Urinary 3-methylhistidine and progressive winter undernutrition in white-tailed deer
| Autor: | Glenn D. DelGiudice, Ulysses S. Seal, Ken D Kerr, L. David Mech, Michael R. Riggs |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Creatinine
medicine.medical_specialty biology Catabolism Urinary system Physiological condition Urine Odocoileus biology.organism_classification chemistry.chemical_compound Endocrinology Animal science chemistry Internal medicine Urea medicine Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Overwintering |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Zoology. 76:2090-2095 |
| ISSN: | 1480-3283 0008-4301 |
| DOI: | 10.1139/z98-148 |
| Popis: | Physiological indicators of muscle catabolism would aid assessment of winter nutritional restriction of ungulates, and urinary 3-methylhistidine has exhibited potential in this regard in several species. We examined the effect of chronic moderate and severe nutritional restriction during winter on urinary 3-methylhistidine:creatinine ratios in seven adult white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and the relationship of these ratios to urinary urea nitrogen:creatinine ratios. Mean base line estimates of urinary 3-methylhistidine:creatinine ratio for the control and severely restricted deer (0.043 and 0.086 µmol:mg, respectively) were similar (P = 0.280) and remained unchanged in the control deer throughout the study. In contrast, mean 3-methylhistidine:creatinine ratios increased dramatically as nutritional restriction and cumulative mass loss progressed; the quadratic component of the data for the chronically restricted deer was significant (P < 0.001). Likewise, there was a strong curvilinear relationship (R2 = 0.82) between cumulative mass loss (up to 29%) of the pooled deer and urinary 3-methylhistidine:creatinine ratios. Further, urinary urea nitrogen:creatinine ratios were strongly related to 3-methylhistidine:creatinine ratios (r2 = 0.89). Our study indicates that further investigation of 3-methylhistidine as an indicator of physical condition and muscle protein breakdown is warranted. |
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