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Effects of restriction of amino acid supply to the isolated perfused guinea-pig mammary gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

T. Ben Mepham
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, Department of Physiology and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Sutton Bonington, Loughboroug, LE12 5ED
Andrew R. Peters
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, Department of Physiology and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Sutton Bonington, Loughboroug, LE12 5ED
Stephen Alexandrov
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, Department of Physiology and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Sutton Bonington, Loughboroug, LE12 5ED

Summary

When individual essential amino acids were omitted for periods of 40–100 min from the infusate substrate solution in isolated perfused guinea-pig mammary gland experiments, uptake of methionine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, histidine and tryptophan (group 1) was significantly depressed by a mean of 49·8%, whereas the remaining essential amino acids (group 2) showed no significant decrease in uptake. During depletion periods oxidation of [14C\amino acids was increased. The possible significance of the differences in absorption between the 2 groups of amino acids is discussed.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1979

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