Total and net muscle protein breakdown in infection determined by amino acid effluxes

1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (5) ◽  
pp. E856-E863 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sjolin ◽  
H. Stjernstrom ◽  
G. Friman ◽  
J. Larsson ◽  
J. Wahren
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Synthesis Rate ◽  
Protein Synthesis Rate ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Protein ◽  
Mild Disease

The present investigation was undertaken to study whether, in human infection of varying severity, peripheral 3-methylhistidine efflux and urinary excretion are associated with net protein degradation and to estimate the protein synthesis rate from the combined effluxes of 3-methylhistidine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine. Quadruplicate femoral arteriovenous differences of 3-methylhistidine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine were multiplied by leg plasma flow in 15 infected patients. Leg effluxes for 3-methylhistidine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine were -0.074 +/- 0.011, -2.57 +/- 0.43, and -3.17 +/- 0.44 mumol/min, respectively. There was a significant linear relationship (P less than 0.01) between the effluxes of tyrosine and phenylalanine and the efflux and urinary excretion of 3-methylhistidine. A significant release of tyrosine and phenylalanine was observed in patients studied at the 3-methylhistidine level seen in normal healthy subjects. It is concluded that in infection 1) there is an increased breakdown of skeletal muscle protein and a reduced rate of protein synthesis, with the latter being relatively more important in patients with mild disease; and 2) urinary 3-methylhistidine excretion is associated with net skeletal muscle protein degradation for the patient group studied.

Leucine incorporation into mixed skeletal muscle protein in humans

1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (2) ◽  
pp. E208-E213 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Nair ◽  
D. Halliday ◽  
R. C. Griggs
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Muscle Protein Synthesis ◽  
Fiber Type ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Synthesis Rate ◽  
Protein Synthesis Rate ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Protein ◽  
Body Protein

Fractional mixed skeletal muscle protein synthesis (FMPS) was estimated in 10 postabsorptive healthy men by determining the increment in the abundance of [13C]-leucine in quadriceps muscle protein during an intravenous infusion of L-[1-13C]leucine. FMPS in our subjects was 0.046 +/- 0.003%/h. Whole-body muscle protein synthesis (MPS) was calculated based on the estimation of muscle mass from creatinine excretion and compared with whole-body protein synthesis (WBPS) calculated from the nonoxidative portion of leucine flux. A significant correlation (r2 = 0.73, P less than 0.05) was found between MPS (44.7 +/- 3.4 mg.kg-1.h-1) and WBPS (167.8 +/- 8.5 mg.kg-1.h-1). The contribution of MPS to WBPS was 27 +/- 1%, which is comparable to the reports in other species. Morphometric analyses of adjacent muscle samples in eight subjects demonstrated that the biopsy specimens consisted of 86.5 +/- 2% muscular as opposed to other tissues. Because fiber type composition varies between biopsies, we examined the relationship between proportions of each fiber type and FMPS. Variation in the composition of biopsies and in fiber-type proportion did not affect the estimation of muscle protein synthesis rate. We conclude that stable isotope techniques using serial needle biopsies permit the direct measurement of FMPS in humans and that this estimation is correlated with an indirect estimation of WBPS.

Impact of surgical trauma on human skeletal muscle protein synthesis

2004 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 601-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inga TJÄDER ◽  
Pia ESSEN ◽  
Peter J. GARLICK ◽  
Margaret A. McMNURLAN ◽  
Olav ROOYACKERS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Muscle Protein Synthesis ◽  
Major Surgery ◽  
Synthesis Rate ◽  
Protein Synthesis Rate ◽  
Surgical Trauma ◽  
Minor Surgery

Muscle protein catabolism is a considerable clinical problem following surgery. However, the impact of surgical trauma on muscle protein synthesis is not well characterized. In this pilot study, we therefore investigated whether the severity of surgical trauma is related to a decrease in muscle protein synthesis rate in humans. Metabolically healthy patients (n=28) were included in the study. Eight of the patients were day-care patients undergoing minor breast surgery (defined as minor surgery). The other 20 patients were subjected to major abdominal surgery and were therefore scheduled to stay overnight in the recovery room during the first postoperative night (defined as major surgery). Protein FSRs (fractional synthesis rates) in skeletal muscle were determined during a measurement period of 90 min before surgery and immediately after termination of surgery. FSR in skeletal muscle of the minor surgery patients was 1.72±0.25%/24 h before surgery and 1.67±0.29%/24 h after surgery (P=0.68). In the major surgery group, FSR was 1.62±0.30%/24 h before surgery and 1.57±0.40%/24 h (P=0.59) immediately following surgery. The observations made in this pilot study could not confirm a size-related decrease in muscle protein synthesis immediately following minor and major surgery. This finding is discussed in relation to confounders, postoperative course and to muscle protein degradation. The shortage of knowledge in this field is emphasized.

Early change in skeletal muscle protein synthesis after limb immobilization of rats

1979 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 974-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Booth ◽  
M. J. Seider
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Muscle Protein Synthesis ◽  
Control Level ◽  
Constant Infusion ◽  
Initial Time ◽  
Synthesis Rate ◽  
Protein Synthesis Rate ◽  
Limb Immobilization

The atrophy of skeletal muscle accruing from disuse, or limb immobilization, is caused by a decreased rate of protein synthesis and an increased rate of protein degradation. Currently, little information is available regarding the initial time of the decline in the rate of protein synthesis in skeletal muscle. The purpose of the present study was to determine, as precisely as possible, the time at which the protein synthesis rate first begins to decline in skeletal muscle, utilizing immobilized limbs of rats for a model. A constant-infusion technique employing [14C]tyrosine was used to estimate protein synthesis rates. During the first 6 h of immobilization, a significant decline of 37% in the fractional rate of protein synthesis from the control level of 5.7%/day was observed. These results suggest that very early changes are occurring in molecular events that regulate protein synthesis in disused or immobilized skeletal muscle.

scholarly journals Differential regulation of skeletal muscle protein turnover by insulin and IGF-I after bacteremia

1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (4) ◽  
pp. E584-E593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Vary ◽  
Dominique Dardevet ◽  
Jean Grizard ◽  
Laure Voisin ◽  
Caroline Buffiere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Protein Metabolism ◽  
Metabolic Response ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Limited Proteolysis ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Protein ◽  
Protein Balance ◽  
Igf I

Skeletal muscle catabolism is a characteristic metabolic response to sepsis. We investigated the ability of physiological insulin (2 nM) or insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I, 10 nM) concentrations to modify protein metabolism during incubation of epitrochlearis 2, 6, or 15 days after injection of live Escherichia coli. On days 2 and 6 postinfection, skeletal muscle exhibited an exacerbated negative protein balance resulting from both an inhibition in protein synthesis (25%) and an enhanced proteolysis (90%) compared with controls. By day 15 postinfection, protein balance in infected rats was significantly improved compared with either day 2 or 6. At this time, protein synthesis was augmented and protein degradation was decreased in infected rats relative to day 6. Insulin or IGF-I stimulated protein synthesis in muscles from septic and control rats in vitro to the same extent at each time point examined. The ability of insulin or IGF-I to limit protein degradation was severely blunted 48 h after infection. On day 6 postinfection, the effect of insulin or IGF-I to inhibit proteolysis was more pronounced than on day 2. Incubation with IGF-I limited proteolysis to a greater extent than insulin on both days in infected but not control rats. By day 15, insulin diminished proteolysis to the same extent as in controls. The results suggest that injection of bacteria causes fundamental derangements in protein metabolism that persist for days after infection.

Effects of estradiol and progesterone on body composition, protein synthesis, and lipoprotein lipase in rats

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (3) ◽  
pp. E496-E501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Toth ◽  
Eric T. Poehlman ◽  
Dwight E. Matthews ◽  
André Tchernof ◽  
Michael J. MacCoss
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Lipoprotein Lipase ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Ovarian Hormones ◽  
Fat Free Mass ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Synthesis Rate ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Protein

Prior studies suggest that estradiol and progesterone regulate body composition in growing female rats. Because these studies did not consider the confounding effect of changes in food intake, it remains unclear whether ovarian hormones regulate body composition independently of their effects on food intake. We utilized a pair-feeding paradigm to examine the effects of these hormones on body composition. In addition, skeletal muscle protein fractional synthesis rate and adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity were measured to examine pathways of substrate deposition into fat and fat-free tissue. Female Sprague-Dawley rats [pubertal: 7–8 wk old; 190 ± 0.5 (SE) g] were separated into four groups: 1) sham-operated (S; n = 8), 2) ovariectomized plus placebo (OVX; n = 8), 3) ovariectomized plus estradiol (OVX+E; n = 8), and 4) ovariectomized plus progesterone (OVX+P; n = 8). All ovariectomized groups were pair-fed to the S group. Body composition was measured using total body electrical conductivity. The relative increase in fat-free mass was greater ( P < 0.01) in the OVX group (31 ± 2%) than in the S (17 ± 2%), OVX+E (18 ± 2%), and OVX+P (22 ± 2%) groups. The fractional synthetic rates of gastrocnemius muscle protein paralleled changes in fat-free mass: OVX had a higher ( P < 0.05) synthesis rate (21 ± 3%/day) than S (12 ± 2%/day), OVX+E (11 ± 2%/day), and OVX+P (8 ± 1%/day) groups. Body fat increased in the S group (31 ± 7%; P < 0.01), whereas the OVX groups lost fat (OVX: −10 ± 7%; OVX+E: −15 ± 7%; OVX+P: −13 ± 7%). No differences in lipoprotein lipase were found. Our results suggest that estradiol and progesterone may regulate the growth of fat and fat-free tissues in female rats. Moreover, ovarian hormones may influence skeletal muscle growth through their effects on skeletal muscle protein synthesis.

scholarly journals Pentoxifylline improves insulin action limiting skeletal muscle catabolism after infection

1999 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Vary ◽  
D Dardevet ◽  
J Grizard ◽  
L Voisin ◽  
C Buffiere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Protein ◽  
Muscle Protein Metabolism ◽  
Protein Synthesis And Degradation ◽  
Synthesis And Degradation

We investigated the ability of pentoxifylline (PTX) to modulate protein synthesis and degradation in the presence and absence of insulin during incubation of epitrochlearis muscle, 2 or 6 days after injection of Escherichia coli. On days 2 and 6 after infection, protein synthesis was inhibited by 25%, whereas proteolysis was enhanced by 75%. Insulin (2 nM) in vitro stimulated protein synthesis in muscles from infected rats to the same extent as in controls. The ability of insulin to limit protein degradation was severely blunted 48 h after infection. On day 6 after infection, insulin inhibited proteolysis to a greater extent than on day 2. PTX suppressed the increase in plasma concentrations of tumor necrosis factor more than 600-fold after injection of bacteria, and partially prevented the inhibition of protein synthesis and stimulation of protein degradation during sepsis. Moreover, PTX administration maintained the responsiveness of protein degradation to insulin during sepsis. Thus cytokines may influence skeletal muscle protein metabolism during sepsis, both indirectly through inhibition of the effects of insulin on proteolysis, and directly on the protein synthesis and degradation machinery.

Amino acids augment muscle protein synthesis in neonatal pigs during acute endotoxemia by stimulating mTOR-dependent translation initiation

2007 ◽  
Vol 293 (5) ◽  
pp. E1416-E1425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renán A. Orellana ◽  
Asumthia Jeyapalan ◽  
Jeffery Escobar ◽  
Jason W. Frank ◽  
Hanh V. Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Translation Initiation ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Muscle Protein Synthesis ◽  
Synthesis Rate ◽  
Protein Synthesis Rate ◽  
Neonatal Pigs

In skeletal muscle of adults, sepsis reduces protein synthesis by depressing translation initiation and induces resistance to branched-chain amino acid stimulation. Normal neonates maintain a high basal muscle protein synthesis rate that is sensitive to amino acid stimulation. In the present study, we determined the effect of amino acids on protein synthesis in skeletal muscle and other tissues in septic neonates. Overnight-fasted neonatal pigs were infused with endotoxin (LPS, 0 and 10 μg·kg−1·h−1), whereas glucose and insulin were maintained at fasting levels; amino acids were clamped at fasting or fed levels. In the presence of fasting insulin and amino acids, LPS reduced protein synthesis in longissimus dorsi (LD) and gastrocnemius muscles and increased protein synthesis in the diaphragm, but had no effect in masseter and heart muscles. Increasing amino acids to fed levels accelerated muscle protein synthesis in LD, gastrocnemius, masseter, and diaphragm. LPS stimulated protein synthesis in liver, lung, spleen, pancreas, and kidney in fasted animals. Raising amino acids to fed levels increased protein synthesis in liver of controls, but not LPS-treated animals. The increase in muscle protein synthesis in response to amino acids was associated with increased mTOR, 4E-BP1, and S6K1 phosphorylation and eIF4G-eIF4E association in control and LPS-infused animals. These findings suggest that amino acids stimulate skeletal muscle protein synthesis during acute endotoxemia via mTOR-dependent ribosomal assembly despite reduced basal protein synthesis rates in neonatal pigs. However, provision of amino acids does not further enhance the LPS-induced increase in liver protein synthesis.

Regulation of translation initiation by insulin and amino acids in skeletal muscle of neonatal pigs

2003 ◽  
Vol 285 (1) ◽  
pp. E40-E53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela M. J. O'Connor ◽  
Scot R. Kimball ◽  
Agus Suryawan ◽  
Jill A. Bush ◽  
Hanh V. Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Translation Initiation ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Muscle Protein Synthesis ◽  
Synthesis Rate ◽  
Protein Synthesis Rate ◽  
Initiation Factors ◽  
Translation Initiation Factors

Previous studies have shown that intravenous infusion of insulin and/or amino acids reproduces the feeding-induced stimulation of muscle protein synthesis in neonates and that insulin and amino acids act independently to produce this effect. The goal of the present study was to delineate the regulatory roles of insulin and amino acids on muscle protein synthesis in neonates by examining translational control mechanisms, specifically the eukaryotic translation initiation factors (eIFs), which enable coupling of initiator methionyl-tRNAi and mRNA to the 40S ribosomal subunit. Insulin secretion was blocked by somatostatin in fasted 7-day-old pigs ( n = 8–12/group), insulin was infused to achieve plasma levels of ∼0, 2, 6, and 30 μU/ml, and amino acids were clamped at fasting or fed levels or, at the high insulin dose, below fasting. Both insulin and amino acids increased the phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 kinase (S6K1) and the eIF4E-binding protein (4E-BP1), decreased the binding of 4E-BP1 to eIF4E, increased eIF4E binding to eIF4G, and increased fractional protein synthesis rates but did not affect eIF2B activity. In the absence of insulin, amino acids had no effect on these translation initiation factors but increased the protein synthesis rates. Raising insulin from below fasting to fasting levels generally did not alter translation initiation factor activity but raised protein synthesis rates. The phosphorylation of S6K1 and 4E-BP1 and the amount of 4E-BP1 bound to eIF4E and eIF4E bound to eIF4G were correlated with insulin level, amino acid level, and protein synthesis rate. Thus insulin and amino acids regulate muscle protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of neonates by modulating the availability of eIF4E for 48S ribosomal complex assembly, although other processes also must be involved.

scholarly journals α-Hydroxyisocaproic Acid Decreases Protein Synthesis but Attenuates TNFα/IFNγ Co-Exposure-Induced Protein Degradation and Myotube Atrophy via Suppression of iNOS and IL-6 in Murine C2C12 Myotube

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2391
Author(s):  
Koichiro Sumi ◽  
Misato Sakuda ◽  
Kinuyo Munakata ◽  
Kentaro Nakamura ◽  
Kinya Ashida
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Muscle Protein Synthesis ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Atrophy ◽  
C2c12 Myotubes ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Protein ◽  
Deuterium Labeling ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis

There is ongoing debate as to whether or not α-hydroxyisocaproic acid (HICA) positively regulates skeletal muscle protein synthesis resulting in the gain or maintenance of skeletal muscle. We investigated the effects of HICA on mouse C2C12 myotubes under normal conditions and during cachexia induced by co-exposure to TNFα and IFNγ. The phosphorylation of AMPK or ERK1/2 was significantly altered 30 min after HICA treatment under normal conditions. The basal protein synthesis rates measured by a deuterium-labeling method were significantly lowered by the HICA treatment under normal and cachexic conditions. Conversely, myotube atrophy induced by TNFα/IFNγ co-exposure was significantly improved by the HICA pretreatment, and this improvement was accompanied by the inhibition of iNOS expression and IL-6 production. Moreover, HICA also suppressed the TNFα/IFNγ co-exposure-induced secretion of 3-methylhistidine. These results demonstrated that HICA decreases basal protein synthesis under normal or cachexic conditions; however, HICA might attenuate skeletal muscle atrophy via maintaining a low level of protein degradation under cachexic conditions.

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