Influence of flight on protein catabolism, especially myofilament breakdown, in homing pigeons
Influence of flight on protein catabolism, especially myofilament breakdown, in homing pigeons
复制标题
飞行对信鸽蛋白质分解代谢的影响,特别是肌丝分解
DOI:
10.1007/s003600050007
复制
发表时间:
2000
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
E. Haase
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
R. Bordel;E. Haase
Abstract In order to study protein degradation during flight in homing, a high-performance liquid chromatography technique was developed for the quantitative analysis of Nτ-methylhistidine. Secondly, it was necessary to confirm that the excretion of Nτ-methylhistidine correlates with myofilament breakdown in homing pigeons. In these experiments, ten birds were subcutaneously injected with Nτ-[14C]methylhistidine and the excreta were quantitatively collected for 1 week. Of the 94.5% radioactivity recovered, 87.1% was associated with Nτ-[14C]methylhistidine and 6.1% with N-acetyl-Nτ-[14C]methylhistidine. This rapid excretion of unmetabolized Nτ-[14C]methylhistidine validates the assumption that the amount of Nτ-methylhistidine excreted is a measure of myofilament catabolism in homing pigeons. The influence of endurance flight on protein breakdown was determined after flights from release sites 368–646 km away. Immediately after return, plasma urea and uric acid levels were increased, whereas plasma concentration of Nτ-methylhistidine remained unchanged compared to unflown control birds. Flown pigeons excreted significantly more urea and Nτ-methylhistidine within 24 h and significantly more urea and uric acid within 96 h after flight than unflown controls. Our findings support the hypothesis that in homing pigeons protein catabolism is increased during endurance flight. Elevated Nτ-methylhistidine excretion probably results from repair processes in damaged muscle fibers, including breakdown of myofilaments.
DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1995.268.3.e514
发表时间:
1995
期刊:
The American journal of physiology.
影响因子:
--
作者:
Biolo,G;Maggi,SP;Williams,BD;Tipton,KD;Wolfe,RR
通讯作者:
Wolfe,RR