ADAPTATION TO PROLONGED STARVATION IN THE RAT - CURTAILMENT OF SKELETAL-MUSCLE PROTEOLYSIS
ADAPTATION TO PROLONGED STARVATION IN THE RAT - CURTAILMENT OF SKELETAL-MUSCLE PROTEOLYSIS
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1981.241.4.e321
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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RUDERMAN, NB
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GOODMAN, MN;MCELANEY, MA;RUDERMAN, NB
Previous studies have established that 16-wk-old nonobese and obese rats conserve body protein during prolonged starvation. To determine the basis for this, protein synthesis and degradation in skeletal muscle were evaluated in the isolated perfused hindquarters of these rats, in the fed state and when starved for 2, 5, 10 and 11 days. Rats aged 4 and 8 wk were used as a comparison. The results indicate that the response to starvation depends on several factors: the age of the rat, its degree of adiposity, and the duration of the fast. An early event in starvation was a decline in muscle protein synthesis. This occurred in all groups, albeit this reduction occurred more slowly in the older rats. A later response to starvation was an increase in muscle proteolysis. This occurred between 2 and 5 days in the 8-wk-old rats. In 16-wk-old rats it did not occur until between 5-10 days, and it was preceded by a period of decreased proteolysis. In 16-wk-old obese rats, a decrease in proteolysis persisted for upwards of 10 days and the secondary increase was not noted during the period of study. The ability of older and more obese rats to conserve body protein during starvation is due, in part, to a curtailment of muscle proteolysis. This adaptation seems to correlate with the availability of lipid fuels.