scholarly journals 143 Nutritional advances in fetal and neonatal development: amino acid supplementation

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 122-122
Author(s):  
Kendall C Swanson ◽  
Jessica N Reiners

Abstract Nutrient requirements of grazing ruminants change throughout the production year. Also, pasture quality and quantity change throughout the year and are influenced by environment. Therefore, there commonly are times of the year where nutrient requirements are not met from the forage alone. We have long known the importance of nutrition during key development including the conception, fetal, neonatal, and weaning period. Altering nutrition during these periods can have lasting effects on health and productivity. Much of the research in ruminants examining nutritional effects on development has focused on large changes in diet, such as energy or protein restriction, rather than specific nutrients such as amino acids. Amino acids play an important role to meet requirements for lean growth but also have other physiological functions regulating metabolism and health that have important effects on development. Amino acid deficiencies during the fetal and neonatal period(s) can result in small-for-gestational age births or stunting, respectively. Diets that are deficient in protein or amino acids are also often deficient in dietary energy and other nutrients. Supplying specific amino acids (and other nutrients/energy) for absorption, signaling, and use by the animal could be an approach to help overcome negative developmental outcomes. Specific amino acids are thought to function by regulating protein synthesis, immune function, 1-C metabolism, intestinal development and health, blood flow, cellular proliferation, and behavior, to name a few. Some of the amino acids with potential for influencing developmental outcomes include leucine, arginine, glutamine, lysine, methionine, threonine, and tryptophan. Because of the varied functional roles of specific amino acids, there is great potential to develop targeted supplementation programs using amino acids to improve developmental outcomes.

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 200-201
Author(s):  
Hyunjun Choi ◽  
Sun Jong You ◽  
Beob Gyun G Kim

Abstract The objective was to determine the influence of amino acid (AA) supplementation during the adaptation period on the ileal digestibility of crude protein and AA in corn and soybean meal (SBM). Six barrows with an initial body weight of 30.9 ± 2.6 kg fitted with a T-cannula in the distal ileum were assigned to a 6 × 6 Latin square design with 6 dietary treatments and 6 periods. Two experimental diets contained corn or SBM as the sole source of AA and an N-free diet was additionally prepared. For AA supplementation groups, an AA mixture consisted of Gly, Lys, Met, Thr, Trp, Ile, Val, His, and Phe was added to the corn diet and the N-free diet at the expense of cornstarch, and an AA mixture of Lys, Met, and Thr was added to the SBM diet. All diets contained 0.5% of chromic oxide. The 6 experimental diets were fed to the pigs for 4 and half days, and the 3 diets containing AA mixture were switched to the respective diets without AA mixture during the following 2 and half days. Ileal digesta were collected during the last 2 days. The addition of AA mixture during the adaptation period caused increased apparent ileal digestibility of Arg and Trp in corn (P < 0.05), but did not affect that in SBM. The addition of AA mixture during the adaptation period caused increased apparent ileal digestibility of Pro and Gly regardless of feed ingredient (P < 0.05), but did not affect that of other AA. All AA except Pro in corn and SBM were unaffected by the addition of AA mixture during the adaptation period. In conclusion, the addition of amino acid during the adaptation period does not affect the standardized ileal digestibility of indispensable amino acids in feed ingredients.


2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-59
Author(s):  
Nancy Montilla ◽  
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Lolito Bestil ◽  
Sulpecio Bantugan ◽  

A feeding trial with broilers was conducted to evaluate the effects of amino acids (lysine and methionine) supplementation of diets low in protein content on the voluntary intake, feed conversion efficiency, broiler performance, and cost and return of broiler production. Results showed cumulative voluntary feed intake was not significantly affected by lowering the protein content of the diet. Cumulative weight gain of broilers was lower with diet when supplemented iwht lysine and methionine to meet requirements. Birds fed with diets low in protein has less efficient feed converstion, but became comparable with those receiveing diets high in protein when supplemented with amino acids. Feed cost per kilogram broiler produced was not significantly affected by diets used in the study, although the low-protien diet with amino acid supplement had the lowest values. In terms of return above feed and chick cost, broilers fed with high-protein diet had the greatest value, but not significantly different from birds fed with low-protien diet with amino acid supplementation which gave about P10 per bird higher returns than those fed low-protein diet without amino acid supplementation.


2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bellomo ◽  
H. K. Tan ◽  
S. Bhonagiri ◽  
I. Gopal ◽  
J. Seacombe ◽  
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Aims To study the effect of combined continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) and high (2.5 g/kg/day) parenteral amino acid supplementation on nitrogen balance, amino acid losses and azotemic control in a cohort of patients with severe acute renal failure (ARF). Methods We administered 2.5 grams/kg/day of amino acids intravenously to seven critically ill patients with ARF. We obtained paired blood and ultrafiltrate (UF) samples (n=20) and calculated amino acid clearances and losses, nitrogen balance, protein catabolic rate and total nitrogen losses. Results The median total serum amino acid concentration was high at 5.2 mmol/L with particularly high concentrations of ornithine, lysine, and phenylalanine, but a low level of histidine. The median overall amino acid clearance was 18.6 ml/min (range: 12 to 29 ml/min). UF losses as percentage of administered dose were high for tyrosine (53.6 %) but low for methionine (3.0 %) and arginine (2.3 %). A positive nitrogen balance was achieved in 7 (35%) of the 20 study days with an overall median nitrogen balance of -1.8 g/day. Urea levels were maintained at a median of 26.6 mmol/L. Conclusions High protein intake increases the serum concentrations of most amino acids. Such protein supplementation, when coupled with CVVHDF, achieves a slightly negative overall nitrogen balance in extremely catabolic patients while still allowing adequate azotemic control.


1996 ◽  
Vol 199 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
P M Taylor ◽  
S Kaur ◽  
B Mackenzie ◽  
G J Peter

We have measured rates of uptake of arginine, glutamine, glutamate, serine, phenylalanine and glycine in Xenopus laevis oocytes cultured for periods of up to 24h in saline in the presence or absence of a mixture of 20 amino acids at concentrations approximating those in Xenopus plasma. Amino acid supplementation increased the total intracellular amino acid concentration from 8.2 to 18.4 nmol per oocyte. Specific Na(+)-dependent amino acid transporters (systems B0,+, Xag-) exhibit 'adaptive regulation' (up-regulation during amino acid deprivation and down-regulation during amino acid supplementation). Na(+)-independent transporters of glutamate, glutamine and glycine (including system asc) display an opposite modulation in activity, which may help to combat amino-acid-induced oxidative stress by increasing the supply of glutathione precursors. Single amino acids at physiological plasma concentrations (0.47 mmol l-1 L-alanine, 0.08 mmol l-1 L-glutamate) mimicked at least some effects of the amino acid mixture. The mechanisms of transport modulation do not appear to include trans-amino acid or membrane potential effects and, in the case of Na(+)-independent transport, are independent of protein or mRNA synthesis. Furthermore, activation of protein kinase C by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate did not significantly affect endogenous glutamine and glutamate transport. The Xenopus oocyte appears to possess endogenous signalling mechanisms for selectively modulating the activity of amino acid transport proteins expressed in its surface membranes, a factor for consideration when using oocytes as an expression system for structure-function studies of cloned amino acid transporters.


2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Kenji Nagao ◽  
Takeshi Kimura

Abstract This paper reviews developments regarding the use of plasma-free amino acid (PFAA) profiles as biomarkers for detecting and predicting disease risk. This work was initiated and first published in 2006 and was subsequently developed by Ajinomoto Co., Inc. After commercialization in 2011, PFAA-based tests were adopted in over 1500 clinics and hospitals in Japan, and numerous clinician-led studies have been performed to validate these tests. Evidence is accumulating that PFAA profiles can be used for diabetes prediction and evaluation of frailty; in particular, decreased plasma essential amino acids could contribute to the pathophysiology of severe frailty. Integration of PFAA evaluation as a biomarker and effective essential amino acid supplementation, which improves physical and mental functions in the elderly, could facilitate the development of precision nutrition, including personalized solutions. This present review provides the background for the technology as well as more recent clinical findings, and offers future possibilities regarding the implementation of precision nutrition.


Nephron ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Tepper ◽  
G.K. van der Hem ◽  
H.G. Klip ◽  
A.J.M. Donker

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (53) ◽  
pp. 619 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Turner ◽  
GG Payne

High protein wheat was the sole cereal in 20 and 25 per cent crude protein broiler starter diets. On the. 25 per cent protein diet, performance was maximized without amino acid supplementation. Using high protein wheat in 20 per cent protein diets, growth rate was improved by l-lysine supplementation of 0.3 per cent. However, this growth rate was not at a maximum level. Some other dietary factor was necessary, and this did not appear to be essential amino acids, singly or in combination.


1982 ◽  
Vol 243 (3) ◽  
pp. F284-F292 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. Epstein ◽  
J. T. Brosnan ◽  
J. D. Tange ◽  
B. D. Ross

When isolated rat kidneys are perfused with glucose as the only substrate, there is a progressive diminution in glomerular filtration rate and fractional reabsorption of sodium. This is most marked after 1 h. Renal glutathione content rapidly falls and is less than 30% of control levels after 1 h. Renal concentrating ability is markedly impaired and structural lesions are consistently observed in cells lining the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop. Addition of 20 physiologic amino acids including cysteine to the perfusate prevents the fall in renal glutathione, prevents the anatomical damage to ascending limb cells, permits GFR and fractional sodium reabsorption to remain high and close to their initial levels for as long as 4 h, and improves renal concentrating capacity. If amino acid supplementation is limited to three precursors of glutathione--cysteine, glycine, and glutamic acid--renal glutathione content is preserved and concentrating ability is improved, but GFR and fractional sodium reabsorption are not maintained as well as with comprehensive amino acid supplements. The results suggest that amino acid deficiency and glutathione depletion may contribute to disturbances in renal structure and function.


1986 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 659-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald O. Ball ◽  
James L. Atkinson ◽  
Henry S. Bayley

1. The catabolism of L-[ l-14C]phenylalanine was used to indicate the effects of single amino acid supplementation of an inadequate protein diet (200 g crude protein (nitrogen x 6.25)/kg) on the utilization of dietary amino acids in pigs of 2.5 kg body-weight reared on an adequate protein diet (240 g crude protein/kg) containing skim milk and a mixture of free amino acids.2. The oxidation of phenylalanine was decreased by the addition of proline or arginine to the inadequate protein diet but not by the addition of threonine, methionine, lysine or a mixture of essential amino acids, indicating that proline and arginine were limiting the utilization of dietary amino acids in the inadequate protein diet.3. Dietary proline concentrations of 13.9 and 14.2 g/kg minimized phenylalanine oxidation in diets containing 200 or 260 g protein/kg. This indicates a dietary proline requirement of 14 g/kg.4. Increasing the dietary arginine concentration in a diet containing 240 g protein/kg showed that an arginine concentration of 5.1 g/kg minimized phenylalanine oxidation. However, increasing the arginine concentration in a diet containing 200 g protein/kg increased phenylalanine oxidation, suggesting an amino acid imbalance involving arginine at this lower level of protein.


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