AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 267, Issue 6 E877-E885, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of hyperinsulinemia and hyperaminoacidemia on muscle and liver protein synthesis in lactating goats

I. Tauveron, D. Larbaud, C. Champredon, E. Debras, S. Tesseraud, G. Bayle, Y. Bonnet, P. Thieblot and J. Grizard
Laboratoire d'Etude du Metabolisme Azote, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Centre de Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Genes Champanelle, France.

The experiment was carried out to clarify the roles of insulin and amino acids on protein synthesis in fed lactating goats (30 days postpartum). Protein synthesis in the liver and various skeletal muscles was assessed after an intravenous injection of a large dose of unlabeled valine containing a tracer dose of L-[2,3,4-3H]valine. The animals were divided into three groups. Group I was infused with insulin (1.7 mumol/min) for 2.5 h under glucose, potassium, and amino acid replacement. Group A was infused with an amino acid mixture to create stable hyperaminoacidemia for 2.5 h. Group C animals were controls. The fractional synthesis rates (FSR) were 31.5 +/- 2.2, 6.5 +/- 0.4, 4.3 +/- 0.8, 4.0 +/- 1.2, 3.9 +/- 1.2, and 3.6 +/- 0.4%/day (SD) in liver, masseter, diaphragm, anconeus, semitendinosus, and longissimus dorsi, respectively, for group C. Neither hyperinsulinemia in group I nor hyperaminoacidemia in group A had not affected by hyperinsulinemia but was stimulated by hyperaminoacidemia (+30%, P < 0.05). In contrast to previous experiments in which a labeled amino acid was constantly infused, this study revealed a stimulating effect of amino acids on protein synthesis in the liver but not in skeletal muscles. As previously observed in studies with the constant-infusion method, insulin had no effect on protein synthesis.

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