DIETARY-COMPONENTS THAT REGULATE SERUM SOMATOMEDIN-C CONCENTRATIONS IN HUMANS
DIETARY-COMPONENTS THAT REGULATE SERUM SOMATOMEDIN-C CONCENTRATIONS IN HUMANS
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DOI:
10.1172/jci110757
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
CLEMMONS, DR
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作者:
ISLEY, WL;UNDERWOOD, LE;CLEMMONS, DR
Dietary components responsible for the regulation of somatomedin-C in humans were assessed in 5 adult volunteers of normal weight who were fasted for 5 days on 3 occasions, then refed 3 diets of differing composition. The serum somatomedin-C decreased from a mean prefasting value of 1.85 .+-. 0.39 U/ml (.+-. 1 SD) to 0.67 .+-. 0.16 U/ml at the end of fasting (P < 0.005). After refeeding for 5 days with a normal diet, the mean serum somatomedin-C increased to 1.26 .+-. 0.20 U/ml. A protein-deficient (32% of control), isocaloric diet resulted in a significantly smaller increase, to a mean value of 0.90 .+-. 0.24 U/ml (P < 0.05). A diet deficient in protein and energy led to a further fall in mean serum somatomedin-C concentrations to 0.31 .+-. 0.06 U/ml. The changes in somatomedin-C during fasting and refeeding correlated significantly with mean daily nitrogen balance (r = 0.90). Both protein and energy intake are apparently regulators of serum somatomedin-C concentrations in adult humans, and energy intake may be of greater importance. The correlation between changes in somatomedin-C and nitrogen balance suggests that the former are directly related to changes in protein synthesis and may be helpful in assessing the response to nutritional therapy.