Prolonged maternal amino acid infusion in late-gestation pregnant sheep increases fetal amino acid oxidation.
Prolonged maternal amino acid infusion in late-gestation pregnant sheep increases fetal amino acid oxidation.
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妊娠晚期孕羊长时间输注母体氨基酸会增加胎儿氨基酸氧化。
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10.1152/ajpendo.00192.2009
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2009
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Brown,LauraD
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Rozance,PaulJ;Crispo,MichelleM;Barry,JamesS;O'Meara,MeghanC;Frost,MackenzieS;Hansen,KentC;HayJr,WilliamW;Brown,LauraD
Protein supplementation during human pregnancy does not improve fetal growth and may increase small-for-gestational-age birth rates and mortality. To define possible mechanisms, sheep with twin pregnancies were infused with amino acids (AA group,n= 7) or saline (C group,n= 4) for 4 days during late gestation. In the AA group, fetal plasma leucine, isoleucine, valine, and lysine concentrations were increased (P< 0.05), and threonine was decreased (P< 0.05). In the AA group, fetal arterial pH (7.365 ± 0.007day 0vs. 7.336 ± 0.012day 4,P< 0.005), hemoglobin-oxygen saturation (46.2 ± 2.6 vs. 37.8 ± 3.6%,P< 0.005), and total oxygen content (3.17 ± 0.17 vs. 2.49 ± 0.20 mmol/l,P< 0.0001) were decreased onday 4compared withday 0. Fetal leucine disposal did not change (9.22 ± 0.73 vs. 8.09 ± 0.63 μmol·min−1·kg−1, AA vs. C), but the rate of leucine oxidation increased 43% in the AA group (2.63 ± 0.16 vs. 1.84 ± 0.24 μmol·min−1·kg−1,P< 0.05). Fetal oxygen utilization tended to be increased in the AA group (327 ± 23 vs. 250 ± 29 μmol·min−1·kg−1,P= 0.06). Rates of leucine incorporation into fetal protein (5.19 ± 0.97 vs. 5.47 ± 0.89 μmol·min−1·kg−1, AA vs. C), release from protein breakdown (4.20 ± 0.95 vs. 4.62 ± 0.74 μmol·min−1·kg−1), and protein accretion (1.00 ± 0.30 vs. 0.85 ± 0.25 μmol·min−1·kg−1) did not change. Consistent with these data, there was no change in the fetal skeletal muscle ubiquitin ligases MaFBx1 or MuRF1 or in the protein synthesis regulators 4E-BP1, eEF2, eIF2α, and p70S6K. Decreased concentrations of certain essential amino acids, increased amino acid oxidation, fetal acidosis, and fetal hypoxia are possible mechanisms to explain fetal toxicity during maternal amino acid supplementation.