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Insulin stimulates phenylalanine uptake across the hind limb in fed lambs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

T.J Wester ,
G.E. Lobley ,
L.M. Birnie  and
M.A. Lomax
T.J Wester
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA, Scotland
G.E. Lobley
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland
L.M. Birnie
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA, Scotland
M.A. Lomax
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA, Scotland
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Although insulin has been shown to stimulate muscle protein accretion in nonruminants (e.g., Wray-Cahen et al., 1998) evidence for this same effect in ruminants has been equivocal (e.g., Oddy et al., 1987; Wolff et al., 1989). Moreover, when insulin has been reported to have an anabolic effect in ruminants, the animal has been in the fasted state. In addition, Garlick and Grant (1988) have shown that branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) enhanced insulin-stimulated protein synthesis in fasted rats. The primary aim of the present study was to ascertain whether insulin increases phenylalanine (Phe) uptake (used as an index of skeletal muscle protein anabolism) across the hind limb of fed lambs. A secondary aim was to determine if infusion of BCAA, alone or in combination with insulin, would stimulate Phe uptake greater than insulin alone.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1999 , 1999 , pp. 162
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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