Effect of glutamine on leucine metabolism in humans
Effect of glutamine on leucine metabolism in humans
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1996.271.4.e748
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发表时间:
1996-10-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Darmaun, D
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作者:
Hankard, RG;Haymond, MW;Darmaun, D
The aim of this study was to determine whether the putative protein anabolic effect of glutamine 1) is mediated by increased protein synthesis or decreased protein breakdown and 2) is specific to glutamine. Seven healthy adults were administered 5-h intravenous infusions of L-[1-C-14]leucine in the postabsorptive state while receiving in a randomized order an enteral infusion of saline on one day or L-glutamine (800 mu mol . kg(-1). h(-1), equivalent to 0.11 g N/kg) on the other day. Seven additional subjects were studied using the same protocol except they received isonitrogenous infusion of glycine. The rates of leucine appearance (R(aLeu)), an index of protein degradation, leucine oxidation (Ox(Leu)), and nonoxidative leucine disposal (NOLD), an index of protein synthesis, were measured using the C-14 specific activity of plasma alpha-ketoisocaproate and the excretion rate of (CO2)-C-14 in breath. During glutamine infusion, plasma glutamine concentration doubled (673+/-66 vs. 1,184+/-37 mu M, P