Whole-body nitrogen and splanchnic amino acid metabolism differ in rats fed mixed diets containing casein or its corresponding amino acid mixture.

Autor: Daenzer, Maren, Jurgen Petzke, Klaus, Bequette, Brian J., Metges, Cornelia C., Daenzer, M, Petzke, K J, Bequette, B J, Metges, C C
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Zdroj: Journal of Nutrition; Jul2001, Vol. 131 Issue 7, p1965-1972, 8p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 3 Graphs
Abstrakt: Whole-body and splanchnic metabolism of dietary amino acids derived from casein (CAS) or the corresponding crystalline L-amino acid mixture (AA) were compared. Male adult rats were adapted for 9 d to two isoenergetic, isonitrogenous diets (15 g/100 g protein, 5 g/100 g fat) containing either CAS or AA. On d 10, the rats were fed a single mixed meal (3 g dry mass) containing either intrinsically (13)C-labeled goat casein or the amino acid mixture containing [U-(13)C(6)] leucine and [alpha-(15)N] lysine. Rats were killed before and 1, 3, 5 and 7 h after meal ingestion and samples of plasma, stomach wall and contents, small intestine and liver were collected. (13)C and (15)N enrichments of free and protein-bound amino acids in plasma and tissues were analyzed by gas chromatography-combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Urinary nitrogen excretion was higher (P < 0.05) and weight gain lower (P < 0.05) in rats given the AA diet, indicating a lower whole-body net protein synthesis. Free (13)C-leucine from the AA diet appeared in the intestinal mucosa free pool more rapidly (P < 0.05) than the CAS-(13)C-leucine, probably due to the faster transit through the stomach of the AA group. However, the incorporation of dietary leucine into plasma and liver proteins was higher in the CAS group 7 h after the meal (P < 0.05), whereas lysine incorporation into liver protein was higher in the AA group (P < 0.05). We conclude that whole-body protein homeostasis is better supported by dietary casein-bound than crystalline free amino acids, and that protein-bound leucine, but not lysine, is used more efficiently for liver protein synthesis than dietary free leucine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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