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The mode of action of anabolic agents: the effect of testosterone on muscle protein metabolism in the female rat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. A. Martinez ,
P. J. Buttery  and
J. T. Pearson
J. A. Martinez
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5RD
P. J. Buttery
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5RD
J. T. Pearson
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5RD
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1. Testosterone (1 mg/kg body-weight per d) given subcutaneously to female rats increased their growth rate and food conversion efficiency but not their food intake compared with that of the placebo-oil controls. A higher dose of testosterone (10 mg/kg body-weight per d) failed to increase the daily weight gain.

2. The increased growth rate of the testosterone-treated rats appeared to occur in the whole body and not specifically in muscle. There were no significant changes in body composition.

3. The fractional synthetic rate of gastrocnemius muscle protein was higher in the hormone-treated rats than in controls. This contrasts with previous results for the anabolic agent trenbolone acetate and reflects differences in the mode of action of these two different steroids, both with androgenic properties.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , November 1984 , pp. 515 - 521
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1984

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