scholarly journals Equivalent servings of free-range reindeer promote greater net protein balance compared to commercial beef

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 1897222
Author(s):  
Melynda S. Coker ◽  
Scott E. Schutzler ◽  
Sanghee Park ◽  
Rick H. Williams ◽  
Arny A. Ferrando ◽  
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2002 ◽  
Vol 282 (6) ◽  
pp. E1308-E1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Jun Zhang ◽  
David L. Chinkes ◽  
Øivind Irtun ◽  
Robert R. Wolfe

To investigate the metabolic basis of skin wound healing, we measured in anesthetized rabbits the responses of protein kinetics in scalded skin to insulin and amino acids.l-[ ring-13C6]Phe was infused on the 7th day after the ear was scalded, and the scalded ear was used as an arteriovenous unit to reflect protein kinetics in skin wound. The ipsilateral carotid artery was clamped to control the wound blood flow within four- to fivefold the normal skin rate to measure the enrichment difference in the scalded ear during hyperaminoacidemia. Neither insulin (2.5 mU · kg−1· min−1) nor amino acid (2.5 mg · kg−1· min−1) infusion alone improved net protein balance in the skin wound. In contrast, combined infusion of insulin and amino acids increased the net protein balance in skin wound from −6.5 ± 4.5 to 1.4 ± 5.2 μmol · 100 g−1· h−1( P < 0.01, control vs. insulin plus amino acids). We conclude that there is an interactive effect of insulin and sufficient amino acid supply on protein metabolism in skin wound, meaning that their combined anabolic effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.


2019 ◽  
Vol 149 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M Holwerda ◽  
Kevin J M Paulussen ◽  
Maarten Overkamp ◽  
Joy P B Goessens ◽  
Irene Fleur Kramer ◽  
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ABSTRACT Background Age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass is at least partly attributed to anabolic resistance to food intake. Resistance exercise sensitizes skeletal muscle tissue to the anabolic properties of amino acids. Objective The present study assessed protein digestion and amino acid absorption kinetics, whole-body protein balance, and the myofibrillar protein synthetic response to ingestion of different amounts of protein during recovery from resistance exercise in older men. Methods Forty-eight healthy older men [mean ± SEM age: 66 ± 1 y; body mass index (kg/m2): 25.4 ± 0.3] were randomly assigned to ingest 0, 15, 30, or 45 g milk protein concentrate after a single bout of resistance exercise consisting of 4 sets of 10 repetitions of leg press and leg extension and 2 sets of 10 repetitions of lateral pulldown and chest press performed at 75–80% 1-repetition maximum. Postprandial protein digestion and amino acid absorption kinetics, whole-body protein metabolism, and myofibrillar protein synthesis rates were assessed using primed, continuous infusions of l-[ring-2H5]-phenylalanine, l-[ring-2H2]-tyrosine, and l-[1-13C]-leucine combined with ingestion of intrinsically l-[1-13C]-phenylalanine and l-[1-13C]-leucine labeled protein. Results Whole-body net protein balance showed a dose-dependent increase after ingestion of 0, 15, 30, or 45 g of protein (0.015 ± 0.002, 0.108 ± 0.004, 0.162 ± 0.008, and 0.215 ± 0.009 μmol Phe · kg−1 · min−1, respectively; P < 0.001). Myofibrillar protein synthesis rates were higher after ingesting 30 (0.0951% ± 0.0062%/h, P = 0.07) or 45 g of protein (0.0970% ± 0.0062%/h, P < 0.05) than after 0 g (0.0746% ± 0.0051%/h). Incorporation of dietary protein–derived amino acids (l-[1-13C]-phenylalanine) into de novo myofibrillar protein showed a dose-dependent increase after ingestion of 15, 30, or 45 g protein (0.0171 ± 0.0017, 0.0296 ± 0.0030, and 0.0397 ± 0.0026 mole percentage excess, respectively; P < 0.05). Conclusions Dietary protein ingested during recovery from resistance exercise is rapidly digested and absorbed. Whole-body net protein balance and dietary protein-derived amino acid incorporation into myofibrillar protein show dose-dependent increases. Ingestion of ≥30 g protein increases postexercise myofibrillar protein synthesis rates in older men. This trial was registered at Nederlands Trial Register as NTR4492.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly McClung ◽  
Lee Margolis ◽  
Nancy Murphy ◽  
Gregory Lin ◽  
Jay Hydren ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mazzulla ◽  
Kimberly A. Volterman ◽  
Jeff E. Packer ◽  
Denise J. Wooding ◽  
Jahmal C. Brooks ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 287 (4) ◽  
pp. E712-E720 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Koopman ◽  
Daphne L. E. Pannemans ◽  
Asker E. Jeukendrup ◽  
Annemie P. Gijsen ◽  
Joan M. G. Senden ◽  
...  

The aims of this study were to compare different tracer methods to assess whole body protein turnover during 6 h of prolonged endurance exercise when carbohydrate was ingested throughout the exercise period and to investigate whether addition of protein can improve protein balance. Eight endurance-trained athletes were studied on two different occasions at rest (4 h), during 6 h of exercise at 50% of maximal O2 uptake (in sequential order: 2.5 h of cycling, 1 h of running, and 2.5 h of cycling), and during subsequent recovery (4 h). Subjects ingested carbohydrate (CHO trial; 0.7 g CHO·kg−1·h−1) or carbohydrate/protein beverages (CHO + PRO trial; 0.7 g CHO·kg−1·h−1 and 0.25 g PRO·kg−1·h−1) at 30-min intervals during the entire study. Whole body protein metabolism was determined by infusion of l-[1-13C]leucine, l-[2H5]phenylalanine, and [15N2]urea tracers with sampling of blood and expired breath. Leucine oxidation increased from rest to exercise [27 ± 2.5 vs. 74 ± 8.8 (CHO) and 85 ± 9.5 vs. 200 ± 16.3 mg protein·kg−1·h−1 (CHO + PRO), P < 0.05], whereas phenylalanine oxidation and urea production did not increase with exercise. Whole body protein balance during exercise with carbohydrate ingestion was negative (−74 ± 8.8, −17 ± 1.1, and −72 ± 5.7 mg protein·kg−1·h−1) when l-[1-13C]leucine, l-[2H5]phenylalanine, and [15N2]urea, respectively, were used as tracers. Addition of protein to the carbohydrate drinks resulted in a positive or less-negative protein balance (−32 ± 16.3, 165 ± 4.6, and 151 ± 13.4 mg protein·kg−1·h−1) when l-[1-13C]leucine, l-[2H5]phenylalanine, and [15N2]urea, respectively, were used as tracers. We conclude that, even during 6 h of exhaustive exercise in trained athletes using carbohydrate supplements, net protein oxidation does not increase compared with the resting state and/or postexercise recovery. Combined ingestion of protein and carbohydrate improves net protein balance at rest as well as during exercise and postexercise recovery.


2010 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista R. Howarth ◽  
Stuart M. Phillips ◽  
Maureen J. MacDonald ◽  
Douglas Richards ◽  
Natalie A. Moreau ◽  
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We examined the effect of carbohydrate (CHO) availability on whole body and skeletal muscle protein utilization at rest, during exercise, and during recovery in humans. Six men cycled at ∼75% peak O2 uptake (V̇o2peak) to exhaustion to reduce body CHO stores and then consumed either a high-CHO (H-CHO; 71 ± 3% CHO) or low-CHO (L-CHO; 11 ± 1% CHO) diet for 2 days before the trial in random order. After each dietary intervention, subjects received a primed constant infusion of [1-13C]leucine and l-[ring-2H5]phenylalanine for measurements of the whole body net protein balance and skeletal muscle protein turnover. Muscle, breath, and arterial and venous blood samples were obtained at rest, during 2 h of two-legged kicking exercise at ∼45% of kicking V̇o2peak, and during 1 h of recovery. Biopsy samples confirmed that the muscle glycogen concentration was lower in the L-CHO group versus the H-CHO group at rest, after exercise, and after recovery. The net leg protein balance was decreased in the L-CHO group compared with at rest and compared with the H-CHO condition, which was primarily due to an increase in protein degradation (area under the curve of the phenylalanine rate of appearance: 1,331 ± 162 μmol in the L-CHO group vs. 786 ± 51 μmol in the H-CHO group, P < 0.05) but also due to a decrease in protein synthesis late in exercise. There were no changes during exercise in the rate of appearance compared with rest in the H-CHO group. Whole body leucine oxidation increased above rest in the L-CHO group only and was higher than in the H-CHO group. The whole body net protein balance was reduced in the L-CHO group, largely due to a decrease in whole body protein synthesis. These data extend previous findings by others and demonstrate, using contemporary stable isotope methodology, that CHO availability influences the rates of skeletal muscle and whole body protein synthesis, degradation, and net balance during prolonged exercise in humans.


2011 ◽  
Vol 300 (2) ◽  
pp. C318-C327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather M. Argadine ◽  
Carlos B. Mantilla ◽  
Wen-Zhi Zhan ◽  
Gary C. Sieck

Unilateral denervation (DNV) of rat diaphragm muscle increases protein synthesis at 3 days after DNV (DNV-3D) and degradation at DNV-5D, such that net protein breakdown is evident by DNV-5D. On the basis of existing models of protein balance, we examined DNV-induced changes in Akt, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and ERK½ activation, which can lead to increased protein synthesis via mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/p70S6 kinase (p70S6K), glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3β), or eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E), and increased protein degradation via forkhead box protein O (FoxO). Protein phosphorylation was measured using Western analyses through DNV-5D. Akt phosphorylation decreased at 1 h and 6 h after DNV compared with sham despite decreased AMPK phosphorylation. Both Akt and AMPK phosphorylation returned to sham levels by DNV-1D. Phosphorylation of their downstream effector mTOR (Ser2481) did not change at any time point after DNV, and phosphorylated p70S6K and eIF4E-binding protein 1 (4EBP1) increased only by DNV-5D. In contrast, ERK½ phosphorylation and its downstream effector eIF4E increased 1.7-fold at DNV-1D and phosphorylated GSK3β increased 1.5-fold at DNV-3D ( P < 0.05 for both comparisons). Thus, following DNV there are differential effects on protein synthetic pathways with preferential activation of GSK3β and eIF4E over p70S6K. FoxO1 nuclear translocation occurred by DNV-1D, consistent with its role in increasing expression of atrogenes necessary for subsequent ubiquitin-proteasome activation evident by DNV-5D. On the basis of our results, increased protein synthesis following DNV is associated with changes in ERK½-dependent pathways, but protein degradation results from downregulation of Akt and nuclear translocation of FoxO1. No single trigger is responsible for protein balance following DNV. Protein balance in skeletal muscle depends on multiple synthetic/degradation pathways that should be studied in concert.


2018 ◽  
Vol 315 (6) ◽  
pp. E1108-E1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serpil M. Deger ◽  
Jennifer R. Hewlett ◽  
Jorge Gamboa ◽  
Charles D. Ellis ◽  
Adriana M. Hung ◽  
...  

Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients display significant nutritional abnormalities. Insulin is an anabolic hormone with direct effects on skeletal muscle (SM). We examined the anabolic actions of insulin, whole-body (WB), and SM protein turnover in 33 MHD patients and 17 participants without kidney disease using hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic-euaminoacidemic (dual) clamp. Gluteal muscle biopsies were obtained before and after the dual clamp. At baseline, WB protein synthesis and breakdown rates were similar in MHD patients. During dual clamp, controls had a higher increase in WB protein synthesis and a higher suppression of WB protein breakdown compared with MHD patients, resulting in statistically significantly more positive WB protein net balance [2.02 (interquartile range [IQR]: 1.79 and 2.36) vs. 1.68 (IQR: 1.46 and 1.91) mg·kg fat-free mass−1·min−1 for controls vs. for MHD patients, respectively, P < 0.001]. At baseline, SM protein synthesis and breakdown rates were higher in MHD patients versus controls, but SM net protein balance was similar between groups. During dual clamp, SM protein synthesis increased statistically significantly more in controls compared with MHD patients ( P = 0.03), whereas SM protein breakdown decreased comparably between groups. SM net protein balance was statistically significantly more positive in controls compared with MHD patients [67.3 (IQR: 46.4 and 97.1) vs. 15.4 (IQR: −83.7 and 64.7) μg·100 ml−1·min−1 for controls and MHD patients, respectively, P = 0.03]. Human SM biopsy showed a positive correlation between glucose and leucine disposal rates, phosphorylated AKT to AKT ratio, and muscle mitochondrial markers in controls but not in MHD patients. Diminished response to anabolic actions of insulin in the stimulated setting could lead to muscle wasting in MHD patients.


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