. [PMID: 10926640 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.2.573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Low-rate (6 ml/h) intragastric infusion of stable, isotope-labeled amino acids is commonly used to assess the splanchnic handling of amino acids in humans. However, when used in the postabsorptive state, this method yields unreliable plasma isotopic enrichments, with a coefficient of variation >10%. In this metabolic condition, we confirmed in six subjects that an intragastric infusion of L-[(2)H(3)]leucine at 6 ml/h yields an unreliable isotopic steady state in plasma amino acids with a coefficient of variation of 43 +/- 12% (mean +/- SD). In five additional subjects, we assessed the effects of 1) increasing the rate of delivery of a leucine tracer in an isotonic plasmalike solution at 240 ml/h into the gastric site, and 2) changing the site of infusion from gastric to duodenal with this same high rate of delivery. In contrast to the gastric route, and regardless of the rate of delivery, only the intraduodenal route allowed 1) isotopic plasma steady state (i.e., coefficients of variation were <10%: 5 +/- 3%), and 2) reproducible leucine extraction coefficients (22 +/- 5%). We conclude that an infusion site that bypasses the gastric emptying process, i.e., the duodenal route, along with delivery of a plasmalike solution, is necessary to reach isotopic steady state in plasma when labeled leucine is infused into the gastrointestinal tract in the postabsorptive state.
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- P Crenn
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U 290, Hôpital Lariboisière-Saint-Lazare, Paris, France
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Bouteloup-Demange C, Claeyssens S, Maillot C, Lavoinne A, Lerebours E, Dechelotte P. Effects of enteral glutamine on gut mucosal protein synthesis in healthy humans receiving glucocorticoids. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2000; 278:G677-81. [PMID: 10801259 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2000.278.5.g677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In hypercatabolic patients, the beneficial effects of glutamine on gut mucosa could be partly due to a stimulation of protein synthesis. The fractional synthesis rate (FSR) of gut mucosal protein was measured in four groups of healthy volunteers treated with glucocorticoids for 2 days. Two groups were studied in the postabsorptive state while receiving glutamine or a nitrogen equivalent (control) and two groups in the fed state with or without glutamine, using a 5-h intravenous infusion of [(13)C]leucine, [(2)H(5)]phenylalanine, and cortisone. After nutrient and tracer infusion, duodenal biopsies were taken. In the postabsorptive state, FSR of gut mucosal protein were 87 and 76%/day in the control group and 130% (P = 0.058 vs. control) and 104% (P = 0.17 vs. control)/day in the glutamine group, with leucine and phenylalanine as tracers, respectively. During feeding, FSR did not increase and no significant difference was observed between glutamine and control groups. Overall, FSR of the four groups were two- to threefold higher than those obtained previously in healthy humans, suggesting that glucocorticoids may increase gut mucosal protein synthesis. However, in this situation, a moderate enteral glutamine supply failed to demonstrate a significant effect on gut mucosal protein synthesis in the postabsorptive state and during feeding.
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- C Bouteloup-Demange
- Groupe de Biochimie et Physiopathologie Digestive Nutritionnelle and Institut Fédératif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire sur les Peptides No. 23, Faculté de Médecine-Pharmacie, 76183 Rouen Cedex, France
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[1,2-(13)C(2)]glutamine and [ring-(2)H(5)]phenylalanine were infused for 7 h into five postabsorptive healthy subjects on two occasions. On one occasion, the tracers were infused intravenously for 3.5 h and then by a nasogastric tube for 3.5 h. The order of infusion was reversed on the other occasion. From the plasma tracer enrichment measurements at plateau during the intravenous and nasogastric infusion periods, we determined that 27 +/- 2% of the enterally delivered phenylalanine and 64 +/- 2% of the glutamine were removed on the first pass by the splanchnic bed. Glutamine flux was 303 +/- 8 micromol. kg(-1). h(-1). Of the enterally delivered [(13)C]glutamine tracer, 73 +/- 2% was recovered as exhaled CO(2) compared with 58 +/- 1% of the intravenously infused tracer. The fraction of the enterally delivered tracer that was oxidized specifically on the first pass by the splanchnic bed was 53 +/- 2%, comprising 83% of the total tracer extracted. From the appearance of (13)C in plasma glucose, we estimated that 7 and 10% of the intravenously and nasogastrically infused glutamine tracers, respectively, were converted to glucose. The results for glutamine flux and first-pass extraction were similar to our previously reported values when a [2-(15)N]glutamine tracer [Matthews DE, Morano MA, and Campbell RG, Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 264: E848-E854, 1993] was used. The results of [(13)C]glutamine tracer disposal demonstrate that the major fate of enteral glutamine extraction is for oxidation and that only a minor portion is used for gluconeogenesis.
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- M Haisch
- Departments of Medicine and Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Boirie Y, Dangin M, Gachon P, Vasson MP, Maubois JL, Beaufrère B. Slow and fast dietary proteins differently modulate postprandial protein accretion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:14930-5. [PMID: 9405716 PMCID: PMC25140 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.26.14930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 894] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The speed of absorption of dietary amino acids by the gut varies according to the type of ingested dietary protein. This could affect postprandial protein synthesis, breakdown, and deposition. To test this hypothesis, two intrinsically 13C-leucine-labeled milk proteins, casein (CAS) and whey protein (WP), of different physicochemical properties were ingested as one single meal by healthy adults. Postprandial whole body leucine kinetics were assessed by using a dual tracer methodology. WP induced a dramatic but short increase of plasma amino acids. CAS induced a prolonged plateau of moderate hyperaminoacidemia, probably because of a slow gastric emptying. Whole body protein breakdown was inhibited by 34% after CAS ingestion but not after WP ingestion. Postprandial protein synthesis was stimulated by 68% with the WP meal and to a lesser extent (+31%) with the CAS meal. Postprandial whole body leucine oxidation over 7 h was lower with CAS (272 +/- 91 micromol.kg-1) than with WP (373 +/- 56 micromol.kg-1). Leucine intake was identical in both meals (380 micromol.kg-1). Therefore, net leucine balance over the 7 h after the meal was more positive with CAS than with WP (P < 0.05, WP vs. CAS). In conclusion, the speed of protein digestion and amino acid absorption from the gut has a major effect on whole body protein anabolism after one single meal. By analogy with carbohydrate metabolism, slow and fast proteins modulate the postprandial metabolic response, a concept to be applied to wasting situations.
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- Y Boirie
- Laboratoire de Nutrition Humaine, Université Clermont Auvergne, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine, BP 321, 63009 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France
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Tessari P, Garibotto G, Inchiostro S, Robaudo C, Saffioti S, Vettore M, Zanetti M, Russo R, Deferrari G. Kidney, splanchnic, and leg protein turnover in humans. Insight from leucine and phenylalanine kinetics. J Clin Invest 1996; 98:1481-92. [PMID: 8823315 PMCID: PMC507576 DOI: 10.1172/jci118937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The rate of kidney protein turnover in humans is not known. To this aim, we have measured kidney protein synthesis and degradation in postabsorptive humans using the arterio-venous catheterization technique combined with 14C-leucine, 15N-leucine, and 3H-phenylalanine tracer infusions. These measurements were compared with those obtained across the splanchnic bed, the legs (approximately muscle) and in the whole body. In the kidneys, protein balance was negative, as the rate of leucine release from protein degradation (16.8 +/- 5.1 mumol/min.1.73 m2) was greater (P < 0.02) than its uptake into protein synthesis (11.6 +/- 5.1 mumol/min. 1.73 m2). Splanchnic net protein balance was approximately 0 since leucine from protein degradation (32.1 +/- 9.9 mumol/min. 1.73 m2) and leucine into protein synthesis (30.8 +/- 11.5 mumol/min. 1.73 m2) were not different. In the legs, degradation exceeded synthesis (27.4 +/- 6.6 vs. 20.3 +/- 6.5 mumol/min. 1.73 m2, P < 0.02). The kidneys extracted alpha-ketoisocaproic acid, accounting for approximately 70% of net splanchnic alpha-ketoisocaproic acid release. The contributions by the kidneys to whole-body leucine rate of appearance, utilization for protein synthesis, and oxidation were approximately 11%, approximately 10%, and approximately 26%, respectively; those by the splanchnic area approximately 22%, approximately 27%, and approximately 18%; those from estimated total skeletal muscle approximately 37%, approximately 34%, and approximately 48%. Estimated fractional protein synthetic rates were approximately 42%/d in the kidneys, approximately 12% in the splanchnic area, and approximately 1.5% in muscle. This study reports the first estimates of kidney protein synthesis and degradation in humans, also in comparison with those measured in the splanchnic area, the legs, and the whole-body.
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- P Tessari
- Department of Metabolic Diseases, University of Padova, Italy
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