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The fate of amino acids in isolated perfused livers of developing sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

P. M. J. Savan ,
Majorie K. Jeacock  and
D. A. L. Shepherd
P. M. J. Savan
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, ReadingRG6 2AJ
Majorie K. Jeacock
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, ReadingRG6 2AJ
D. A. L. Shepherd
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, ReadingRG6 2AJ
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1. In order to establish whether or not there is a change in the relative rates of anabolism and catabolism of amino acids in the livers of lambs as they mature, a study has been made in isolated perfused livers obtained from foetal, suckling and ruminating lambs. The livers were perfused in a recirculating system and a mixture of amino acids (casein hydrolysate) was infused as substrate in the presence and absence of glucagon.

2. The oxygen consumption of the livers per unit weight increased as the lambs matured but the uptake of α-amino nitrogen declined. A comparison of the rates of O2 consumption and substrate uptake indicated that in foetal lambs less than 20% of the amino acids could have been oxidized, whereas in ruminating lambs all the amino acids taken up could have been oxidized.

3. In livers obtained from foetal lambs, the rate of urea production per unit weight of liver was approximately double that observed in ruminating lambs. Comparison of the rate of urea production and α-NH2-N uptake indicated that more than 60% of the substrate uptake was used for non-catabolic processes in the foetal lambs, whereas in ruminating animals all the α-NH2-N taken up could be accounted for as urea.

4. Gluconeogenesis could not be detected in lambs at any age studied and glucagon had no effect on any of the parameters studied.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , November 1979 , pp. 467 - 476
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1979

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