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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 295: E595-E604, 2008. First published June 24, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90411.2008
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Disassociation between the effects of amino acids and insulin on signaling, ubiquitin ligases, and protein turnover in human muscle

¹Centre for Integrated Systems Biology and Medicine, ²School of Biomedical Sciences, and ³School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham; and ⁴Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Submitted 1 May 2008 ; accepted in final form 21 June 2008

We determined the effects of intravenous infusion of amino acids (AA) at serum insulin of 5, 30, 72, and 167 mU/l on anabolic signaling, expression of ubiquitin-proteasome components, and protein turnover in muscles of healthy young men. Tripling AA availability at 5 mU/l insulin doubled incorporation of [1-¹³C]leucine [i.e., muscle protein synthesis (MPS), P < 0.01] without affecting the rate of leg protein breakdown (LPB; appearance of d₅-phenylalanine). While keeping AA availability constant, increasing insulin to 30 mU/l halved LPB (P < 0.05) without further inhibition at higher doses, whereas rates of MPS were identical to that at 5 mU/l insulin. The phosphorylation of PKB Ser⁴⁷³ and p70^S6k Thr³⁸⁹ increased concomitantly with insulin, but whereas raising insulin to 30 mU/l increased the phosphorylation of mTOR Ser²⁴⁴⁸, 4E-BP1 Thr^37/46, or GSK3β Ser⁹ and decreased that of eEF2 Thr⁵⁶, higher insulin doses to 72 and 167 mU/l did not augment these latter responses. MAFbx and proteasome C2 subunit proteins declined as insulin increased, with MuRF-1 expression largely unchanged. Thus increasing AA and insulin availability causes changes in anabolic signaling and amounts of enzymes of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, which cannot be easily reconciled with observed effects on MPS or LPB.

muscle protein synthesis; muscle protein breakdown

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