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Amino acid metabolism in the piglet: influence of level of protein and of methionine in the diet on tissue uptake and in vivo oxidation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

M. J. Newport ,
E. R. Chavez ,
F. D. Horney  and
H. S. Bayley
M. J. Newport
Affiliation:
Departments of Nutrition and Clinical Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1, Canada
E. R. Chavez
Affiliation:
Departments of Nutrition and Clinical Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1, Canada
F. D. Horney
Affiliation:
Departments of Nutrition and Clinical Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1, Canada
H. S. Bayley
Affiliation:
Departments of Nutrition and Clinical Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1, Canada
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Abstract

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1. 14C-labelled lysine, glutamic acid and methionine were each administered as single infusions through catheters in the jugular veins of pigs between 28 and 42 d old, receiving either a low-protein (LP) (140 g protein/kg), or a high-protein (HP) (200 g protein/kg) diet. The pigs received 40 g diet/kg body-weight per d.

2. l-[U-14C]lysine and l-[U-14C]glutamic acid were both rapidly removed from the plasma; 3 min after completion of the infusion less than 10% of the activity from the [14C]-lysine, and between 10 and 20 % of the activity from the [14C]glutamic acid remained in the plasma.

3. In pigs killed 15 min after infusion of either [14C]lysine or [14C]glutamic acid 26% of the activity from the dose of lysine was in the liver of those receiving the LP diet, whereas the corresponding value was only 16% for those which had received the HP diet. The uptake of activity from [14C]glutamic acid by the liver was unaffected by the level of protein in the diet. More activity from [14C]lysine than from [14C]glutamic acid was recovered in the spleen, heart and brain.

4. The recovery of the activity from [14C]lysine as 14CO2 in the 6 h after the infusion of the dose was lower for the pigs on the LP diet (2.7 %) than for those on the HP diet (4.8%). The corresponding values for [14C]glutamic acid infusion were 34 and 52% respectively.

5. Supplementing the LP diet with five successive increments of 1.5 g DL-methionine/kg resulted in an increase from 8 to 17% dose in the recovery of activity as 14CO2 from a dose of l-[I-14C]methionine, whereas with the same supplementation of the HP diet the recovery increased from 8 to 24 % dose.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , July 1976 , pp. 87 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1976

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